Kedah

Kedah
Kedah
State
	Kedah Darul Aman; قدح دار الامن‎
Other transcription(s)
• Malay	Kedah
• Jawi	قدح‎
• Chinese	吉打
• Tamil	கெடா
	Flag Coat of arms
	Nickname: Negeri Jelapang Padi
	Motto(s): Kepada Allah Berserah; كڤد الله برسره; To Allah We Surrender
	Anthem: Allah Selamatkan Sultan Mahkota
	Kedah in Malaysia
	OpenStreetMap
	Coordinates: 6°7′42″N 100°21′46″E / 6.12833°N 100.36278°E
Capital	Alor Setar
Largest City	Sungai Petani
Royal capital	Anak Bukit
Government
• Type	Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• Sultan	Sallehuddin
• Menteri Besar	Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor (PN-PAS)
• Leader of the Opposition	Vacant
Area
• Total	9,500 km2 (3,700 sq mi)
Highest elevation (Mount Bintang)	1,862 m (6,109 ft)
Population (2015)
• Total	2,071,900
• Density	199/km2 (520/sq mi)
Demonym	Kedahan
State Index
• HDI (2019)	0.808 (very high) (8th)
• GDP (2019)	RM 48.717 billion ($11.698 billion) (10th)
• Per capita (2019)	RM 22,412 ($5,490) (14th)
Postal code	05xxx to 09xxx
Calling code	04 ; 08 (Kulim and Langkawi)
ISO 3166 code	MY-02
Vehicle registration	K (Mainland Kedah) ; KV (Langkawi Island)
Old Kedah	2nd CE
Kedah Sultanate	1136
British control	1909
Japanese occupation	1942
Accession into the Federation of Malaya	1948
Independence as part of the Federation of Malaya	31 August 1957
Website	kedah.gov.my

Kedah is one of the 14 states that form Malaysia. The state is in the northwestern part of the Peninsular Malaysia. It has an area of 9,425 km2. The capital of Kedah is Alor Setar.^[5]

Government

Administrative divisions

Districts

Notable people

Mahathir Mohamad, 4th & 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia
Tunku Abdul Rahman, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia
Shahnon Ahmad, writer

References

↑ "Laporan Kiraan Permulaan 2010" (PDF). Jabatan Perangkaan Malaysia. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
↑ "Population by States and Ethnic Group". Department of Information, Ministry of Communications and Multimedia, Malaysia. 2015. Archived from the original on 12 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
↑ "Subnational Human Development Index (2.1) [Kedah – Malaysia]". Global Data Lab of Institute for Management Research, Radboud University. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 "Department of Statistics Malaysia Official Portal". www.dosm.gov.my. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
↑ "Kedah: The Rice Bowl of Malaysia". Tourism Malaysia. Archived from the original on January 11, 2011. Retrieved October 4, 2010.

Other websites

Media related to Kedah at Wikimedia Commons
Official website

States and Federal Territories of Malaysia
States: Johor \| Kedah \| Kelantan \| Melaka \| Negeri Sembilan \| Pahang \| Perak \| Perlis \| Penang \| Sabah \| Sarawak \| Selangor \| Terengganu
Federal Territories: Kuala Lumpur \| Labuan \| Putrajaya

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[statistics_a-1] "Laporan Kiraan Permulaan 2010" (PDF). Jabatan Perangkaan Malaysia. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2011.

[2015_population-2] "Population by States and Ethnic Group". Department of Information, Ministry of Communications and Multimedia, Malaysia. 2015. Archived from the original on 12 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

[3] "Subnational Human Development Index (2.1) [Kedah – Malaysia]". Global Data Lab of Institute for Management Research, Radboud University. Retrieved 20 December 2019.

[GDP-4] 4.0 ^4.1 "Department of Statistics Malaysia Official Portal". www.dosm.gov.my. Retrieved 2020-09-30.

[5] "Kedah: The Rice Bowl of Malaysia". Tourism Malaysia. Archived from the original on January 11, 2011. Retrieved October 4, 2010.

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