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Kota Bharu

South-eastern Asia

Kota Bharu, colloquially referred to as KB, is a town in Malaysia that serves as the state capital and royal seat of Kelantan. It lies in the northeastern part of Peninsular Malaysia near the mouth of the Kelantan River. The town has many religious buildings, museums, the old royal palaces, which are still occupied by the Sultan and Sultanah and can be seen only from outside, and former royal buildings that can be visited. Keretapi Tanah Melayu's East Coast Line serves it at the nearby Wakaf Bharu Terminal Station across the Kelantan River, and Sultan Ismail Petra Airport is located in Pengkalan Chepa.

Facts
Population
568,900 1
Elevation (m)
10 2
Elevation Band
Sea Level 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 4
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Capital Of

Kelantan, States or Territories
Source Kota Bharu (Wikipedia)
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1. GeoNames: Kota Bharu, Malaysia
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population 568,900
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2. Opentopodata (SRTM): SRTM 90 m elevation at 6.1333,102.25
Opentopodata (SRTM)Elevation of the place coordinates 6.1333,102.25, band assigned from the figure (up to 10 m sea level, otherwise lowland)
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"elevation": 10.0
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3. 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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4. 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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Kota Bharu (Wikipedia)
  • Part Of: Malaysia, Lead, location
    is a town in Malaysia that serves as the state capital
  • Capital Of: Kelantan, Lead, capital
    serves as the state capital and royal seat of Kelantan
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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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