Kuala Ketil is a small town in Kedah, Malaysia. Kuala Ketil also known as K.K by locals and residents near Kuala Ketil. Kuala Ketil is situated within the parliamentary constituency of Baling. The town is located between Sungai Petani and Kulim.Kuala Ketil is the main source for Baling economy . Its main core business would best describe as Industrial area an up growing area. This small town play a role as the supplier for daily needs to the nearest estates around Kuala Ketil.
The boost of income for Kuala Ketil economy started on 1993 when the government developed the industries area. The area were named to this small town known as "Taman Perindustian Kuala Ketil". In 2014, Kuala Ketil economical dimension now thrive in the presence of various forms of building and progress. Among them are the University Insaniah nearby Taman Perindustrian Kuala Ketil.
Kuala Ketil is the main road that connects Baling and Sungai Petani. Kuala Ketil has a lot Housing Estate, which is Taman Desa Bidara which is the largest housing estate at Kuala Ketil and Taman Haji Muslim which are faced with Petronas and Shell station and more. Kuala Ketil has two gas stations, Petronas and Shell. Kuala Ketil economic growth is rapid with the construction of a large class towns such as KFC, University and more.
Kuala is a town and subdistrict of Langkat Regency. It borders Selesai to the north, Salapian to the west, and Sei Bingai to the south and east. Most people in Kuala are Javanese people, with a significant Karo population. Although most Karo are Christian, many are also Muslim, and as the Javanese are nearly 100% Muslim, Kuala subdistrict is 80% Muslim.
Kuala town itself had a population of 12,459, making it by far the largest settlement in the district. Kuala town is on the main road between Binjai and Bukit Lawang.
Agriculture in Kuala subdistrict is relatively homogenous, with 6,425 hectares of oil palm, 4,243 hectares of sawah (wet rice), 880 hectares of maize and 3,466 hectares of natural rubber, with little land devoted to other crops. There are five factories in the subdistrict.
Kuala is a Malay/Indonesian word meaning estuary or confluence, and is a component of many placenames in Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia, the most prominent being Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia.
Settlements with Kuala as part of the name:
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