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ID: 1082750
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1082750
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Johor Bahru (inhabited place)  Johor Bahru (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 01 27 56 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 1.4650  decimal degrees
Long: 103 45 28 E  degrees minutes   Long: 103.7570  decimal degrees

Note: Founded by Johor ruler Temenggong Ibrahim; situated on low hills with neighboring estates for rubber, pineapple & oil palm; linked to Singapore by rail & road causeway which crosses the Johor Strait; has textile industry, sultan's residence & public zoo.

Names:
Johor Bahru (preferred,C,V)
Johor Baharu (C,V)
Johore Bahru (H,V)  ............ renamed 1866; means "New Johore"
Tanjung Putri (H,V)  ............ until 1866
Tanjong Putri (H,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 Johor (state)  ............  Johor (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Johor Bahru (inhabited place)  ................  Johor Bahru (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
state capital (C)
port (C)
trade center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Johor Baharu..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 445-446
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 598
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 93
Johor Bahru..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] accessed 23 September 2021
.......................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 23 September 2021
Johore Bahru..........  [VP]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 445-446
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 598
Tanjong Putri..........  [VP]
..........................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 445
Tanjung Putri..........  [VP]
..........................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 598
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 445; I, 445-446
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 598
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 23 September 2021
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 93
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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