Salang

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The Salang are an ancient Eurasian people, such as in reference to one group http://www.joshuaproject.net/peopctry.php?rop3=111234&rog3=LA.

Salang is also the name of several locations named for these people:

• Afghanistan
  • Salang mountains
  • Salang tunnel
  • Salang pass
  • Salang river
  • Salang district of Parwan province
• Salang, Malaysia, a tourist village, bay, and beach at Tioman Island
• Salang, Indonesia, a tourist village, swamp south of the Sulu Sea
• Salang, Thailand, a tourist village for scuba diving, also Phuket province
• Salangbato, Philippines - English translation from Tagalog: Salang Rock, Longitude: 121.467, Latitude: 14.467

- Town of Salangbato, Philippines, Laguna Province, http://www.laguna.gov.ph/Articles/05_08_Famy.htm
- Geographical location of Salangbato, http://www.fallingrain.com/world/RP/33/Salangbato.html

• Norway
  • Salangen - English translation from Norwegian: Fjord of Seals, Norwegian town, reference: http://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salangen
  • Salangsdalen - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NO/18/Dalen2.html
  • Salangsverket - English translation from Norwegian: Salang Mines, http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NO/18/Salangsverket.html

Salang is also an alternative transliteration of Halang, a language spoken in Laos and Vietnam.

Salang, based on oral tradition through the generations, is a nomadic family originally from the Eurasian Steppes. Book references: "Aughts" (Copyright 2001 by J. D. Salang, submitted to the Library of Congress). "The Salang" (Copyright 2005 by J. D. Salang derived from decades of interviews and research by S. M. Salang, Esq. attorney-at-law, submitted to the Library of Congress, Copyright and Manuscript Divisions, 101 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20006).