The Kuala Muda District is a district in

Kedah Kedah (), also known by its honorific Darul Aman (Islam), Aman and historically as Queda, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of Peninsular Malaysia. The state covers a total area ...

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. Sungai Petani is the administrative center of the district. Kuala Muda district is in close proximity to the border of Kedah and

Penang Penang ( ms, Pulau Pinang, is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the Malay ...

. Apart from Sungai Petani, other major towns in the district include Tikam Batu, Padang Tembusu, Sungai Lalang,

Bedong Bedong (pronounced as ) is a small town in Kuala Muda District, Kedah, Malaysia. The ''Permaipura Golf & Country Club'' is located in Bedong. Due to the town's name spelling being irregular from the standard Malay alphabet, Malaysians who are not ...

Bukit Selambau Bukit Selambau is a small town in Kuala Muda District, Kedah, Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the Sout ...

, Sidam, Gurun, Semeling,

Merbok Merbok is a mukim in Kuala Muda District, Kedah, Malaysia. The historical Bujang Valley is located here. It is also the location for the Universiti Teknologi MARA Kedah Campus (UiTM Merbok/Sungai Petani). Etymology The town derived its name fro ...

Kota Kuala Muda Kota Kuala Muda is a small town in Kedah state, Malaysia. Near the town is Pantai Merdeka (Merdeka Beach). Kota Kuala Muda is also one of the sub-districts ( mukims) of Kuala Muda District The Kuala Muda District is a district in Kedah, Malay ...

and Tanjung Dawai. The

Mount Jerai Mount Jerai ( ms, Gunung Jerai), formerly Kedah Peak, is a mountain in Kedah, Malaysia with the height of . Within Kedah itself, the mountain stands at the border of Kuala Muda and Yan districts. The mountain is a massive limestone outcrop and ...

is shared with the neighboring district of Yan while the Muda River is shares the bordering state of Penang. The iconic Jambatan Merdeka (Independent Bridge) connect both Tikam Batu with Bumbung Lima in Penang. Kuala Muda is the second largest and most populous district in Kedah, and it is also the site of some of the earliest civilization site in the country.

History

The name Kuala Muda may derived from the river that cut cross the southern part of Kedah, Sungai Muda (Muda River) which meets the

Strait of Melaka The Strait of Malacca is a narrow stretch of water, 500 mi (800 km) long and from 40 to 155 mi (65–250 km) wide, between the Malay Peninsula (Peninsular Malaysia) to the northeast and the Indonesian island of Sumatra to the southwest, connec ...

in the fishing village of Kampung Sungai Muda, Kota Kuala Muda. Confluences of the river were also part of the Kedah history; Sungai Merbok and Sungai Mas harboured among the earliest civilization in the country, Sungai Sungai Petani, Sungai Semeling and Sungai Ketil. Ancient ruins and artifacts can be found across the districts, from temple-like structures or ''candis'', the Kota Kuala Muda Gates, ancient boats called ''Perahu Sagor'', glass beads, Buddhist and Hindu statues and potteries. The district suffered from the 2004 tsunami which caused 11 casualties. Map of Kuala Muda District, Kedah

Administrative divisions

Kuala Muda District is divided into 16

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 ...

s, which are: * Bujang * Bukit Meriam * Gurun * Haji Kudong * Kota * Kuala *

* Pekula * Pinang Tunggal * Rantau Panjang *

Semeling Semeling is a mukim in Kuala Muda District, Kedah, Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea ...

* Sidam Kiri * Simpor * Sungai Pasir * Sungai Petani * Teloi Kiri

Demographics

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

List of Kuala Muda district representatives in the Federal Parliament (Dewan Rakyat)

List of Kuala Muda district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly (Dewan Undangan Negeri)

References

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History

Administrative divisions

Demographics

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

See also

References