Langgar, Kedah

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Langgar is a mukim in Kota Setar District, Kedah, Malaysia. The Kedah royal mausoleum is located here. The nation's founding father and the first Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, was laid to rest in this royal mausoleum.

A mukim is a type of administrative division used in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The word mukim is loanword in English. However, it was also originally a loanword in Malay from the Arabic word: مقيم. The closest English translation for mukim is precinct, commune, ward or parish.

Kota Setar District District of Malaysia in Kedah

The Kota Setar District is a district in Kedah, Malaysia where the state capital Alor Star is situated.

Kedah State of Malaysia

Kedah, also known by its honorific Darul Aman or "Abode of Peace", is a state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of Peninsular Malaysia. The state covers a total area of over 9,000 km², and it consists of the mainland and the Langkawi islands. The mainland has a relatively flat terrain, which is used to grow rice, while Langkawi is an archipelago, most of which are uninhabited islands.

Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Kedah's and northern Peninsular Malaysia's main tertiary referral centre, is located in the town. SJK(C) Tai Chong is also located here.

Peninsular Malaysia mainland, western portion of the nation-state of Malaysia in South East Asia

Peninsular Malaysia, also known as Malaya or West Malaysia, is the part of Malaysia which lies on the Malay Peninsula and surrounding islands. Its area is 132,265 square kilometres (51,068 sq mi), which is nearly 40% of the total area of the country - or slightly bigger than England and South Korea. It shares a land border with Thailand in the north. To the south is the island of Singapore.

Coordinates: 6°09′N100°26′E / 6.150°N 100.433°E / 6.150; 100.433

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