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Malacca (other)
Malacca is a state in Malaysia. Malacca may also refer to: Places * Malacca City or Malacca Town, the capital of the state of Malacca, which is recognised as UNESCO World Heritage site ** Malacca River, which flows through Malacca City ** Malacca Island, a man-made island * Malacca Sultanate, an early sultanate based in the Malacca area * Strait of Malacca, a major waterway separating Malaya and Sumatra * Crown Colony of Malacca, formed in 1946 and merged with the Federation of Malaya after gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1957 * Malacca, a barangay in Panglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines * Malacca, the tourist name for the village U-rèk-ka on Car Nicobar, an island in India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands * Malacca, Car Nicobar, a village in India * Malacca, Nancowry, a village in India * Malacca Banks, sandbanks in India's Gulf of Khambhat Other uses * Battle of Malacca (other) * , three ships * Malacca International Airport, Batu Berendam, Malacca, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malacca
Malacca (), officially the Historic State of Malacca (), is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state in Malaysia located in the Peninsular Malaysia#Other features, southern region of the Malay Peninsula, facing the Strait of Malacca. The state is bordered by Negeri Sembilan to the north and west and Johor to the south. The Enclaves and exclaves, exclave of Tanjung Tuan also borders Negeri Sembilan to the north. Its capital is Malacca City, which has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 7 July List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription#2008 (32nd session), 2008. Malacca has diverse tropical rainforest and experiences an equatorial climate. Situated immediately south of the Titiwangsa Mountains, the state is mostly level and dotted with inselbergs, with Bukit Gapis as the highest point. Although it was the location of one of the earliest Malay sultanates, namely the Malacca Sultanate, the local monarchy was abolished when the Portuguese Capture o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malacca, Nancowry
Malacca is a village in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located in the Nancowry tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser .... Demographics According to the 2011 census of India, Malacca has 35 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 88.46%. References {{Nicobar district Villages in Nancowry tehsil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaka (other)
Malaka or Malaca may refer to: People * Kaus-malaka, king of Udumi (Edom) during the reign of the Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser III * Bernward Malaka (born 1962), German internet entrepreneur and consultant * Malaka Dewapriya (born 1979), Sri Lankan filmmaker, visual artist, radio play writer *Tan Malaka (1897–1949), Indonesian teacher, philosopher, politician Places * Malaca in Hispania, the Punic name for Málaga, Spain * Malaca in Numidia, the Punic name for Calama, now Guelma, Algeria * Malaka Regency, a regency in the province of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia * Malaka Jaya, a village of Duren Sawit, East Jakarta, Indonesia * Malaka Sari, a village of Duren Sawit, East Jakarta, Indonesia * Roa Malaka, an administrative village at Tambora subdistrict, West Jakarta, Indonesia *Selat Malaka, Malaysian, Indonesian and Jawi for Strait of Malacca, a narrow, 550 mi (890 km) stretch of water between the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra * South Malaka, a locality/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllanthus Emblica
''Phyllanthus emblica'', also known as emblic, emblic myrobalan, myrobalan, nelikai, Indian gooseberry, Malacca tree, amloki or amla, is a deciduous tree of the family Phyllanthaceae. Its native range is tropical and southern Asia. Description The tree is small to medium in size, reaching in height. The bark is mottled. The branchlets are finely pubescent (not glabrous), long, usually deciduous. The leaves are simple, subsessile and closely set along branchlets, light green, resembling pinnate leaves. The flowers are greenish–yellow. The fruit is nearly spherical, light greenish–yellow, quite smooth and hard on appearance, with six vertical stripes or furrows. The fruit is up to in diameter, and, while the fruit of wild plants weigh approximately , cultivated fruits average to . Chemical constituents The fruits contain high amounts of ascorbic acid (vitamin C), and have a bitter taste that may derive from a high density of ellagitannins, such as emblicanin A (3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rattan
Rattan, also spelled ratan (from Malay language, Malay: ''rotan''), is the name for roughly 600 species of Old World climbing palms belonging to subfamily Calamoideae. The greatest diversity of rattan palm species and genera are in the closed-Canopy (biology), canopy Old-growth forest, old-growth tropical forests of Southeast Asia, though they can also be found in other parts of tropical Asia and Africa. Most rattan palms are ecologically considered lianas due to their climbing habits, unlike other palm species. A few species also have tree-like or shrub-like habits. Around 20% of rattan palm species are economically important and are traditionally used in Southeast Asia in producing wickerwork furniture, baskets, Walking stick, canes, woven mats, Rope, cordage, and other handicrafts. Rattan canes are one of the world's most valuable non-timber forest products. Some species of rattan also have edible scaly fruit and heart of palm. Despite increasing attempts in the last 30 y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malacca FM
Melaka FM (English: Malacca FM) is a regional Malay language radio station operated by Radio Televisyen Malaysia out of the state capital of Malacca, Malaysia. Broadcasting started in 1946 from the Stadthuys building. The Station transmits on frequency modulation, FM 102.3 MHz from Gunung Ledang. The Melaka FM transmissions were formerly on amplitude modulation, AM 1008 kHz, until 2002. The Station can be received statewide as well as in some parts of Johor, Negeri Sembilan, south west Pahang (Bandar Tun Abdul Razak and Bandar Muadzam Shah) and part of Selangor (Sungai Pelek and Tanjung Sepat). Etymology The Station was formerly known as Radio Malaysia Melaka and Radio 3 Melaka. History Radio Malaya Malacca began its first broadcast from the Stadthuys in 1946, which was transmitted using a 25 watt powered transmission tower in Malacca City Centre. In 1948, the Station was moved to a wooden building in Bandar Hilir when Stadthuys was repurposed as a court building, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malacca International Airport
Malacca Airport (IATA: MKZ, ICAO: WMKM), previously known as Batu Berendam Airport, is situated in Batu Berendam, Malacca, Malaysia. This airport serves not only the state of Malacca but also northern Johor and Negeri Sembilan. The terminal complex, spanning , is equipped with international-standard amenities and has an annual passenger capacity of 1.5 million. The airport features a 2,135-meter runway, accommodating narrowbody aircraft such as the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320. History The construction of the airport was approved in April 1950 and was expected to be completed within a year. The airport, which occupies of land, was completed in August 1952 at a cost of $500,000. The first plane landed at the airport the following month. The Dakota aircraft of Malayan Airways arrive at the airport four times a week. The airport and particularly its control tower bears historical significance as it was the same tower which guided the plane of Tunku Abdul Rahman, the first Prime Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Malacca (other)
The battle or siege of Malacca may refer to several historical battles that occurred in present-day Malacca, Malaysia: * Capture of Malacca (1511), the Portuguese conquest of the Malacca Sultanate * Siege of Malacca (1568), Portugal repels an Acehnese siege * Siege of Malacca (1606), Portugal repels Dutch and Johor forces * Battle of Malacca (1641) The siege of Malacca (3 August 1640 – 14 January 1641) was initiated by the Dutch East India Company and their local ally, Johor, against Portuguese Malacca. It ended with a Portuguese surrender and, according to Portugal, the deaths of th ..., the Dutch conquest of Portuguese Malacca * Battle of the Malacca Strait (1945), the Royal Navy hunt down a Japanese cruiser {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malacca Banks
The Malacca Banks are sandbanks (shoals) below the sea surface, in the Gulf of Khambhat in Gujarat, India. They lie to the west and southwest of the port of Surat Surat (Gujarati Language, Gujarati: ) is a city in the western Indian States and territories of India, state of Gujarat. The word Surat directly translates to ''face'' in Urdu, Gujarati language, Gujarati and Hindi. Located on the banks of t ... and are a system of four irregular ridges running roughly from north to south parallel with the entrance channels to the Gulf. They extend from to . Malacca Bank proper refers only to the one of these banks, the second from the west. To the east of this bank is the Sutherland Channel (which is bounded on its east by the Snally Bank) and to west of the banks is the Grant Channel (which is bounded to its west by the Goapnauth Shoal). Unconnected to these is the Mal Bank which lies at the top of the Gulf of Khambhat where the Sabarmati and Mahi rivers converge. Fur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malacca, Car Nicobar
Malacca is a village in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located in the Car Nicobar tehsil, near the Car Nicobar Air Force Base Car Nicobar Air Force Station is located in IAF Camp village, on Car Nicobar Island in the union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. History The 37 Wing Air Force Station at Car Nicobar has an area of . The bitumen runway w .... Demographics According to the 2011 census of India, Malacca has 368 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 77.9%. References {{Nicobar district Villages in Car Nicobar tehsil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malacca City
Malacca City ( or ') is the List of capitals in Malaysia, capital city of the Malaysian state of Malacca, in Melaka Tengah District. It is List of cities by time of continuous habitation, the oldest Malaysian city on the Straits of Malacca, having become a successful entrepôt in the era of the Malacca Sultanate. The present-day city was founded by Parameswara (king), Parameswara, a Sumatran prince who escaped to the Malay Peninsula when Srivijaya fell to the Majapahit. Following the establishment of the Malacca Sultanate, the city drew the attention of traders from the Middle East, South Asia, and East Asia, as well as the Portuguese, who intended to dominate the trade route in Asia. After Malacca was conquered by Portuguese Empire, Portugal, the city became an area of conflict when the sultanates of Aceh Sultanate, Aceh and Johor Sultanate, Johor attempted to take control from the Portuguese. Following a number of wars between these territories, Aceh declined in influence whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Car Nicobar
Car Nicobar ( in Car language) is the northernmost of the Nicobar Islands. It is also one of three local administrative divisions of the Indian district of Nicobar, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Annual rainfall is . History The seafarers of the region referred to the island as the "northern land of the nake" i.e. Car Nakkavar which is perhaps the direct predecessor of the current name Car Nicobar. 2004 tsunami devastation The island was severely affected by the tsunami that was caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, which led to many deaths and damaged infrastructure. Car Nicobar lies from the epicenter of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, and the ensuing tsunamis struck it with great force. Witnesses reported the waves were as high as 30 ft (9 m). As of December 30, 2004, the number of casualties remained unknown, but were estimated to be high. One survivor told the Associated Press: "There's not a single hut which is standin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
