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Alor Setar

South-eastern Asia

Alor Setar, known as Alor Star from 2003 to 2009, is the state capital of Kedah, Malaysia, and the second largest city in the state after Sungai Petani. It lies on the main travel corridor between Malaysia and Thailand, 430 kilometres from Kuala Lumpur and 79 kilometres north of George Town, and is a major transport hub of the northern Malay Peninsula. The city was originally founded as Kota Setar in 1785, its railway station opened in 1915 and its airport in 1929. It is the administrative centre of Kota Setar District, covers 666 square kilometres with more than 400,000 inhabitants at the 2020 census, is home to the Alor Setar Tower, and is the birthplace of the prime ministers Tunku Abdul Rahman and Mahathir Mohamad.

Facts
Population
417,800 1
Founding Year
1785 2
Elevation (m)
15 3
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 5
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Capital Of

Kedah, States or Territories
Source Alor Setar (Wikipedia)
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1. GeoNames: Alor Setar, Malaysia
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population 417,800
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2. Alor Setar (Wikipedia)
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    The city was originally founded as Kota Setar in 1785.
  • Part Of: Malaysia, Lead, location
    is the state capital of Kedah, Malaysia
  • Capital Of: Kedah, Lead, capital
    is the state capital of Kedah
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3. Opentopodata (SRTM): SRTM 90 m elevation at 6.1183,100.3694
Opentopodata (SRTM)Elevation of the place coordinates 6.1183,100.3694, band assigned from the figure (up to 10 m sea level, otherwise lowland)
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"elevation": 15.0
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4. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Malaysia
CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)Geography.Climate.text
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tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons
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5. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseComment above the Malaysia zone lines
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# For peninsular Malaysia see Asia/Singapore.
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Malaysia (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationOn Continent: Asia, Lead
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Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.
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