Kuala Perlis
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Kuala Perlis is the second largest town and the main port of Perlis
in Malaysia. It is in extreme northwest Peninsular Malaysia
, near the border with Thailand
. The older part of town has houses and mosques built on stilts over mangrove swamps.
Kuala Perlis is also famous for its seafood, especially Laksa.
Perlis
Perlis is the smallest state in Malaysia. It lies at the northern part of the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and has Satun and Songkhla Provinces of Thailand on its northern border. It is bordered by the state of Kedah to the south...
in Malaysia. It is in extreme northwest Peninsular Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia , also known as West Malaysia , is the part of Malaysia which lies on the Malay Peninsula. Its area is . It shares a land border with Thailand in the north. To the south is the island of Singapore. Across the Strait of Malacca to the west lies the island of Sumatra...
, near the border with Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
. The older part of town has houses and mosques built on stilts over mangrove swamps.
Kuala Perlis is also famous for its seafood, especially Laksa.