Pekan is a town in Pekan District, Pahang, Malaysia, and the royal capital of the state, home to the palace of the Sultan of Pahang's royal family. It is also the hometown of Malaysia's second prime minister, Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, and his son, sixth prime minister Najib Razak, both of whom served as Pekan's Member of Parliament. Pekan also names the surrounding district and a parliamentary constituency.
Facts
Founding Year Elevation (m) Longitude103.416667 degrees east 3 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. GeoNames: Pekan
GeoNames geonameid 1734971 (Pekan), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source 2. Pekan, Pahang (Wikipedia)
Infobox
Infobox field Founded : 5th century
Infobox: established_date1
5th century
- In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
View the Source3. Pekan, Pahang (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 3.5, longitude 103.416667
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 10 m
View the Source4. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 3.5,103.4167
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 2.0
5. 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 3.75, 103.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 3.75, 103.25
3.75 103.25 Af
6. GeoNames: Pekan - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1734971, nearest place to the city coordinates (2.63 km)Quote, cities500 record 1734971, nearest place to the city coordinates (2.63 km)
3.4836 103.3996 P PPL MY 06 0808 31826 11 Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
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