Alor Gajah | |
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Town and district capital | |
Alor Gajah Town Bandar Alor Gajah | |
Motto(s): Alor Gajah Dynamic - Progressive - Holistic (Malay: Alor Gajah Dinamik - Progresif - Holistik) | |
Coordinates: 2°23′00″N102°13′00″E / 2.38333°N 102.21667°E | |
Country | Malaysia |
State | Malacca |
District | Alor Gajah |
Granted municipal status | 1 May 2003 |
Government | |
• Type | Local government |
• Body | Alor Gajah Municipal Council |
• President | Mohd Fadhil Hassan |
• Alor Gajah Member of Parliament | Adly Zahari (AMANAH) |
Population (2010) | |
• Alor Gajah Town | 21,267 |
• Demonym | Alor Gajahan |
Time zone | UTC+8 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | Not observed |
Postal code | 78xxx |
Area code(s) | +6065 (landline only) |
Vehicle registration | M |
Website | www |
Alor Gajah Municipal Council Majlis Perbandaran Alor Gajah | |
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Type | |
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History | |
Founded | 1 May 2003 |
Leadership | |
President | Saifuddin Abdul Karim |
Municipal Secretary | Saleh Mohd Dom |
Meeting place | |
Majlis Perbandaran Alor Gajah (MPAG), Lebuh AMJ, 78000 Alor Gajah, Melaka, Malaysia. | |
Website | |
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Alor Gajah is a town and district seat of Alor Gajah District in the Malaysian state of Malacca. It is governed by Alor Gajah Municipal Council (Malay : Majlis Perbandaran Alor Gajah), which was formerly known as Alor Gajah District Council (Malay : Majlis Daerah Alor Gajah) from 1 July 1978 until 1 May 2003. [1]
Alor Gajah used to be one of the forest areas believed to be the routes (Malay: alor) for wild elephants (Malay: gajah). [2]
Climate data for Alor Gajah | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31 (88) | 32 (90) | 32 (90) | 32 (90) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 32.8 (91.0) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 23.8 (74.8) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 189.8 (7.47) | 210.1 (8.27) | 273.5 (10.77) | 298.9 (11.77) | 243.1 (9.57) | 128.7 (5.07) | 141.1 (5.56) | 168.9 (6.65) | 198.1 (7.80) | 280.1 (11.03) | 330.3 (13.00) | 261.2 (10.28) | 2,723.8 (107.24) |
Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 11 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 162 |
Source: Climate Data [3] |
Alor Gajah is home to Honda Malaysia's car manufacturing plant, [4] which assembling cars for the local market and also selected automotive parts for Honda's overall ASEAN market and also local biscuit producer - Julie's manufacturing plant.
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