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Pahang Darul Makmur

Pahang
State
Pahang Darul Makmur
ڤهڠ دار المعمور‎
Flag of Pahang
Flag
Coat of arms of Pahang
Coat of arms
Anthem: Allah Selamatkan Sultan Kami
(God, Save Our Sultan)
   Pahang in    Malaysia
   Pahang in    Malaysia
Coordinates: 3°45′N 102°30′E / 3.750°N 102.500°E / 3.750; 102.500Coordinates: 3°45′N 102°30′E / 3.750°N 102.500°E / 3.750; 102.500
Capital Kuantan
Royal capital Pekan
Government
 • Sultan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah
 • Regent Tengku Abdullah Al-Haj
 • Menteri Besar Adnan Yaakob (Barisan Nasional)
Area
 • Total 36,137 km2 (13,953 sq mi)
Population (2015)
 • Total 1,623,200
 • Density 45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Pahangese, Pahangite
Human Development Index
 • HDI (2010) 0.705 (high) (10th)
Postal code 25xxx to 28xxx, 39xxx, 49000, 69000
Calling code 09 (Pahang except as noted)
05 (Cameron Highlands)
03 (Genting Highlands)
ISO 3166 code MY-06
Vehicle registration C
GDP RM 45,882 million (8th)
- Per capita RM 30,343 (8th)
Old Kingdom 5th - 15th century
Old Sultanate 1470 - 1623
Modern Kingdom 1770 - 1881
Modern Sultanate 1884
Federated into FMS 1895
Japanese occupation 1942
Accession into the Federation of Malaya 1948
Independence as part of the Federation of Malaya 31 August 1957
Website www.pahang.gov.my

Pahang (Malay pronunciation: [paˈhaŋ]; Jawi: ڤهڠ) is the third largest state in Malaysia, after Sarawak and Sabah, and the largest in Peninsular Malaysia. The state occupies the huge Pahang River river basin. It is bordered to the north by Kelantan, to the west by Perak, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, to the south by Johor and to the east by Terengganu and the South China Sea.

The state capital of Pahang is Kuantan, and the royal capital is at Pekan. Other major towns include Temerloh, Bentong and its hills resorts of Genting Highlands and Bukit Tinggi. The other important districts are Jerantut, Kuala Lipis, and the hill resorts of Cameron Highlands and Fraser's Hill in Raub.

The Arabic honorific of Pahang is Darul Makmur ("Abode of Tranquility").

Based on Chinese records, Pahang was known to the Chinese as Phang or Pahangh, other variations include Pang-Hang, Pang-Heng, Pong-Fong, Phe-Hang, and Pang-Kang and others. In 1225, Chau Ju-Kua wrote the book Chu-Fan-Chi and mentioned that amongst the states controlled by San-Fo-Chi was one called Peng-Keng, supposedly modern day Pahang.


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