Kangar

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Kangar
Kangaq (Kedah Malay)
Town of Kangar
Bandar Kangar
Other transcription(s)
   Jawi كڠار
   Chinese 加央
Jiā Yāng(Hanyu Pinyin)
   Tamil கங்கார்
Kaṅkār(Transliteration)
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Downtown Kangar, Alwi Mosque, Merdeka Square, Perlis State Legislative Assembly, KPJ Perlis Specialist Hospital and the PKENPS Tower @ K-PARC
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  Kangar in    Perlis
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Kangar (Peninsular Malaysia)
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Kangar (Asia)
Coordinates: 6°26′N100°12′E / 6.433°N 100.200°E / 6.433; 100.200
Country Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia
State Flag of Perlis.svg Perlis
Foundation of Kota Sena1653
Establishment of the town council1956
Municipality status1 January 1980
Government
  Type Municipal council
  BodyKangar Municipal Council
  PresidentNorazlan Bin Yahaya
Area
  Total
29.84 km2 (11.52 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
  Total
48,898
Time zone UTC+8 (MST)
  Summer (DST)Not observed
Website mpkangar.gov.my
Kangar Municipal Council

Majlis Perbandaran Kangar
مجليس ڤربندرن كڠار
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Type
Type
History
Founded1 January 1980
Leadership
President
Norazlan Bin Yahaya
Municipal Secretary
Raziff Yaacob
Meeting place
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192, Persiaran Jubli Emas, 01000 Kangar, Perlis.
Website
mpkangar.gov.my

Kangar (Kedah Malay: Kangaq; Jawi: كڠار) is the state capital and the largest town in Perlis, Malaysia. [1] It has a population of 48,898 and an area of 2,619.4 ha. It is located next to the Thailand border, in the northernmost point of Peninsular Malaysia. It is situated by the Perlis River. [2]

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The town is also a gathering centre for the paddy rice production of the surrounding district. Its municipal government is unified with that of the neighbouring communities of Arau and Kaki Bukit. The centre of Kangar is Sena Province. The town is the smallest state capital in Malaysia and its inhabitants are mostly farmers and civil servants. Its industries include cement, saw milling, rubber, paper, and processing of sugar and prawns. [3]

History

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Kangar Map

Kangar existed from about 350 years ago, that is since 1653 when Kota Sena was built as the administrative centre for the 14th Sultan of Kedah, Sultan Muhyiddin Mansor Shah. Kangar was then a land port or pengkalan where boats and tongkangs anchor at the confluence of Perlis River, which runs through Kangar town to Kuala Perlis. [1]

The name Kangar was derived from a type of tree. It was here at the port that trading was done, under a big tree that gave shade and respite to the traders. This tree that became a "witness" to many business deals was called Pohon Kangar. Every trader and merchant who came and went to this place began calling it the Pohon Kangar Port, in honour of the tree. [1]

Demographics

Ethnic composition of Kangar (2010) [4]
Ethnicities / NationalityPercentage
Malay
62.23%
Chinese
30.54%
Indian
4.73%
Other Bumiputras
0.1%
Others
0.3%
Non-Malaysians
2.1%

The majority of Kangar's population speaks Perlis Malay which is a sub-dialect of Kedah Malay but also has its own unique features compared to those of neighbouring Kedah.

The Han Chinese, the second largest community in Kangar are primarily Hokkien speaking, with the language serving as the lingua franca of the city's Chinese population. In addition, significant knowledge of Mandarin and English is also present amongst them.

Other languages spoken in Kangar includes Tamil, Telugu, Malayali as well as Punjabi and Hindi among the Kangar Indian population and Southern Thai by the Kedah-Siamese community.

Places of interest

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Perlis State Library at Jalan Penjara.

Downtown Kangar is a mixture of old and new shophouses, and has an elegant colonial State Secretariat Building and clocktower from the 1930s. Other major landmarks are:

Notable natives

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kangar Background | Kangar Municipal Council". Majlis Perbandaran Kangar. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  2. Information, Malaya Department of (1957). Fact Sheets on the Federation of Malaya. The Department.
  3. "Kangar | Malaysia". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  4. "Population Distribution and Demography" (PDF). Malaysian Department of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2013.
  5. "Perlis Public Library Corporation Website".

6°26′N100°12′E / 6.433°N 100.200°E / 6.433; 100.200