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Malay language road sign with English location name in Ipoh Road sign near Ipoh City Council. As a multi-ethnic state, Perak is also linguistically diverse. The main local variety of Malay spoken in the state is Perak Malay, which is characterised by its "e" (as in "red", ) and its "r", like the French "r" ().
Seri Manjung is the district's principal urban centre while smaller towns include Lumut town, Sitiawan town, Ayer Tawar, Pantai Remis, Changkat Keruning and Beruas. History [ edit ]
The Co-op has operated a smaller store in Rosebery Road since 2002. The town centre also has a number of independent shops and cafes. A range of markets are held at the Market Place in the centre of the town; a farmers' market is held there on the second Saturday of every month and a craft market on the fourth Saturday of each month.
Sandwich is a town and civil parish in the Dover District of Kent, south-east England.It lies on the River Stour and has a population of 4,985. [1] Sandwich was one of the Cinque Ports and still has many original medieval buildings, including several listed public houses and gates in the old town walls, churches, almshouses and the White Mill.
Poundland, a supermarket chain selling all items for £1, opens its first store at Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire. [33] Netto, a Danish discount food supermarket chain, launches its first UK store in Leeds. The sharpest rise in unemployment since 1981 has taken it to more than 1,700,000, with 155,000 jobs having been lost in Britain since April.
The Local Government Act 1972 allows civil parishes in England and Wales to resolve themselves to be Town Councils, under section (245 subsection 6), which also gives the chairman of such parishes the title 'town mayor'. Many former urban districts and municipal boroughs have such a status, along with other settlements with no prior town status.
Bath (RP: / b ɑː θ /; [2] local pronunciation: [3]) is a city in the ceremonial county of Somerset in England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths. [4] At the 2021 Census, the population was 94,092. [1]
Photochrom of Loch Promenade during a storm, 1890s Douglas Promenade, which runs nearly the entire length of beachfront in Douglas Sea terminal in Douglas. Douglas (Manx: Doolish, pronounced [ˈdðuːlʲəʃ]) is the capital city and largest settlement of the Isle of Man, with a population of 26,677 (2021) and an area of 4.1 square miles (10.5 km 2).