Taiping

Summary

Taiping is a town^[1]. Taiping ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (149 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Taiping is located in Larut, Matang and Selama^[3].
• Taiping is in the country of Malaysia^[4].
• Taiping's image is recorded as TaipingKotaRoad.jpg^[5].
• Taiping's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Taiping's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 144269365^[7].
• Taiping's GND ID is recorded as 4432131-4^[8].
• Taiping's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82090430^[9].
• Taiping's IdRef ID is recorded as 163860580^[10].
• Taiping's Commons category is recorded as Taiping, Perak^[11].
• Taiping's located in time zone is recorded as Time in Malaysia^[12].
• Taiping's local dialing code is recorded as 05^[13].
• +1874-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Taiping^[14].
• Taiping's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 4.85, 'lon': 100.73333333333}^[15].
• Taiping's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/067vdg^[16].
• Taiping's official website is recorded as http://www.mptaiping.gov.my/^[17].
• Taiping's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Taiping, Perak^[18].
• Taiping's page banner is recorded as Taiping Lake Gardens 1 banner.jpg^[19].
• Taiping's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 330568cc-15a9-4b2f-b2c3-14c955032b84^[20].
• Taiping's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Asia/Malaysia/States_and_Federal_Territories/Perak/Localities/Taiping/^[21].
• Taiping's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• Taiping's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Taiping-Malaysia^[23].
• Taiping's category for people born here is recorded as Category:People from Taiping^[24].
• Taiping's GeoNames ID is recorded as 1734586^[25].
• Taiping's BBC Things ID is recorded as a3de5d55-f3b0-4b5e-9ea4-81ac3ebcee1c^[26].
• Taiping's different from is recorded as Taiping Island^[27].

Body

Geography

Taiping is in the country of Malaysia^[4]. Taiping is located in Larut, Matang and Selama^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Taiping's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+186.46'}^[28].

Designation and Status

Taiping's instance of is recorded as town^[6].

History and Context

+1874-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Taiping^[14].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Taiping include Taiping Airport^[29], an airport^[30], in Malaysia^[31].

Why It Matters

Taiping ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (149 views/month).^[2] Taiping has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Taiping is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for Taiping include Taiping Airport^[29], an airport^[30], in Malaysia^[31].