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ID: 1082825
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1082825

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Kuantan (inhabited place)  Kuantan (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 03 50 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 3.8333  decimal degrees
Long: 103 19 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 103.3167  decimal degrees

Note: Nation's most significant port on the E coast; ships goods to Singapore for export; local cottage industries produce textiles, dolls, silver jewelry & mats made from screw pine; tin is mined at Sungai Lembing.

Names:
Kuantan (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Malaysia (nation)  ........  Malaysia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Pahang (state)  ............  Pahang (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Kuantan (inhabited place)  ................  Kuantan (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
state capital (C)  ............  since 1955
port (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Kuantan..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 20
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 105
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 20
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 105
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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