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Pulau Pinang (Malaysia : State)

LC control no.n 2014019409
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingPulau Pinang (Malaysia : State)
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Geographic subdivision usageMalaysia--Pulau Pinang (State)
Variant(s)Negeri Pulau Pinang (Malaysia)
Penang (Malaysia : State)
Pinang (Malaysia : State)
State of Penang (Malaysia)
See alsoPulau Pinang (State)
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Other standard no.307433917
Q188096
1733047
7018057
1920831
Beginning date1963-09-16
Associated countryMalaysia
Found inGEOnet, viewed April 10, 2014: (Pulau Pinang [approved], Negeri Pulau Pinang [approved], ADM1, 05°19ʹ34ʺN 100°19ʹ18ʺE; Pulau Pinang is also the approved name for a PPL in Pahang and 3 islands in 3 different Malaysian states)
Info. please alm., 1980, p. 219 (Malaysia came into existence on 9/16/63 as a federation of Malaya, Singapore, Sabah (North Borneo), and Sarawak; in 1965 Singapore withdrew from the federation)
Columbia gazatteer online, viewed April 10, 2014 (Pinang or Penang; state of Malaysia, consists of the island Pulau Penang and the mainland Province Wellesley)
Statesman's yearbook online, viewed April 10, 2014 (Pulau Pinang (Penang); a state of Malaysia)
Wikipedia, October 4, 2023 (Penang (Malay: Pulau Pinang) is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the Malay Peninsula; State of Penang)
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