Kulim

Kulim is a town and district in the south-east of the Malaysian state of Kedah, bordering Penang. The town lies about 27 kilometres east of George Town and forms part of the George Town Conurbation, Malaysia's second largest metropolitan area. The name comes from the kulim tree, Scorodocarpus borneensis, which once grew widely in the district. Kulim is believed to have been settled since the 18th century by about 100 people of Pattani Malay descent, and tin ore found in the mid-19th century drew Chinese miners, about 400 of them by 1890. The district has 15 mukims and three larger towns, Kulim, Lunas and Padang Serai, and is administered by the Kulim Municipal Council. It is best known for the Kulim Hi-Tech Park, a flagship high technology industrial park, and a proposed Kulim International Airport was halted in 2023.