Kuala Krai

Kuala Krai (also spelled Kuala Kerai) is a town in southern-central Kelantan in northeast Malaysia and the capital of the coterminous Kuala Krai District. During British protection it was known as Kuala Lebir. It is 67 km from the state capital Kota Bharu and 273 km from Kuala Lumpur and stands about 53 metres above sea level on the western bank of the Kelantan River just below the meeting of the Lebir and Galas rivers. The town grew from the building of the East Coast Railway in the 1920s as a trading and supply centre for the interior; the hospital opened in 1917 and the town suffered severe floods in 1926 1946 1967 and 2013. It has a railway station on the KTM East Coast Line, road links on Federal Route 8, a mini zoo with a small museum opened in 1961, a lake garden and several secondary schools and colleges.