Sungai Petani
Sign in to savetown in Kuala Muda, Kedah, Malaysia
Key facts
- Country
- Malaysia
- State
- Kedah
- District
- Kuala Muda District
- Municipality status
- 2 July 1994
- Type
- Local government
- Body
- Sungai Petani Municipal Council
- President
- Dato' Haji Muhamad Arof bin Darus
- Total
- 544,851
- Time zone
- UTC+8 ( MST )
- Summer dst
- Not observed
- Postcode
- 08xxx
- Area code s
- 04-4xxxxxxx
- Vehicle registration
- K
- Website
- pbt .kedah .gov .my /index .php /majlis-perbandaran-sungai-petani /
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Malaysia
- Located in
- Kedah
- Time zone
- Time in Malaysia
- Image
- Jalan Lencongan Barat 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Sungai Petani
- inception
- 2008-08-01
- P8168
- Barn spider
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Encyclopedic overview
Sungai Petani (abbr. Sg. Petani or SP) is a town in Kuala Muda District, Kedah, Malaysia. The population of the municipal area of Sungai Petani is larger than Kedah's state capital, Alor Setar. It is located about 55 km south of Alor Setar, and 33 km northeast of George Town, the capital city of the neighbouring state of Penang.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sungai Petani” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.