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Malacca

Malacca

Malaysian state
Malacca is a Malaysian state on the Malay Peninsula's southwest coast. The capital, Malacca City, has a colonial past seen in its preserved town center, the site of 16th-century, Portuguese St. Paul’s Church. It's also home to Christ Church, built...
Area: 642 mi²
Accession into the Federation of Malaya: 1 February 1948
Accession into the Malayan Union: 1 April 1946
British control: 17 March 1824
Calling code: 06
Demonym: Malaccan
Dutch control: 14 January 1641