Sungai Petani

Sungai Petani (abbreviated Sg. Petani or SP; Chinese: 双溪大年; Tamil: சுங்கை பட்டாணி) is a city in Kuala Muda District, Kedah, Malaysia. Sungai Petani is Kedah's largest city and is located about 55 km south of Alor Setar, the capital of Kedah, and 33 km northeast of George Town, the capital city of the neighbouring state of Penang.[2][3]

For the federal constituency represented in the Dewan Rakyat, see Sungai Petani (federal constituency).
Sungai Petani
City
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SP
Sungai Petani
Location in Malaysia
Coordinates: 5°39′N 100°30′E
CountryMalaysia
StateKedah
Granted municipality status1 July 1994
Government
 • PresidentAbdul Rashid Othman
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total443,458
Time zoneUTC+8 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)Not observed
Postcode
08xxx
Websitewww.mpspk.gov.my

Culture

Bujang Valley
One of the candi at Bujang Valley

The Bujang Valley or Lembah Bujang, sometimes referred to as the Ancient Wonder of Kedah, is a rich historical site covering an area of about 400sq. km in Merbok (17 km from Sungai Petani), bounded by Bukit Coras (Choras Hill) and Gunung Jerai. This archaeological area was the site of an ancient Hindu-Buddhist kingdom that ruled the region from the 4th century AD. There is also an archaeological museum here which is known as The Lembah Bujang Archaeological Museum.[4] This museum displays more than 2,500 artifacts from Malaysia's earliest civilization that have been unearthed from the surrounding excavation sites. Gold, gems, ceramics, Hindu gods and beautiful Buddha stone statues dating from the third to 14th centuries are all on display, though its main feature is Chandi Bukit Batu Pahat, a reconstructed temple built to worship the Hindu god Shiva.

People from Sungai Petani

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References
  1. http://www.mpspk.gov.my/web/guest/population;jsessionid=0956D5C855629514252AA64B8F27ABAE
  2. "Key Summary Statistics For Local Authority Areas, Malaysia 2010" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  3. "Population Distribution and Basic Demographic Characteristics, 2010" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  4. "Lembah Bujang Archaeological Museum - Department of Museums Malaysia".
  5. "Wei Feng CHONG". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
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