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Sungai Petani (abbr. Sg. Petani or SP) is a town 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 .
Sourced in Ulu Muda Forest in Sik region in northeastern Kedah, along the border with Thailand, the river meets the water needs of the states of Kedah and Penang.The river flows through much of Sik region, then entering the Baling region where it meets with the Ketil river, a left-bank tributary, at Kuala Ketil.
Jalan Lencongan Barat or Sungai Petani Western Bypass, Federal Route 257, is a major highway bypass in Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia. [1] The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 257 is located at Sungai Petani South.
Sungai Petani is a federal constituency in Kuala Muda District, Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1959. The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
Sungai Lalang used to be served by rail service in the 1920s with its own railway station. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In 1975, communist had attempted to blow up a section of the railway in Sungai Lalang, which had caused a five and a half hour long curfew order issued to people in Kampung Baru Sungai Lalang as the officers were deployed to try to catch the ...
The Sungai Petani clock tower is situated in the city of Sungai Petani, Kuala Muda District, Kedah, Malaysia. History. The clock tower was built to commemorate ...
The discovery of iron smelting furnaces and tuyere suggest that Sungai Batu became a focal point of the global iron trade. Around the excavation area there is also a dumping of iron ore and tuyere. The forged iron was exported to the Western and Eastern worlds via ancient waterways using merchant ships. [citation needed] Sea level in Sungai Batu
The river, known as the Linggy, as depicted in The Malayan Peninsula (1834) by P.J. Beghie. Details of masonry of the fortifications at Fort Supai.. The Linggi, alongside the Muar, played a key role as trade routes since the era of the Malacca Sultanate around the 15th century, as well as the main entry points for the Minangkabau people to enter what is now known as Negeri Sembilan.