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n. The royal capital of Perlis (Malaysia).
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Arau is the royal capital of Perlis in Malaysia, with a population of around 20,000. It is located in Peninsular Malaysia, 14 kilometres southeast of the official state capital of Kangar. The red-roofed Istana (Royal Palace) is a mixture of colonial and pseudo-Moorish architectural styles. Near the Istana is the Royal Mosque, which can hold some 7000 worshippers.
This town is the disembarkation point for visitors travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Langkawi by train.
Arau is a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.
The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
Arau may refer to:
- Arau
- Arau (federal constituency), represented in the Dewan Rakyat
- Bandar Arau (state constituency), formerly represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (1974–86)
- Arau (state constituency), formerly represented in the Perlis State Council (1955–59); Perlis State Legislative Assembly (1959–74)
Usage examples of "arau".
Lake Arau in the eastern foothills of the Arau Mountains to the southwestern mountains of Harkala, close to the ancient city of Aeravas.
In the interim, their empire had lapped as far east as the Cerakondian Mountains, in the south, and eventually as far as Lake Arau, in the north, until it finally stopped against the Arau Mountains in far eastern Chairifon.
It had reached the Araus just under nine hundred years ago, and on the far side of that mountain barrier, it had finally encountered another empire almost as large as it was.
Uromathia, which had controlled everything beyond the Cerakondians and the Araus as far south as Harkala.