The Padang Terap 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 ...
. It is governed by the Padang Terap District Council (). Padang Terap District shares a border with Thailand to the north, and with
Sik District and
Pendang District to the west. It is the third largest district in the State of Kedah, with
Kuala Nerang serving as its administrative center.
Etymology
Padang Terap is named after the Terap tree (''
Artocarpus elasticus
''Artocarpus elasticus'' of the Mulberry Family (Moraceae) and commonly called terap nasi or terap, is a rainforest tree of maritime and mainland Southeast Asia, growing up to (occasionally as much as 214 feet (65 meters)) in height with a dia ...
'') which is a type of
drought-tolerant plant.
Administrative divisions
Padang Terap District is divided into 11
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:
# Batang Tunggang Kanan
# Batang Tunggang Kiri
# Belimbing Kanan
# Belimbing Kiri
# Kurong Hitam
# Padang Temak
# Padang Terap Kanan
# Padang Terap Kiri
# Pedu
# Tekai
# Tolak
Demographics
Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats
List of Padang Terap district representatives in the Federal Parliament (Dewan Rakyat)
List of Padang Terap district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly (Dewan Undangan Negeri)
Tourist attractions
*
Pedu Lake
* Puncak Janing Recreational Forest (Hutan Lipur Puncak Janing)
* Seraya WaterFall (Air Terjun Seraya)
See also
*
Districts of Malaysia
Districts (; ''Jajahan'' in Kelantan) are a type of subdivision below the States and federal territories of Malaysia, state level in Malaysia. An administrative district is administered by a lands and district office () which is headed by distr ...
References
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