Sungai Petani

Sungai Petani سوڠاي ڤتاني 双溪大年
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Nickname(s): SP
Sungai Petani Location in Malaysia
Coordinates: 5°39′N 100°30′E / 5.650°N 100.500°ECoordinates: 5°39′N 100°30′E / 5.650°N 100.500°E
Country	Malaysia
State	Kedah
Government
• Yang DiPertua	Abdul Rashid bin Othman. SDK., AMK., BCK.
Population (2010)[1]
• Total	443,458
Time zone	MST (UTC+8)
• Summer (DST)	Not observed (UTC)
Postcode	08xxx
Website	www.mpspk.gov.my

Sungai Petani (abbreviated Sg. Petani or SP; Chinese: 双溪大年) is a town in the Kuala Muda district of the state of Kedah, in the northern part of Peninsular Malaysia. It is about 55 km south of Alor Setar, the capital of Kedah, and about 310 km from Kuala Lumpur. ^[2][3] Sungai Petani is the second-largest city in Kedah after Alor Setar. Sungai Petani became an industrialised city in 1990 with Japanese factories and foreign companies during its first establishement. Sungai Petani with multiracial and multicultural community makes the town so unique in term of food, culture, religious building and mixed community. Place to go around the town is Pantai Merdeka, Gunung Jerai, Lembah Bujang, Sungai Merbok, and Penang Island just about 40km from Sungai Petani. Healthcare in Sungai Petani also provided by government-run hospital such as Hospital Sultan Abdul Halim, Pejabat Kesihatan Sungai Petani and private-run heatlthcare centre such Metro Specialist and Pantai Hospital. Shopping in Sungai Petani is available in Amanjaya Mall, Central Square, Petani Parade, SP Plaza, UpTown Baazar, Tesco Hypermarket and Giant supermarkets and Econsave groceries. Almost a million people living in Sungai Petani as the result of housing development in the town since 1980 with Taman Ria as pioneer residence park and large-scale residence park such as Bandar Puteri Jaya, Bandar Amanjaya, Bandar Merbok, and Bukit Banyan as the latest residence park.

Transportation

KTM Class 93 depart from Sungai Petani railway station

Sungai Petani railway station served rail services such as KTM ETS, a higher speed rail service connecting major cities in Malaysia, also local commuter-rail service such KTM Komuter connecting major town in Penang, Kedah, and Perlis. Long-distance bus service also available nearby the station in UTC Sungai Petani to accommodate public transportation services. Local bus service also operated by City Liner, Mara Liner and Rapid Penang with air-conditioner bus service. The nearest airport is Penang International Airport. Sungai Petani also served by North-South Expressway, to connect the town with major cities in Malaysia. Sungai Merbok jetty also served season Langkawi ferry services connecting Sungai Petani directly to the Langkawi Island without transit to Kuala Kedah or Kuala Perlis ports.

People from Sungai Petani

• Syed Amin Aljeffri, born November 10, 1947, Malay Entrepreneur
• Chong Wei Feng, national badminton player.^[4]

Closest Cities

References

1. http://www.mpspk.gov.my/web/guest/population;jsessionid=0956D5C855629514252AA64B8F27ABAE
2. "Population Distribution and Basic Demographic Characteristics, 2010" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
3. "Key Summary Statistics For Local Authority Areas, Malaysia 2010" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
4. "Wei Feng CHONG". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved March 29, 2016.

External links

• Sungai Petani KTM Railway Station