| LC control no. | n 80113661 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Perlis |
| Variant(s) | Perlis Indera Kayangan Kerajaan Negeri Perlis |
| See also | Perlis (Malaysia) |
| Special note | SUBJECT USAGE: This name is not valid for use as a subject. Works about htis place are entered under: Perlis (Malaysia) |
| Found in | Annual report on the social and economic progress of the people of the state of Perlis, 1940- Album Diraja, 1995: t.p. (Kerajaan Negeri Perlis) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (adm1; 06°30ʹ00ʺN 100°15ʹ00ʺE) Wikipedia, July 14 2014 (Perlis is the smallest state in Malaysia. It lies at the northern part of the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and has the Satun and Songkhla Provinces of Thailand on its northern border. It is bordered by the state of Kedah to the south. The formal name of Perlis is Perlis Indera Kayangan. It was called Palit [no publications in LC database] by the Siamese when it was under their influence (1821-1909) Perlis was returned to Siam in World War II as a reward for Siam's alliance with Japan, but this brief annexation ended with the Japanese surrender. After World War II, Perlis returned to British rule until it became part of the Malayan Union, then the Federation of Malaya in 1957 and lastly the Federation of Malaysia in 1963) |
| Geographic area code | a-my--- |
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