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15-577: Chuping is a suburb of Kangar and a small town in Perlis , Malaysia . It is located to the northeast of Kangar , the state capital. The town has 22,000 hectares of plantations, which consist of rubber estates and the largest sugar cane plantation in Malaysia. Chuping's name may be taken from a limestone hill in the area called Bukit Chuping. There are many limestone hills in the area, and several caves containing bats. The guano used to be collected for use as

30-568: 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. 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

45-648: A Malay or a Siamese if they are not speaking their mother tongue. The only distinctive mark among them is their religion and language. Otherwise Malaysian Siamese are like Malays as they also speak fluent local Malay dialects. Majority of Malaysian Siamese can read and write in Thai because there is Thai language learning and teaching in the schools which were established inside the village temples since 1943. They also often follow news in Thailand, watch Thai dramas and listen to Thai music. The Malaysian Siamese often get patronage from

60-627: A fertiliser, for crops such as rice, as it contains nitrates and iron(III) phosphate . The highest temperature in the country was recorded in Chuping on April 9, 1998, at 40.1 °C (104.2 °F). Chuping receives just above 2,000 mm (79 in) of rainfall annually and with that cumulative of rainfall if compares with other places in Malaysia, Chuping is categorised as one of the driest area in Malaysia. The dry season occurs during December until February but still monthly can reach up more than 100 mm (3.9 in) of rainfall. March till November

75-541: A significant role in strengthening communities and encouraging villagers to participate in traditional Buddhist ceremonies and rituals on important religious days like ( Uposatha Days , Magha Puja , Visakha Puja , Buddhist Lent (Vassa) , and End of Buddhist Lent (Kathina) ) to preserve the Siamese-Buddhist cultural identity. Most of them settled around temples and consider them as centers for holding religious ceremonies, cultural and social activities. There also exist

90-610: Is a wet season. Chuping is accessible from a trunk road bound for Kangar and Kodiang. The trunk road is situated after the Jitra Selatan exit of the North–South Expressway . Buses that travel along the Kuala Perlis –Kangar route pass through this town. This Perlis location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kangar Kangar ( Kedah Malay : Kangaq ; Jawi : كڠار ‎)

105-456: Is the state capital and the largest town in Perlis , Malaysia. 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 . The town is also a gathering centre for the paddy rice production of the surrounding district. Its municipal government is unified with that of

120-458: 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 . 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

135-461: The 1930s. Other major landmarks are: 6°26′N 100°12′E  /  6.433°N 100.200°E  / 6.433; 100.200 Malaysian Siamese The Malaysian Siamese ( Malay : Orang Siam Malaysia ) are an ethnicity or community who principally resides in Peninsular Malaysia which is a relatively homogeneous cultural region to Southern Burma and Southern Thailand but

150-612: 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. Downtown Kangar is a mixture of old and new shophouses, and has an elegant colonial State Secretariat Building and clocktower from

165-502: The national statistics cited 50,211 individuals of Siamese ethnicity in Malaysia. Among these, 38,353 (or 76.4% of them) hold Malaysian citizenship. The Malaysian Siamese community share cultural similarities with the natives who inhabit the Malay Peninsula . Community activities, ethnolinguistic identity and languages spoken by Malaysian Siamese are similar to their brethren in the fourteen provinces of Southern Thailand as well as

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180-421: 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. Kangar existed from about 350 years ago, that is since 1653 when Kota Sena was built as the administrative centre for

195-479: The southernmost Burmese. The Malaysian Siamese lead a way of life similar to other Malaysian Malays. Malaysian Siamese still have the strong belief and practices of Buddhism while the Malaysian Malays have adopted Islam since the 14th century. The Malaysian Siamese are well established in the northernmost states of Malaysia, namely Perlis, Kedah, Perak, Penang, Terengganu and Kelantan. One could not differentiate

210-452: The state governments for their community's well-being. Often, temples are given generous fundings by Thailand's government. Their community are also known for the making of traditional medicine. The Malaysian Siamese predominantly profess Buddhism and the predominant form of Buddhism is Theravāda Buddhism which is centred in their place of worship called Wat . The Malaysian Siamese's lives are closely tied to their temples (Wat). Monks have

225-696: Was separated by the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 between the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Siam . The treaty established the modern Malaysia-Thailand Border which starts from Golok River in Kelantan and ends at Padang Besar in Perlis . Before this, there was a mass migration of Siamese from Nakhon Si Thammarat to the northern Malay states seeking refuge following a civil war waged by Taksin of Thonburi against Nakhon ruler Nu in 1769. In 2000,

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