Kedah

Kedah, also known by its honorific Darul Aman, is a state of Malaysia in the northwestern part of Peninsular Malaysia. It covers over 9,000 square kilometres, made up of a flat mainland used to grow rice and the Langkawi islands, which are mostly uninhabited. Kedah borders Perlis to the north, shares an international boundary with the Songkhla and Yala provinces of Thailand, and borders Perak to the south and Penang to the southwest. Its capital is Alor Setar and the royal seat is in the capital's suburb Anak Bukit. Other major towns include Sungai Petani, its largest urban area by population, Kulim on the mainland and Kuah on Langkawi. Kedah became one of the states of the Federation of Malaya in 1948, which achieved independence in 1957, and Malaya was enlarged into Malaysia in 1963. It is the 8th largest state by land area and the 8th most populated.