The Kuantan District is a district in

Pahang Pahang (;Jawi alphabet, Jawi: , Pahang Hulu Malay: ''Paha'', Pahang Hilir Malay: ''Pahaeng'', Ulu Tembeling Malay: ''Pahaq)'' officially Pahang Darul Makmur with the Arabic honorific ''Darul Makmur'' (Jawi: , "The Abode of Tranquility") is a ...

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

. Located in the north-east of Pahang, the district bordered

Kemaman District Kemaman is a district in Terengganu, Malaysia. Kemaman District is bordered by Dungun District to the north and the state of Pahang to the south and west. It is the southern gateway to the state of Terengganu. The district administrative seat and ...

Terengganu Terengganu (; Terengganu Malay: ''Tranung'', Jawi: ), formerly spelled Trengganu or Tringganu, is a sultanate and constitutive state of federal Malaysia. The state is also known by its Arabic honorific, ''Dāru l- Īmān'' ("Abode of Faith"). ...

on the north,

South China Sea The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by the shores of South China (hence the name), in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan and northwestern Phil ...

on the east,

Jerantut District The Jerantut District is a district in north-eastern Pahang, Malaysia. Jerantut is home to the National Park. Being the largest district in Pahang, it bounds the northern states of Kelantan and Terengganu, in the south, Temerloh District and Mar ...

and

Maran District The Maran District is a district in Pahang, Malaysia. Bera district is founded at 1981. Located in the centre of Pahang, the district is surrounded by Kuantan District, Pekan District, Rompin District, Bera District, Temerloh District and Jerantu ...

on the west and

Pekan District The Pekan District is a district in Pahang, Malaysia. Located in the east of Pahang, the district borders Kuantan District on the north, South China Sea on the east, Maran District on the west and Rompin District on the south. Demographics The ...

on the south. The major towns in the district are

Kuantan Kuantan ( Jawi: ) is a city and the state capital of Pahang, Malaysia. It is located near the mouth of the Kuantan River. Kuantan is the 18th largest city in Malaysia based on 2010 population, and the largest city in the East Coast of Penin ...

and

Bandar Indera Mahkota Indera Mahkota is a township in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. This township was opened in 1983. It is once known as Atabara (before it was developed) and now it is a well-developed residential area. Its postal code is 25200. It has 16 areas. Locati ...

. Panching,

Sungai Lembing Sungai Lembing is a small town in Kuantan District, Pahang, Malaysia. It is about northwest of Kuantan. The town was founded in the 1900s as a tin mining community when the British company Pahang Consolidated Company Limited (PCCL) set up the t ...

Gambang A gambang, properly called a gambang kayu ('wooden gambang') is a xylophone-like instrument used among people of Indonesia in gamelan and kulintang, with wooden bars as opposed to the metallic ones of the more typical metallophones in a gamelan. ...

and

Beserah Beserah is a town located in Kuantan District, Pahang, Malaysia. Initially, Beserah consisted of several traditional villages, including Pantai village, Pelindung village, Rumbia village, Chetty village, Bugis village, Darat Sekolah village, Jera ...

also located here.

Administrative divisions

Kuantan District is divided into 6

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: *

* Kuala Kuantan (downtown Kuantan) * Penor * Sungai Karang * Ulu Kuantan * Ulu Lepar Additionally, the

Gebeng Gebeng is a small town and main industrial area near Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. The town is located near Kuantan Port. The phase 1 of the East Coast Expressway leads to Gebeng. Features The industrial area was developed over two phases since the ...

industrial area is an autonomous sub-district (daerah kecil) within Kuantan district since 2020.

Demographics

The following is based on Department of Statistics Malaysia 2010 census.

Education

Higher Education

IPTA are institutes of higher learning run by the government. In

, they include: * International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) * University Malaysia Pahang *Kolej Universiti Islam Pahang Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah (KUIPSAS)
Politeknik Sultan Haji Ahmad ShahKolej Komuniti Kuantan
*Kolej Matrikulasi Pahang (KMPh) IPTS are institutes of higher learning run by private entities. In Kuantan, they include: *

Open University Malaysia Open University Malaysia, abbreviated as OUM, is the 7th Malaysian private university and it is owned by the Multimedia Technology Enhancement Operations (METEOR) Sdn. Bhd, a consortium of 11 List of universities in Malaysia, Malaysian pu ...

(OUM) *

Widad University College Widad University College ( ms, Kolej Universiti Widad) is a private university college in Malaysia. Situated in Kuantan, Pahang Pahang (;Jawi alphabet, Jawi: , Pahang Hulu Malay: ''Paha'', Pahang Hilir Malay: ''Pahaeng'', Ulu Tembeling M ...

*Kolej Yayasan Pahang *Kolej Poly-Tech MARA *Kolej Matrikulasi Pahang (KMPh) *Olympia College *Institut ECMA *Institut Latihan Perindustrian Kuantan (ILP Kuantan) *Institut Teknologi MIDAS *Institut Saga *Kolej Kemahiran Tinggi MARA (KKTM) *Kolej Komuniti Paya Besar, Gambang *Kolej Professional Mara Indera Mahkota *Kolej PSDC *Kolej Teknologi Cosmopoint *Malaysian Aviation Training Academy (MATA Aviation)
DRB-HICOM of Automotive Malaysia (DRB-HICOM U)

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

List of Kuantan district representatives in the Federal Parliament (Dewan Rakyat) List of district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly (Dewan Undangan Negeri)

References

External links

Official website of Kuantan Municipal Council

Rancangan Tempatan Daerah Kuantan 2035
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