Pasir Puteh District is a district (jajahan) in

Kelantan Kelantan (; Jawi: ; Kelantanese Malay: ''Klate'') is a state in Malaysia. The capital is Kota Bharu and royal seat is Kubang Kerian. The honorific name of the state is ''Darul Naim'' (Jawi: ; "The Blissful Abode"). Kelantan is located in t ...

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 into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Mal ...

. The town of Pasir Putih is situated on the bank of Semerak River, about 30 kilometers to the south of

Kota Bharu Kota Bharu, colloquially referred to as KB, is a town in Malaysia that serves as the state capital and royal seat of Kelantan. It is situated in the northeastern part of Peninsular Malaysia and lies near the mouth of the Kelantan River. The ...

. Pasir Puteh district borders

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") ...

to its south-east.

History

Before this place was known as Pasir Puteh, it was known as Pangkalan Limbungan. The town of Pasir Puteh derived its name after Sultan Muhammad IV visited. The Sultan was very impressed to see the white sand shining along the riverbanks. Hence in 1911, the Sultan declared the name of this place as Pasir Puteh, which meant white sand. This is the place where a Kelantan warrior,

Tok Janggut Haji Hassan bin Munas (1853 – 25 June 1915) was a Malay warrior in Kelantan, Malaysia during the Kelantan rebellion. Haji Mohd Hassan Bin Munas was nicknamed Tok Janggut ('old man with a beard' in Malay) because of his long beard which al ...

, raised an army of Malay warriors to oppose the introduction of taxation in Kelantan.

Education

Several types of schools can be found in Pasir Puteh. Among the schools in Pasir Puteh are: *Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Bukit Jawa *Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Cherang Ruku *Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Gaal *Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Jeram *Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Kamil *Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Dato' Ismail *Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Seri Aman *Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sri Maharaja *Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tok Janggut *Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Padang Pak Amat *Sekolah Menengah Sains Pasir Puteh The pre-university institute, which is Kolej Matrikulasi Kelantan (KMKt) also located within this district.http://mis.kmkt.matrik.edu.my/

Demographics

Population in Pasir Puteh is about 117,383 (2010). Ranking Population of Jajahan Pasir Puteh.

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

List of LMS district representatives in the Federal Parliament (

Dewan Rakyat The Dewan Rakyat (English: 'House of Representatives'; ) is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament, the federal legislature of Malaysia. The chamber and its powers are established by Article 44 of the Constitution of Malaysia. The Dewan ...

)

List of LMS district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly of

Climate

Pasir Puteh has a

tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southe ...

(Af) with moderate rainfall from February to April and heavy to very heavy rainfall in the remaining months.

References

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