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ID: 1082880
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1082880
Record Type:
administrative
Muar (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 02 01 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 2.0167
decimal degrees
Long: 102 35 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 102.5833
decimal degrees
Note:
Was occupied by Parameswara, founder of Malaccan kingdom, in late 14th cen.; was site of naval battles involving surrounding sultanates & kingdoms 16-17th cen.; is main port of Johor state; produces food & beverages.
Names:
Muar
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Bandar Maharani
(
C
,
V
)
............
named 1887
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Malaysia
(nation) (
P
)
............
Johor
(state) (
P
)
................
Muar
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
modern town founded 1887
town (
C
)
port (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Bandar Maharani..........
[
VP
]
.............................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 389
.............................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
113
Muar..........
[
VP Preferred
]
...........
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 389
...........
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
133
...........
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
113
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 389
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
133
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
113
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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