Malacca

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state of Malaysia

Malacca is a historic Malaysian state on the southwest coast of the Malay Peninsula, renowned for its rich multicultural heritage and its former role as a major trading port.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Malacca City	4
Melaka	2
Dutch Malacca	1
Malacca and surrounding districts	1
Malacca, Straits Settlements	1
Portuguese Malacca	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	state of Malaysia ⓘ
bordersState	Johor ⓘ Negeri Sembilan ⓘ
capital	Malacca self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Malacca City
colonialPower	Netherlands ⓘ Portugal ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
country	Malaysia ⓘ
formerName	Malacca self-link ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	Strait of Malacca ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	manufacturing ⓘ services ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasHeritage	multicultural heritage ⓘ
hasLandmark	A Famosa fort ⓘ Cheng Hoon Teng Temple ⓘ Christ Church Melaka ⓘ Jonker Street ⓘ Kampung Kling Mosque ⓘ Portuguese Settlement ⓘ St. Paul’s Hill ⓘ Stadthuys ⓘ
hasReligion	Buddhism ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca ⓘ
heritageSiteIncludes	Malacca self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Malacca City
heritageSiteType	cultural ⓘ
historicalEra	Malacca Sultanate ⓘ surface form: Sultanate of Malacca
joinedFederationYear	1948 ⓘ
joinedMalaysiaYear	1963 ⓘ
knownFor	UNESCO World Heritage Site in its capital ⓘ historic trading port ⓘ
locatedIn	Malay Peninsula ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Malay Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Peninsular Malaysia
locatedOnCoastOf	Strait of Malacca ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup	Chinese ⓘ Indians ⓘ Malay peoples ⓘ surface form: Malays Peranakan Chinese ⓘ Portuguese Eurasian community ⓘ
officialLanguage	Malay ⓘ
officialName	Malacca self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Melaka
partOf	Federation of Malaya ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ
wasFoundedAsSultanateBy	Parameswara ⓘ
wasImportantInCentury	15th century ⓘ 16th century ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

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

Governor of the Straits Settlements → appliesToJurisdiction → Malacca ⓘ

Negeri Sembilan → borderedBy → Malacca ⓘ

this entity surface form: Melaka

Johor → borders → Malacca ⓘ

Malacca → capital → Malacca self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malacca City

Malacca Sultanate → capital → Malacca ⓘ

Nagasaki trading post → connectedTo → Malacca ⓘ

Straits Settlements → contains → Malacca ⓘ

Malaysia → containsAdministrativeDivision → Malacca ⓘ

Malacca Sultanate → country → Malacca ⓘ

Malacca → formerName → Malacca self-link ⓘ

Malacca Volunteer Corps → garrison → Malacca ⓘ

Dutch colonial empire → hasPart → Malacca ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dutch Malacca

Governor of the Straits Settlements → hasSeat → Malacca ⓘ

Car Nicobar → hasSettlement → Malacca ⓘ

Malacca → heritageSiteIncludes → Malacca self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malacca City

Federation of Malaya → includedState → Malacca ⓘ

Malacca Volunteer Corps → location → Malacca ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malacca, Straits Settlements

Straits Settlements Volunteer Force → location → Malacca ⓘ

Viceroy of Portuguese India → locationOfWork → Malacca ⓘ

Chinese Malaysians → mainSettlement → Malacca ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malacca City

Dutch–Portuguese War → mainTheater → Malacca ⓘ

Indian Ocean trade network → majorPort → Malacca ⓘ

Strait of Malacca → namedAfter → Malacca ⓘ

Malacca → officialName → Malacca self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Melaka

Malacca Volunteer Corps → operationalArea → Malacca ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malacca and surrounding districts

Strait of Malacca → passesNear → Malacca ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malacca City

Portuguese Empire → territory → Malacca ⓘ

Dutch colonial empire → territoryIncludes → Malacca ⓘ

Johor Sultanate → tradingPartner → Malacca ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese Malacca

Straits dollar → usedIn → Malacca ⓘ