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Pekan
Pekan is the royal town of the Malaysian state of Pahang, near the mouth of the Pahang River on the east coast of the Malay Peninsula. It was the seat of the first sultans of Pahang from around 1470 and later of the Bendahara rulers and the modern sultans, whose palace stands there. It is also the burial place of the Pahang royal family.
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