Peringgit is a suburb of

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, hav ...

and a

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Melaka Tengah District Melaka Tengah District (translated as Central Malacca District), formerly known as Central District, is one of the three administrative districts in Malacca, Malaysia. It borders Alor Gajah District to the north and Jasin District to the east. ...

in the

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. It is home to several bungalows functioning as government offices and quarters or state galleries, which were built during British colonial era and located at the top of the Bukit Peringgit Hill.

Economy

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Supermarket Peringgit

Education

* Peringgit National Primary School (Sekolah Kebangsaan Peringgit) * Peringgit JAIM Religious Primary School (Sekolah Rendah Agama Peringgit)

Tourist attractions

* Gallery of the Chief Minister of Malacca *

Tun Abdul Ghafar Baba Memorial Tun Abdul Ghafar Baba Memorial () is a museum in Peringgit, Malacca, Malaysia, which commemorates the life of Abdul Ghafar Baba, who was the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1986 to 1993 under Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and the List o ...

Former tourist attractions

* Macau Gallery Melaka (now Malacca Implementation and Monitoring Office) * Casa Cuba (now Malacca Islands Development Council Office)

Transportation

Peringgit is home to Melaka Sentral, the largest bus station in the state of Malacca and its main transportation hub.

References

{{Malacca Melaka Tengah District Mukims of Malacca