The Kota Setar District () is a
district
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
in
Kedah
Kedah (), also known by its honorific Darul Aman (Islam), Aman (دار الأمان; Arabic for 'The Safe Abode') and historically as Queda, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of ...
,
Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...
where the state capital
Alor Star
Alor Setar (Kedah Malay: ) is the state capital of Kedah, Malaysia. It is the second-largest city in the state after Sungai Petani and one of the most-important cities on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It is home to the third-tallest t ...
is situated.
[http://apps.water.gov.my/jpskomuniti/dokumen/DEEP_KOTA%20SETAR_APRIL2011.pdf ]
Name
The name ''Kota Setar'' came from the ''Setar'' or ‘Stak’ tree (''
Bouea macrophylla''), an indigenous plant that bore an edible orange coloured fruit.
Administrative divisions
Kota Setar District is divided into 28
mukim
A mukim is a type of administrative division used in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The word ''mukim'' is a loanword in English language, English. However, it was also originally a loanword in Malay language, Malay from the Arabic word ...
s, which are:
# Alor Malai
# Alor Merah
#
Anak Bukit
Anak Bukit is a mukim and the royal town of Kedah, Malaysia, located in Kota Setar District and falls under the jurisdiction of the Alor Setar City Council.
Royal Town
It is known as the royal town of Kedah because the Sultan of Kedah's ...
#
Bukit Pinang
# Derga
# Gunong
# Hutan Kampung
# Kangkong
# Kota Setar
#
Kuala Kedah
# Kubang Rotan
#
Langgar
# Lengkuas
# Lepai
# Limbong
# Mergong
# Padang Hang
# Padang Lalang
# Pengkalan Kundor
# Pumpong
# Sala Kechil
# Sungai Baharu
# Tajar
# Tebengau
# Telaga Mas
# Telok Chengai
# Telok Kechai
# Titi Gajah
Demographics
Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats
List of Kota Setar district representatives in the Federal Parliament (Dewan Rakyat)
List of Kota Setar district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly of Kedah
References
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