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Selat Panjang (Jawi: سلاتفنجاغ ; Chinese: 石叻班讓; pinyin: shílèbānràng) is the capital of Kepulauan Meranti Regency, which is part of the province of Riau in Indonesia. The regency is a new regency in Riau province which was established on 19 December 2008 after being separated from Bengkalis Regency .
On 26 January 2011, the regency was re-divided into nine districts. The additional four districts are Tebing Tinggi Timur (East Tebing Tinggi Island, leaving the residual area of Tebing Tinggi District to cover the town of Selat Panjang and its surroundings), Rangsang Pesisir (Coastal Rangsang, actually the central part of that island), Pulau Merbau (Merbau Island, leaving the residual area of ...
The kingdom was believed to have been founded by Merah Silu, who later converted to Islam and adopted the name Malik ul Salih, in the year 1267 CE. [2] After the 1521 Portuguese invasion, the garrison evacuated Pasai in 1524 and the first Sultan of Aceh, Ali Mughayat Syah , annexed the territory .
Regencies (kabupaten) and cities (kota) are the second-level administrative subdivision in Indonesia, immediately below the provinces, and above the districts.Regencies are roughly equivalent to American counties, although most cities in the United States are below the counties. [1]
The terms kota besar (big city), and kota kecil (small city or town), were used since the implementation of the Act Number 22 of 1948. Kota Besar was an urban equivalent of kabupaten (), which was the country's second level subdivision, just below province.
Hoo Ann Kiong Temple (simplified Chinese: 护安宫; traditional Chinese: 護安宮; pinyin: Hù ān gōng, known as Vihara Sejahtera Sakti in Indonesian) is the oldest Chinese Taoism temple in Selat Panjang. [1] This temple is the oldest in Riau province and on Jalan Ahmad Yani, Selat Panjang, Riau. [2]
Aceh is where the spread of Islam in Indonesia began, and was a key factor of the spread of Islam in Southeast Asia. Islam reached Aceh (Kingdoms of Fansur and Lamuri ) around 1250 AD. In the early 17th century the Sultanate of Aceh was the most wealthy, powerful and cultivated state in the Malacca Straits region.
Negeri Sembilan is also the only state in Malaysia that is a coregency, where the Yang di-Pertuan Besar, the four Undangs and the Tunku Besar of Tampin together share the power as rulers of the state. The Arabic honorific title of the state is Darul Khusus (دار الخصوص; "The Special Abode").