Parit Buntar

Parit Buntar
Paghit Buntaq
Other transcription(s)
 • Jawiڤاريت بونتر
 • Chinese巴里文打 (Simplified)
巴里文打 (Traditional)
Bālǐ Wéndǎ (Hanyu Pinyin)
 • Tamilபாரிட் புந்தார்
Pāriṭ Puntār (Transliteration)
The town of Parit Buntar
The town of Parit Buntar
Map
Location of Parit Buntar in Perak
Parit Buntar is located in Perak
Parit Buntar
Parit Buntar
   Parit Buntar in    Perak
Parit Buntar is located in Malaysia
Parit Buntar
Parit Buntar
Parit Buntar (Malaysia)
Parit Buntar is located in Southeast Asia
Parit Buntar
Parit Buntar
Parit Buntar (Southeast Asia)
Coordinates: 5°07′14″N 100°29′26″E / 5.12056°N 100.49056°E / 5.12056; 100.49056
Country Malaysia
State Perak
DistrictKerian
ParliamentMisbahul Munir
District councilKerian District Council
Population
 (2010[1])
 • Total26,328
Time zoneUTC+8 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)Not observed
Postcode
34200
Area code(s)05-67xxxxxxx
Vehicle registrationA
Mukim Parit Buntar in Kerian District

Parit Buntar (Northern Malay: Paghit Buntaq) is a town in Kerian District, Perak, Malaysia. It is bordering to Nibong Tebal in Penang and Bandar Baharu in Kedah.It is also the district capital of Kerian District.

This district is known as the Rice Bowl of Perak due to its large areas of paddy fields. Irrigation system has been built to reclaim the areas and to control the water flow into and out of the paddy fields. A few areas suffer from flooding in some seasons. The economic activity is fishing especially at Sungai Acheh, Bagan Tiang, Tanjung Piandang and Kuala Kurau, and commercial businesses and industrial in the Parit Buntar City Center.

This city has a tropical climate. There is a great deal of rainfall in Parit Buntar, even in the driest month. This location is classified as Af by Köppen and Geiger. The temperature averages 27.3 °C (81.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 2,304 mm (90.7 in).[2]

  1. ^ "Perak: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". The World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 2013-02-09. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
  2. ^ "Climate Parit Buntar: Temperature, Climate graph, Climate table for Parit Buntar - Climate-Data.org". en.climate-data.org. Retrieved 2017-02-16.