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Anak Bukit is a
Sultan Kedah Opens Villa Seri Tuanku
, Bernama, 4 August 2009 The housing project was opened by the current
Kedah State Official Website
Towns and Cities in Malaysia Official Website
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Anak Bukit is a mukim
A mukim is a type of administrative division used in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The word ''mukim'' is a loanword in English. However, it was also originally a loanword in Malay from the Arabic word: (meaning ''resident''). The clo ...
and the royal town of Kedah, Malaysia, located in Kota Setar District
The Kota Setar District is a district in Kedah, Malaysia where the state capital Alor Star is situated.http://apps.water.gov.my/jpskomuniti/dokumen/DEEP_KOTA%20SETAR_APRIL2011.pdf
Name
The name ''Kota Setar'' came from the setar or ‘Stak’ tr ...
and falls under the jurisdiction of the Alor Setar City Council
The Alor Setar City Council ( ms, Majlis Bandaraya Alor Setar, abbreviated MBAS) is the city council which administers the city of Alor Setar in the state of Kedah, Malaysia. This council was established after the city was officially granted city ...
.
Royal Town
It is known as the royal town of Kedah because theSultan of Kedah
The Kedah Sultanate (كسلطانن قدح) is a Muslim dynasty located in the Malay Peninsula. It was originally an independent state, but became a British protectorate in 1909. Its monarchy was abolished after it was added to the Malayan Uni ...
's royal palace and official residence, ''Istana Anak Bukit'' is located here. It is also known to be the birthplace of the late Sultan of Kedah
The Kedah Sultanate (كسلطانن قدح) is a Muslim dynasty located in the Malay Peninsula. It was originally an independent state, but became a British protectorate in 1909. Its monarchy was abolished after it was added to the Malayan Uni ...
and the former Yang Di Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah who reigned from 1958 until his death in September 2017.
In February 2009, the palace underwent a RM70 million facelift in conjunction with the 50th anniversary celebration of the reign of the Sultan of Kedah
The Kedah Sultanate (كسلطانن قدح) is a Muslim dynasty located in the Malay Peninsula. It was originally an independent state, but became a British protectorate in 1909. Its monarchy was abolished after it was added to the Malayan Uni ...
in 2008. This involved the construction of a new building which houses a new audience and dining halls which could accommodate 1,400 people at any one time. It replaced the existing audience and dining halls which could only hold fewer than 1,000 people. The building was completed in October 2007.
Behind the royal palace there is a river stream which is called Sungai Anak Bukit and it flows through Alor Setar connected by Sungai Kedah (Kedah River
The Kedah River ( ms, Sungai Kedah) is a river in Kedah, Malaysia. The river passes through Alor Setar and empties into the Straits of Malacca at Kuala Kedah. Its volume is about 3695 km³.
See also
* List of rivers of Malaysia
This is a ...
) to the estuary of Kuala Kedah.
There is also a mini zoo amidst the colourful flora of the royal gardens. Visitors are allowed into the royal gardens.
Development
According to the Ninth Malaysia Plan, Anak Bukit is planned to be the new administrative capital of Kedah, replacingAlor Setar
Alor Setar ( Jawi: الور ستار, Kedahan: ''Loqstaq'') is the state capital of Kedah, Malaysia. It is the second-largest city in the state after Sungai Petani and one of the most-important cities on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia ...
. Alor Setar will continue to be the capital city and commercial centre of the state.
Due to this, Anak Bukit is seeing a massive growth of infrastructure. Major developments include the new state government administrative buildings, the new Anak Bukit police station, new National Registration Department (''Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara'') building.
A new railway station was also built as part of the Ipoh-Padang Besar Electrification and Double Tracking Project and began operations in 2014. It is served by ETS Transit trains.
Residential Area
Residential properties are also coming up in the town because it will be the new administrative centre. Prices of houses and land have been rising the past few years. One of the more luxurious housing projects is Villa Seri Tunku. It is touted as luxury living in a village ambience, consisting of 27 modern village bungalow units adjacent to Istana anak Bukit. The units, priced between RM400,000 and RM1.2 million, have been sold out., Bernama, 4 August 2009 The housing project was opened by the current
Sultan of Kedah
The Kedah Sultanate (كسلطانن قدح) is a Muslim dynasty located in the Malay Peninsula. It was originally an independent state, but became a British protectorate in 1909. Its monarchy was abolished after it was added to the Malayan Uni ...
.
See also
*Putrajaya
Putrajaya (), officially the Federal Territory of Putrajaya ( ms, Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya), is a planned capital city which functions as the administrative capital and the judicial capital of Malaysia. The seat of the federal government ...
* Royal capitals of Malaysian states
References
External links
Kedah State Official Website
Towns and Cities in Malaysia Official Website
{{Northern Corridor Economic Region Kota Setar District Mukims of Kedah Royal towns in Malaysia Towns in Kedah