Malacca City

Malacca City lies along the Melaka River close to its mouth on the Strait of Malacca, where a low-lying historic port district meets modern Malaysian urban life. For centuries, this was a trading port linking the Malay Peninsula with routes across the Indian Ocean and South China Sea. Its old centre, inscribed with George Town as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2008, preserves the Dutch-era Stadthuys and the surviving gate of A Famosa, a Portuguese fort begun after the 1511 conquest. Jonker Street reflects the city’s Peranakan and Chinese heritage through shophouses, food and small traders. Browse further webcams around Malacca to trace how this stretch of Malaysia’s Strait of Malacca coast fits into the region.

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