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ID: 7016759
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7016759
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Pahang (state)  Pahang (state)

Coordinates:
Lat: 03 30 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 3.5000  decimal degrees
Long: 102 45 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 102.7500  decimal degrees

Note: Mainly comprises sparsely populated, dense jungle; belonged to Malacca kingdom until its fall in 1511; subsequently ruled by Johor, who formed an independent sultanate; joined Federated Malay States in 1895; part of Federation of Malaya from 1957.

Names:
Pahang (preferred,C,V)
Negeri Pahang (C,V,O)
State of Pahang (C,V)
MY06 (C,U,FIPS)

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)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Malaysia (nation)  ........  Malaysia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Peninsular Malaysia (region (geographic))  ............  Peninsular Malaysia (region (geographic)) (P)
Hierarchy of Pahang (state)  ................  Pahang (state) (P)

Place Types:
state (preferred, C)  ............  since 1963
first level subdivision (C)
sultanate (H)  ............  under British protection 1888

Sources and Contributors:
MY06..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Negeri Pahang..........  [VP]
..........................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
..........................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2405162
Pahang..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 704
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 60-61
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1733042
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 27 October 2014
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2405162
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) Plate 18
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 911
State of Pahang..........  [VP]
.............................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1733042
.............................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 27 October 2014
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2405162
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 704
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 60-61
..................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1733042
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 27 October 2014
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2405162
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) Plate 18
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 911
..................  Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pahang
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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