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  2. Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak - Wikipedia

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    The Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak in English is Governor of Sarawak, [1] is the ceremonial head of state of Sarawak. [2] The Yang di-Pertua Negeri is styled Tuan Yang Terutama ( lit. ' His Excellency ' ). The official residence of the governor is The Astana, located on the north bank of the Sarawak River in Kuching. [3]

  3. Laluan Penarikan - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates: 2°47′59.1″N 102°22′23.0″E. The Laluan Penarikan (Malay 'portage route') were a series of portage routes across the Malay Peninsula. The most famous of these routes connected the Muar River with the Pahang River. The Penarikan shortened the journey of water vessels sailing between the Strait of Malacca and the South China Sea.

  4. Family tree of Negeri Sembilan monarchs - Wikipedia

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    The following is the family tree of the Malay monarchs of Negeri Sembilan, from the establishment of the chieftaincy in 1773 until present day. The monarch is styled Yang di-Pertuan Besar or shortened as Yamtuan Besar ('the grand ruler'). [1] The first three monarchs namely, Melewar, Hitam and Lenggang were hailed from Pagaruyung in Sumatra ...

  5. Ibu Pertiwi - Wikipedia

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    Ibu Pertiwi. Ibu Pertiwi (English: Mother Prithvi or Mother Earth) [1] is a national personification of Indonesia, the allegory of Tanah Air ( Indonesian: land and water ), the Indonesian motherland. Since prehistoric times, the tribes of the Indonesian archipelago often revered earth and nature spirits as a life giving mother, a female deity ...

  6. Siti Nurhaliza - Wikipedia

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    Early life. Siti Nurhaliza was born on 11 January 1979, in Berek Polis (police barrack) Kampung Awah in Temerloh, Pahang, Malaysia where she is the fourth child in a family of seven siblings to Tarudin Ismail, a police officer and Siti Salmah Bachik, a housewife.

  7. Yang di-Pertua Negeri - Wikipedia

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    Yang di-Pertua Negeri. In Malaysia, the Yang di-Pertua Negeri ( lit. 'He Who is Made Leader of the Land' in Malay) is a constitutional title given to the head of state in states without a ruler, namely: Penang, Malacca, Sabah and Sarawak. This is in contrast to a Ruler ( Malay: Raja) which is a constitutional title given to states with ...

  8. Yang di-Pertuan Negara - Wikipedia

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    The head of state of Sarawak was once known as Yang Di-Pertua Negara and later known as Yang Di-Pertua Negeri.. Singapore Background. Following revisions to the Constitution in 1959, which granted Singapore self-governance from the United Kingdom, the ceremonial office of Yang di-Pertuan Negara replaced the colonial office of Governor as the representative of the British monarch in Singapore ...

  9. Perlis - Wikipedia

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    www .perlis .gov .my www .perlisroyalty .gov .my. Perlis [note 1] ( Kedah Malay (Perlis dialect): Peghelih ), also known by its honorific title Perlis Indera Kayangan, is a state of Malaysia in the northwestern coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It is the smallest state in Malaysia by means of area and population, as well as the northernmost in the ...