The capital city of the Malaysian state of Malacca and the oldest Malaysian city on the Strait of Malacca, which became a successful trading port, or entrepot, in the era of the Malacca Sultanate. The city was founded in 1396 by Parameswara, a Sumatran prince who fled to the Malay Peninsula after the Srivijaya Empire fell to the Majapahit.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Malacca City, Wikipedia
Lead section
As of 2019 it has a population of 579,000.
Infobox, Area
277 km2 (107 sq mi)
Infobox, Elevation
6 m (20 ft)
Infobox, Coordinates
2.19444N 102.24861E
Infobox: elevation_m
6
- In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source2. Malacca City (Wikidata)
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 2.25, 102.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 2.25, 102.25
2.25 102.25 Af
4. GeoNames: Malacca - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1734759, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.92 km)Quote, cities500 record 1734759, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.92 km)
2.196 102.2405 P PPLA MY 04 0603 579000 6 Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
Wikidata: Malacca City
Wikidata Q61089, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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