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 ...

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 Sik is a district in Kedah, Malaysia. It is largest district in Kedah. Etymology The name of the district was derived from the Arab word "Syed" or "Sheikh" (pronounced as such in Pattani Malay as "Sik" and "Saik"), after the Arab missionaries who ...

and

Pendang District The Pendang District is a town, a district and a parliamentary constituency in Kedah, Malaysia. The district is primarily covered with paddy fields with agriculture being its main economic activity. Pendang town is about 20 km from state c ...

to the west. It is the third largest district in the State of Kedah, with

Kuala Nerang Kuala Nerang is the capital of Padang Terap District, Kedah, Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy ...

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 Pedu Lake ( Malay: ''Tasik Pedu'') is a man-made lake located in Padang Terap District, Kedah, Malaysia. It covers an area of 75 km². See also * Geography of Malaysia The geography of Malaysia includes both the physical and the huma ...

* Puncak Janing Recreational Forest (Hutan Lipur Puncak Janing) * Seraya WaterFall (Air Terjun Seraya)

References

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