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Alor Setar Malay Primary School
Alor may refer to: South Asia *Aror or Alor, medieval name of city of Sukkur, Sindh, Pakistan *Chach of Alor, Brahmin Chamberlain and Secretary to Rai Sahasi the Second *Alor, Bastar, a village in Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, India Southeast Asia * Alor Archipelago, Indonesia **Alor Island, Indonesia **Alor Strait, Indonesia ** Alor Regency, Indonesia ** Alor–Pantar languages, a group of non-Austronesian languages ** Alorese, an Austronesian language spoken on Alor Island *Alor Setar, a city in Malaysia ** Menara Alor Setar, a tower in Alor Setar * Alor Gajah, a town and a district in Melaka, Malaysia ** Lebuh AMJ or the Alor Gajah Bypass ** Alor Gajah British Graveyard Other * Alor, Nigeria *''Alőr'', the Hungarian name for Urişor village, Cășeiu Commune, Cluj County, Romania *Australian League of Rights See also * Aloor (other) Aloor may refer to: * Aloor, Tamil Nadu, a Panchyat Town in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India * Alur, Maharashtra, a vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aror
Aror ( Sindhi: اروهڙ) or Alor or Arorkot (Sindhi: اروهڙ ڪوٽ) is the medieval name of the city of Rohri (in Sindh, modern Pakistan). Aror once served as the capital of Sindh. History As Roruka, capital of the Sauvira Kingdom, it is mentioned as an important trading center in early Buddhist literature. Little is known about the city's history prior to the Arab invasion in the 8th century CE. Sauvīra was an ancient kingdom of the lower Indus Valley. Aror was the capital of the Arorh Dynasty, which was followed by Rai Dynasty and then the Brahman Dynasty that once ruled northern Sindh. Aror is the ancestral town of the Arora Community. In 711, Aror was captured by the army of Muslim general Muhammad bin Qasim. Arab historians recorded the city's name as ''Al-rur'', ''Al-ruhr'' and ''Al Ror''. In 962 it was hit by a massive earthquake that changed the course of the Indus River and ruined the town's mud brick building, thereby setting into play the city's decline, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alor Setar
Alor Setar ( Jawi: الور ستار, Kedahan: ''Loqstaq'') is the state capital of Kedah, Malaysia. It is the second-largest city in the state after Sungai Petani and one of the most-important cities on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It is home to the third-tallest telecommunication tower in Malaysia, the Alor Setar Tower. Its location along the main travel corridor from Malaysia to Thailand has long made it a major transportation hub in the northern Malay Peninsula. Alor Setar sits along the country's longest expressway, located from Kuala Lumpur and north of George Town, Penang. From Thailand, the city is easily accessible via the Padang Besar–Sadao Highway, it is from Sadao and from Hat Yai. The city was originally founded as Kota Setar in 1785. Owing to the long status as the capital of Kedah, Alor Setar is regarded as one of the core cultural centres for the Kedahan Malays. It is also among the key pioneer in the Malayan transportation history, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cășeiu
Căşeiu ( hu, Alsókosály; german: Koschal) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of ten villages: Cășeiu, Comorâța, Coplean (''Kapjon''), Custura (''Dumbráva''), Gârbău Dejului (''Désorbó''), Guga (''Guga''), Leurda (''Leurda határrész''), Rugășești (''Felsőkosály''), Sălătruc (''Szeletruk'') and Urișor (''Alőr''). Demographics According to the census from 2002 there was a total population of 4,882 people living in this commune. Of this population, 94.44% are ethnic Romanians, 4.67% ethnic Romani and 0.83% are ethnic Hungarians Natives *Ioan Rus Ioan Rus (born February 21, 1955) is a Romanian politician. Biography Born in Urișor, Cluj County, he is a 1982 graduate of the Mechanics faculty of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) since 1 ... References Communes in Cluj County Localities in Transylvania {{ClujCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alor, Nigeria
Alor is one of the seven communities comprising the Idemili South Local Government of Anambra State in the southeast geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It is surrounded by seven neighbouring towns, namely Oraukwu, Nnobi, Abatete, Ideani, Uke, Adazi Ani and Nnokwa. Alor has several rivers which names in most cases are derived from the major idol of the village touched by the river – Mmili Ezigbo, Mmili Nwangene, Mmili Ọhọsha, Mmili Ideọhwọlọ, Mmili Iyiogwgwu, and Mmili Ọbịaja. Physical Environment Alor town is located within the triangle formed by the three main towns of Anambra State. Conceptually straightening out the roads connecting the towns, the northern side of the triangle is the Onitsha – Awka road, whether the expressway or the old Enugu – Onitsha road. The eastern or southeastern edge of the triangle is the connection from Awka through Agulu or Nimo, Neni, Oraukwu, Adazi Ani, Nnokwa, and Nnobi to Nnewi. The third side is Onitsha to Nnewi. Alor happe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alor Gajah British Graveyard
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Lebuh AMJ
Lebuhraya Alor Gajah–Melaka Tengah–Jasin (Alor Gajah–Central Malacca–Jasin Highway), or popularly known as Lebuh AMJ (Alor Gajah–Central Malacca (Malacca)–Jasin), Federal Routes 19 (Malaccan side) and 5 (Johorean side) is a divided highway across Malacca state, Malaysia. Route background Generally, the Lebuh AMJ runs north–south from Simpang Ampat to Malacca City before running from west–east from Malacca City to Muar. The entire Malaccan section of the Lebuh AMJ is signed as Federal Route 19, while the Johorean section of the highway is signed as Federal Route 5. The route numbers overlap along the section between Sungai Duyong Intersection to Semabok Interchange. Meanwhile, the section between Malim and Semabok was signed as Federal Route 191 but was decommissioned in 2012 when the entire Lebuh AMJ was gazetted as FT19. The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 19 used to be located at Jalan Hang Tuah-Jalan Kubu intersection in Malacca City. After the Lebuh AMJ wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alor Gajah
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Menara Alor Setar
Alor Setar Tower, also known as Kedah Tower is a 4-story, 165.5-meter-tall telecommunication tower in Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia, It is Malaysia's third tallest tower and the tallest tower in the city & the state, also the second tallest structure in the northern Malaysia behind KOMTAR, which is at . It is the icon of Alor Setar, also Kedah. Apart from serving the role of a telecommunication tower, it also caters as a tourist destination for the town. The tower also houses some restaurants and a souvenir shop. The tower is an observatory tower to look for the crescent moon to mark the beginning of Muslim months such as Ramadhan, Shawwal, and Zulhijjah, to celebrate Ramadhan, Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Hari Raya Aidiladha, respectively. The observation deck is at a height of from the base of the structure. Also, the open deck or skydeck is at a height of , the tower shaft with the height of , the tower head with the height of and the antenna is with the height of . Gallery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alorese
Alorese (bahasa Alor) is an Austronesian language spoken on Alor and the neighboring islands of the Alor archipelago in eastern Indonesia. It is not to be confused with non-Austronesian ( Papuan) languages of the Alor–Pantar family which are also spoken in this region. It is also distinct from Alor Malay, a Malay variety which is currently supplanting Alorese as the language of wider communication in the region. Alorese is the native language of several immigrant communities located along the coast of the Alor archipelago, especially at Alor Kecil Alor may refer to: South Asia *Aror or Alor, medieval name of city of Sukkur, Sindh, Pakistan *Chach of Alor, Brahmin Chamberlain and Secretary to Rai Sahasi the Second * Alor, Bastar, a village in Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, India Southeas ... on Alor and at Baranusa and Marica on Pantar. It has also been used extensively as a trade language in the region. Alorese is closely related to Lamaholot and is often classified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chach Of Alor
Chach (c. 631-671 AD) ( sd, چچ)Wink, André. (1991)''Al- Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World: The slave kings and the Islamic conquest''. 2, p. 153 Leiden: Brill. was a Hindu Brahmin king of Sindh region of the Indian subcontinent in the mid-7th century AD. Chach expanded the kingdom of Sindh, and his successful efforts to subjugate surrounding monarchies and ethnic groups into an empire covering the entire Indus valley and beyond were recorded in the ''Chach Nama''. Biography Chach was a Brahmin who rose to a position of influence under Rai Sahiras II, king of Sindh and a member of the Rai dynasty. Chach was the chamberlain to the King. According to the Chachnama, the last Rai emperor, Rai Sahasi II, died through illness without issue. By that time, Chach was in complete control of the affairs of the kingdom and had developed illicit sexual relations with Sahasi's wife (queen Rani Suhanadi). When Rai Sahasi II was near death, Suhanadi explained to Chach that the king ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alor–Pantar Languages
The Alor–Pantar languages are a family of clearly related Papuan languages The Papuan languages are the non- Austronesian and non-Australian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands, by around 4 million people. It is a strictly geogra ... spoken on islands of the Alor archipelago near Timor in southern Indonesia. They may be most closely related to the Papuan languages of eastern Timor, but this is not yet clear. A more distant relationship with the Trans–New Guinea languages of the Bomberai Peninsula, Bomberai peninsula of Western New Guinea has been proposed based on pronominal evidence, but though often cited has never been firmly established. Languages The family is conventionally divided into two branches, centered on the islands of Alor Island, Alor and Pantar Island, Pantar. * Alor branch: Woisika language, Wosika, Abui language, Abui, Adang language, Adang–Kabola, Kafoa langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alor Regency
Alor Regency ( id, Kabupaten Alor) is a regency (''kabupaten'') in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province of Indonesia. Established in 1958, Alor Regency administers the Alor Archipelago with its seat (capital) in Kalabahi on Alor Island. Alor Regency occupies 2,928.88 km2 land area and 10,973.62 km2 water area. There are seventeen islands in the archipelago, of which the largest by far are Alor itself and Pantar; there are another six inhabited islands (including Pura, Treweng, Kepa, Buaya, Kangge and Kura); the remaining nine islands (Sika, Nub, Kapas, Batang, Lapang, Ternate, Rusa, Tikus and Kambing) are uninhabited. To the east lies the island of (Atauro), part of the Republic of East Timor. Pantar and Alor Islands are separated by a wide strait with Pulau Buaya and Pulau Kambing at its northern point, Pulau Pura in the middle, and Pulau Treweng at its southern point. The regency had 190,026 inhabitants at the 2010 decennial census; at the 2030 census this had risen to 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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