Kelantan

Kelantan
Klate
Kelantan Darul Naim
کلنتن دار النعيم
Other transcription(s)
 • Jawiکلنتن
Nicknames: 
  • Negeri Che Siti Wan Kembang
  • نݢري چئ سيتي وان کمبڠ
  • State of Che Siti Wan Kembang
  • Tanah Serendah Sekebun Bunga
  • تانه سرنداه سکبون بوڠا
  • Land of Flower Beds
Motto(s): 
Berserah Kepada Tuhan Kerajaan Kelantan
برسره کڤد توهن کراجاءن کلنتن
Surrender to God Kingdom of Kelantan
Anthem: Selamat Sultan
سلامت سلطان
(God) Save The Sultan
   Kelantan in    Malaysia
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Coordinates: 5°15′N 102°0′E / 5.250°N 102.000°E / 5.250; 102.000
Country Malaysia
Capital
(and largest city)
Kota Bharu
Royal seatKubang Kerian
Government
 • TypeParliamentary constitutional monarchy
 • SultanMuhammad V
 • Menteri BesarMohd Nassuruddin Daud
(PNPAS)
Area
 • Total
15,040 km2 (5,810 sq mi)
Highest elevation2,181 m (7,156 ft)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total
1,812,300
 • Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
 • Demonym
Kelantanese/Oghe Klate
Demographics of Kelantan (2021)
 • Ethnic composition
  • Malaysian nationality: 98.1%
  • Malays & indigenous: 96.6%
  • Chinese: 2.5%
  • Indian: 0.3%
  • Non-Malaysian nationality: 1.9%
 • Dialects
Economy
 • HDI (2022)0.752 (high) (16th)
 • GDP (2023)RM 31.3 billion
 • GDP per capita (2023)RM 16,836
 • TFR (2021)2.7
Postal code
15xxx to 18xxx
Calling code09
ISO 3166 codeMY-03
Vehicle registrationD
Hindu-Buddhist era100 BC
Siamese control[3]November 1786
Kelantan Sultanate[4]1800
British control[4]1909
Japanese occupation[4]8 December 1941
Accession into the Federation of Malaya[5]1 February 1948
Websitewww.kelantan.gov.my

Kelantan (Malay pronunciation: [kəˈlantan]; Jawi: کلنتن; Kelantanese Malay: Klate; Pattani Malay pronunciation: [kläˈtɛ])[a] is a state in Malaysia. The capital, Kota Bharu, includes the royal seat of Kubang Kerian. The honorific name of the state is Darul Naim (Jawi: دار النعيم; "The Blissful Abode"). Kelantan is the only state outside of East Malaysia that does not use the term district in its second-level administrative division. Instead, the divisions are called colonies (Jajahan) or collectivities with one autonomous subdistrict.

Kelantan is located in the north-eastern corner of the Peninsular Malaysia. Kelantan is an agrarian state with paddy fields, fishing villages and casuarina-lined beaches. Kelantan is home to some of the most ancient archaeological discoveries in Malaysia, including several prehistoric aboriginal settlements.

Due to Kelantan's relative isolation and largely rural lifestyle, Kelantanese culture differs somewhat from Malay culture in the rest of the peninsula; this is reflected in the cuisine, arts and the unique Kelantanese Malay language, which is unintelligible even for some speakers of standard Malay.

Kelantan is bordered by Narathiwat province of Thailand to the north, Terengganu to the south-east, Perak to the west and Pahang to the south. To the north-east of Kelantan is the South China Sea. Kelantan has diverse tropical rainforests and an equatorial climate. The state's mountain ranges belong to the Titiwangsa Mountains, which are part of the Tenasserim Hills that span southern Myanmar, southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia, with Mount Yong Belar being the state's highest point.

  1. ^ "Laporan Kiraan Permulaan 2010". Jabatan Perangkaan Malaysia. p. 27. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Population by States and Ethnic Group". Department of Information, Ministry of Communications and Multimedia, Malaysia. 2015. Archived from the original on 12 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. ^ a b http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/835/5/BAB_2.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ a b c Ismail, Hafawati (2015). Kuih Dan Manisan Kelantan: Langkah Demi Langkah. ISBN 9789678605694.
  5. ^ "Federation of Malaya is inaugurated – Singapore History". eresources.nlb.gov.sg.


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