Kangar is the state capital and the largest town in Perlis, Malaysia, at the northernmost point of Peninsular Malaysia next to the Thailand border and beside the Perlis River. The English Wikipedia article gives it a population of 48,898 and an area of 2,619.4 hectares, and describes it as the smallest state capital in Malaysia, with inhabitants who are mostly farmers and civil servants. The town gathers the paddy rice production of the surrounding district, its municipal government is unified with that of the neighbouring communities of Arau and Kaki Bukit, and its industries include cement, sawmilling, rubber, paper and the processing of sugar and prawns.
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Capital Of
Source Kangar (Wikipedia)
Largest City
Source Perlis (Wikipedia)
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1. GeoNames: Kangar, Malaysia
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population 63,869
2. Opentopodata (SRTM): SRTM 90 m elevation at 6.4333,100.2
Opentopodata (SRTM)Elevation of the place coordinates 6.4333,100.2, band assigned from the figure (up to 10 m sea level, otherwise lowland)Quote, Elevation of the place coordinates 6.4333,100.2, band assigned from the figure (up to 10 m sea level, otherwise lowland)
"elevation": 6.0
3. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Malaysia
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tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons
4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
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# For peninsular Malaysia see Asia/Singapore.
Kangar (Wikipedia)
Part Of: Malaysia, Lead, location
is the state capital and the largest town in Perlis, Malaysia
Capital Of: Perlis, Lead, capital
is the state capital and the largest town in Perlis
View the SourceMalaysia (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationOn Continent: Asia, LeadQuote, On Continent: Asia, Lead
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.
Perlis (Wikipedia)
Largest City: Perlis, LeadQuote, Largest City: Perlis, Lead
The capital and largest city of Perlis is Kangar
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