Kangar

This article is about the state capital and town in Perlis, Malaysia. For other uses, see Kangar (disambiguation).

Town and state capital in Perlis, Malaysia

Kangar

Kangaq (Kedah Malay)

Town and state capital

Town of Kangar
Bandar Kangar

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Downtown Kangar, Alwi Mosque, Merdeka Square, Perlis State Legislative Assembly, KPJ Perlis Specialist Hospital and the PKENPS Tower @ K-PARC

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Coordinates: 6°26′N 100°12′E﻿ / ﻿6.433°N 100.200°E﻿ / 6.433; 100.200
Country|  Malaysia
State|  Perlis
Founded| 6 April 1653; 371 years ago (as Kota Sena)
Establishment of the town council| 1956
Municipality status| 1 January 1980
Government

• Type| Municipal council
• Body| Kangar Municipal Council
• President| Norazlan Bin Yahaya
Area

• Total

| 29.84 km2 (11.52 sq mi)
Population

(2005)

• Total

| 48,898
Time zone| UTC+8 (MST)
• Summer (DST)| Not observed
Website| mpkangar.gov.my

Kangar Municipal Council

Majlis Perbandaran Kangar
مجليس ڤربندرن كڠار

Type
Type|

Local authority

History
Founded| 1 January 1980
Leadership

President

Norazlan Yahaya

Municipal Secretary

Raziff Yaacob

Meeting place
192, Persiaran Jubli Emas, 01000 Kangar, Perlis.
Website
mpkangar.gov.my

Kangar (Kedah Malay: Kangaq) is the state capital and the largest town in Perlis, Malaysia.[1] It has a population of 48,898 and an area of 2,619.4 ha. It is located next to the Thailand border, in the northernmost point of Peninsular Malaysia. It is situated by the Perlis River.[2]

The town is also a gathering centre for the paddy rice production of the surrounding district. Its municipal government is unified with that of the neighbouring communities of Arau and Kaki Bukit. The centre of Kangar is Sena Province. The town is the smallest state capital in Malaysia and its inhabitants are mostly farmers and civil servants. Its industries include cement, saw milling, rubber, paper, and processing of sugar and prawns.[3]

## History

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Kangar Map

Kangar existed from about 350 years ago, that is since 1653 when Kota Sena was built as the administrative centre for the 14th Sultan of Kedah, Sultan Muhyiddin Mansor Shah. Kangar was then a land port or pengkalan where boats and tongkangs anchor at the confluence of Perlis River, which runs through Kangar town to Kuala Perlis.[1]

The name Kangar was derived from a type of tree. It was here at the port that trading was done, under a big tree that gave shade and respite to the traders. This tree that became a "witness" to many business deals was called Pohon Kangar. Every trader and merchant who came and went to this place began calling it the Pohon Kangar Port, in honour of the tree.[1]

## Demographics

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| Ethnic composition of Kangar (2010)[4]

Ethnicities / Nationality |  | Percentage
Malay |

| 62.23%
Chinese |

| 30.54%
Indian |

| 4.73%
Other Bumiputras |

| 0.1%
Others |

| 0.3%
Non-Malaysians |

| 2.1%

The majority of Kangar's population speaks Perlis Malay which is a sub-dialect of Kedah Malay but also has its own unique features compared to those of neighbouring Kedah.

The Han Chinese, the second largest community in Kangar are primarily Hokkien speaking, with the language serving as the lingua franca of the city's Chinese population. In addition, significant knowledge of Mandarin and English is also present amongst them.

Other languages spoken in Kangar includes Tamil, Telugu, Malayali as well as Punjabi and Hindi among the Kangar Indian population and Southern Thai by the Kedah-Siamese community.

## Places of interest

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Perlis State Library at Jalan Penjara.

Downtown Kangar is a mixture of old and new shophouses, and has an elegant colonial State Secretariat Building and clocktower from the 1930s. Other major landmarks are:

* PKENPS Tower @ K-PARC Kangar, the tallest building in Perlis
* Dato' Wan Ahmad's House
* Kubu Hill Recreational Park
* Malay World Weaponry Museum
* Medan Mountain
* Perlis Craft Cultural Complex
* State Museum and Heritage Hall
* Alwi Mosque, the former state mosque built in 1910
* Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium
* Gua Kelam, a cave in Kaki Bukit
* Snake Farm of Sungai Batu Pahat
* Bukit Ayer Recreational Park
* Wang Kelian \- Next to Thai border
* Padang Besar Shopping Arcade - Duty Free Zone
* Royal Palace of Arau
* Fish Grill Food Court, Kuala Perlis
* Mini Putrajaya - State Assembly Building
* Gua Cenderawasih Park - Look out point
* Perlis State Library (Malay: Perpustakaan Negeri Perlis), main public library of the State of Perlis and the headquarters of the Perlis Public Library Corporation (Malay: Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Perlis, abbreviated as PPANP).[5]

## Notable natives

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* Queenzy Cheng

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b c "Kangar Background | Kangar Municipal Council". Majlis Perbandaran Kangar. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
2. ^ Information, Malaya Department of (1957). Fact Sheets on the Federation of Malaya. The Department.
3. ^ "Kangar | Malaysia". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
4. ^ "Population Distribution and Demography" (PDF). Malaysian Department of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2013.
5. ^ "Perlis Public Library Corporation Website".

## External links

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* Municipal Council of Kangar

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