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ID: 1082688
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1082688
Record Type:
administrative
Batu Pahat (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 01 50 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 1.8333
decimal degrees
Long: 102 48 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 102.8000
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on Strait of Malacca SE of Muar; name means "carved rock"; is petroleum depot & distribution center for rubber, coconuts, fruit, sago palms & iron; noted for lighthouse at nearby Tanjung Seginting.
Names:
Batu Pahat
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Bandar Penggaram
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
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Asia
(continent) (
P
)
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Malaysia
(nation) (
P
)
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Johor
(state) (
P
)
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Batu Pahat
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
town (
C
)
port (
C
)
fishing community (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Bandar Penggaram..........
[
VP
]
.............................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
I, 965
Batu Pahat..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
I, 965
.......................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
23
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
I, 965
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
23
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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