Malacca City

Malacca was named after a tree under which Parameswara rested, following an amusing encounter between his dogs and a mouse deer.

The city became a major trade settlement on the route between China and India, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.

Malacca's weather is classified as a tropical rainforest climate, receiving just under 2,000 mm of rainfall annually.

The Baba Nyonya are Straits-born Chinese who have intermarried with local Malays since the era of the Malacca Sultanate.

The Malacca Sultanate Palace Museum was constructed without using any nails.