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ID: 1082954
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1082954
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Shah Alam (inhabited place)  Shah Alam (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 03 02 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 3.0333  decimal degrees
Long: 101 31 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 101.5167  decimal degrees

Note: SW of Kuala Lumpur; produces processed food, tobacco products, electrical machines, cement, chemical & textiles; headquarters of Institut Teknoloji MARA & the Tun Abdul Razak Library; residence of sultan.

Names:
Shah Alam (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 Selangor (state)  ............  Selangor (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Shah Alam (inhabited place)  ................  Shah Alam (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
state capital (C)  ............  since 1974

Sources and Contributors:
Shah Alam..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 687
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 181
....................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1103
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 687
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 181
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1103
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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