Perak

E39332
federated state former sultanate state of Malaysia

Perak is a Malaysian state on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula, historically known for its rich tin deposits and former status as a key sultanate within British Malaya.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Perak Aman Jaya 1
Sitiawan, Perak, British Malaya 1
northwestern Peninsular Malaysia 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federated state ⓘ
former sultanate ⓘ
state of Malaysia ⓘ
capital Ipoh ⓘ
containsCity Ipoh ⓘ
containsMountainRange Titiwangsa Mountains ⓘ
containsRiver Perak River ⓘ
containsTown Kuala Kangsar ⓘ
Lumut ⓘ
Sitiawan ⓘ
Taiping ⓘ
Teluk Intan ⓘ
country Malaysia ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
mining ⓘ
governmentType constitutional monarchy ⓘ
hasAirport Sultan Azlan Shah Airport ⓘ
hasBorderWith Kedah ⓘ
Kelantan ⓘ
Pahang ⓘ
Penang ⓘ
Strait of Malacca ⓘ
surface form: Perlis (maritime boundary via Straits of Malacca)

Selangor ⓘ
hasCoastOn Strait of Malacca ⓘ
hasPort Lumut Port ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Sultan of Perak ⓘ
historicalEvent Became a British protectorate in the 19th century ⓘ
Was part of the Federated Malay States under British rule ⓘ
historicalRole key sultanate within British Malaya ⓘ
isoCode MY-08 ⓘ
knownFor rich tin deposits ⓘ
tin mining ⓘ
largestCity Ipoh ⓘ
legislature Perak State Legislative Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn Malay Peninsula ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf west coast of the Malay Peninsula ⓘ
motto Perak self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Perak Aman Jaya
officialLanguage Malay ⓘ
officialReligion Islam ⓘ
partOf British Malaya ⓘ
Malay Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Peninsular Malaysia
royalTown Kuala Kangsar ⓘ
timeZone Malaysia Time ⓘ
touristAttraction Bukit Larut (Maxwell Hill) ⓘ
Kellie’s Castle ⓘ
Royal Belum State Park ⓘ
Taiping Lake Gardens ⓘ
utcOffset +8 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode A ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kedah → borderedBy → Perak ⓘ
Penang → borderedBy → Perak ⓘ
Kelantan → borders → Perak ⓘ
Pahang → borders → Perak ⓘ
Selangor → borders → Perak ⓘ
Ipoh → capitalOf → Perak ⓘ
British Malaya → hasPart → Perak ⓘ
Ipoh → locatedIn → Perak ⓘ
Ipoh → locatedInRegion → Perak ⓘ
this entity surface form: northwestern Peninsular Malaysia
Perak → motto → Perak self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perak Aman Jaya
Chin Peng → placeOfBirth → Perak ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sitiawan, Perak, British Malaya