Seremban

Seremban (surembän') [key], city (1991 pop. 193,009), capital of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, S Malay Peninsula, on the Linggi River. It is linked by rail with Port Dickson on the Strait of Malacca. Seremban is the commercial center of a rubber-growing area. There are tin mines nearby.

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