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  2. Malacca - Wikipedia

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    Malacca ( Malay: Melaka ), officially the Historic State of Malacca ( Malay: Melaka Negeri Bersejarah ), is a state in Malaysia located in the 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 exclave of Tanjung Tuan also borders ...

  3. Malacca City - Wikipedia

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    Malacca City ( Malay: Bandaraya Melaka or Kota Melaka) is the capital city of the Malaysian state of Malacca, in Melaka Tengah District. It is 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, a Sumatran prince who ...

  4. Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca - Wikipedia

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    Historic City of Melaka. Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca is a UNESCO World Heritage listing [1] comprising the historic urban centres of two cities, Melaka and George Town, that illustrate 500 years of cultural and trade exchange between East and West. This World Heritage site illustrates the development of ...

  5. Strait of Malacca - Wikipedia

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    The Strait of Malacca is a narrow stretch of water, 800 kilometres (500 mi) long and from 65 to 250 km (40–155 mi) wide, between the Malay Peninsula to the northeast and the Indonesian island of Sumatra to the southwest, connecting the Andaman Sea (Indian Ocean) and the South China Sea (Pacific Ocean). [2] As the main shipping channel between ...

  6. Malacca Island - Wikipedia

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    Melaka Tengah. Malacca Island ( Malay: Pulau Melaka) is a man-made island approximately 0.5 km off the coast of Malacca City, the capital city of the Malaysian state of Malacca, just south of its business district. It is part of the “Twin Island City Centre” waterfront project undertaken by Pulau Kembar Sdn Bhd (formerly Inno Enhance Sdn ...

  7. Malacca Sultanate - Wikipedia

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    The Malacca Sultanate ( Malay: Kesultanan Melaka; Jawi script: کسلطانن ملاک‎) was a Malay sultanate based in the modern-day state of Malacca, Malaysia. Conventional historical thesis marks c. 1400 as the founding year of the sultanate by King of Singapura, Parameswara, also known as Iskandar Shah, [1] although earlier dates for its ...

  8. Capture of Malacca (1511) - Wikipedia

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    The Capture of Malacca in 1511 occurred when the governor of Portuguese India Afonso de Albuquerque conquered the city of Malacca in 1511. The port city of Malacca controlled the narrow, strategic Strait of Malacca, through which all seagoing trade between China and India was concentrated. [8] The capture of Malacca was the result of a plan by ...

  9. Portuguese Malacca - Wikipedia

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    Malaysia portal. v. t. e. Portuguese control of Malacca –a city on the Malay Peninsula – spanned a 130 year period from 1511 to 1641 as a possession of the Portuguese East Indies. It was captured from the Malacca Sultanate as part of Portuguese attempts to gain control of trade in the region.

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