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Arau is the royal capital of
Perlis Perlis (Kedah Malay language, Kedah Malay (Perlis dialect): ''Peghelih'') is a Negeri, state of Malaysia in the northwestern coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It is the smallest state in Malaysia by area and population. The state borders the Thai ...
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Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...
with a population of around 20,000. The red-roofed Istana (Royal Palace) is a mixture of colonial and pseudo-Moorish architectural styles. This town is the disembarkation point for visitors travelling from
Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (KL), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, is the capital city and a Federal Territories of Malaysia, federal territory of Malaysia. It is the largest city in the country, covering an area of with a census population ...
to
Langkawi Langkawi, officially known as Langkawi, the Jewel of Kedah (), is a duty-free island and an archipelago of 99 islands (plus five small islands visible only at low tide in the Strait of Malacca) located some 30 km off the coast of northwe ...
by train.


Tourist attractions

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Perlis State Mosque The Perlis State Mosque () is a Sunni mosque, located in Arau, Perlis, Malaysia. The mosque serves as the state and royal mosque of Perlis. The mosque was built in 1972 on the site of where the Old Arau Mosque used to stand. Architecture The ...


Notable natives

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Azlan Man Dato' Seri Azlan bin Man (born 2 September 1958) is a Malaysian politician and diplomat who served as the 9th Menteri Besar of Perlis from May 2013 and Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bintong from May 2018 to Novem ...
, Menteri Besar of Perlis from 2013 to 2022 *
Hashim Jasin Hashim bin Jasin ( Jawi: ; born 1 August 1939) is a Malaysian politician from the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. He has served as the 4th Spiritual Leader of PAS since October 2016 a ...
, Spiritual leader of the
Malaysian Islamic Party The Malaysian Islamic Party, also known as the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (Malay language, Malay: ''Parti Islam Se-Malaysia''; Abbreviation, abbrev: PAS), is an Islamist political party in Malaysia. Ideologically focused on Islamic fundamen ...


Transportation

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Arau railway station Arau railway station, officially Arau Royal railway station ( Malay: ''Stesen Diraja Arau''), is a Malaysian railway station located at and named after the town of Arau in the state of Perlis. The current railway station was built as part of t ...


See also

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House of Jamalullail (Perlis) The Raja of Perlis (, Jawi: ) is the constitutional monarch and head of state of the Malaysian state of Perlis. The royal house, known as the House of Jamalullail, has been the ruling house of Perlis since 1843. The current ruler, Tuanku Syed Sir ...
* Royal capitals of Malaysian states


References


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