Kedah

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federated state historical Malay kingdom state of Malaysia

Kedah is a state in northwestern Peninsular Malaysia, historically significant as one of the oldest Malay kingdoms and once part of British Malaya.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kuala Kedah	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federated state ⓘ historical Malay kingdom ⓘ state of Malaysia ⓘ
administrativeCentre	Alor Setar ⓘ
borderedBy	Penang ⓘ Perak ⓘ Perlis ⓘ Thailand ⓘ
capital	Alor Setar ⓘ
contains	Langkawi Archipelago ⓘ Langkawi Archipelago ⓘ surface form: Langkawi Island
country	Malaysia ⓘ
drivingSide	left ⓘ
economySector	agriculture ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasAirport	Langkawi International Airport ⓘ Sultan Abdul Halim Airport ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	Strait of Malacca ⓘ surface form: Straits of Malacca
hasEthnicGroup	Chinese ⓘ Indians ⓘ Malay peoples ⓘ surface form: Malays Siamese ⓘ
hasIslandDestination	Langkawi Archipelago ⓘ surface form: Langkawi
hasMajorCity	Kulim ⓘ Sungai Petani ⓘ
hasMajorPort	Kedah self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kuala Kedah
headOfStateTitle	Sultan of Kedah ⓘ
historicalStatus	one of the oldest Malay kingdoms ⓘ traditional Malay sultanate ⓘ
joinedFederation	Federation of Malaya ⓘ
joinedFederationYear	1948 ⓘ
joinedMalaysiaYear	1963 ⓘ
knownFor	paddy fields ⓘ rice production ⓘ
legislature	Kedah State Legislative Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn	northwestern Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ
locatedOn	Malay Peninsula ⓘ
nickname	Rice Bowl of Malaysia ⓘ
officialLanguage	Malay ⓘ
officialReligion	Islam ⓘ
partOf	British Malaya ⓘ Federation of Malaya ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ
royalCapital	Anak Bukit ⓘ
timeZone	Malaysia Time ⓘ
utcOffset	+08:00 ⓘ
wasPartOf	Unfederated Malay States ⓘ
wasProtectorateOf	United Kingdom ⓘ

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

Negeri Sembilan → borderedBy → Kedah ⓘ

Penang → borderedBy → Kedah ⓘ

Perlis → bordersWith → Kedah ⓘ

Malaysia → containsAdministrativeDivision → Kedah ⓘ

Srivijaya Empire → hadVassalOrClientState → Kedah ⓘ

Perak → hasBorderWith → Kedah ⓘ

Kedah → hasMajorPort → Kedah self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kuala Kedah

Unfederated Malay States → hasMember → Kedah ⓘ

British Malaya → hasPart → Kedah ⓘ

Federation of Malaya → includedState → Kedah ⓘ

Baling Talks (unsuccessful negotiations) → location → Kedah ⓘ

subject surface form: Baling Talks