Ketereh

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Ketereh District Council

Majlis Daerah Ketereh
مجليس دايره كتيريه
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Type
Type
History
Founded1 January 1979
Leadership
President
YM. Haji Tengku Ab. Rahman bin Tuan Yunus
District secretary
Mohd Azman Ghazali
Motto
Bersatu Membangun Masyarakat
(Develop The Society Together)
Meeting place
KM 19, Jalan Kuala Krai, 16450 Kota Bharu, Kelantan Darul Naim.
Website
mdketereh.kelantan.gov.my

Ketereh is a town and parliamentary constituency in Kelantan. It is located in the southern half of Kota Bharu District, roughly halfway between metropolitan Kota Bharu and Machang along Highway 8. The town was named after the local name for the cashew fruit, ketereh (gajus in standard Malay). [1]

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Transportation

Rail

KTM Intercity does not stop in Ketereh town. The nearest station is in Pasir Mas.

Government and politics

Ketereh is administered by the Ketereh District Council (Malay : Majlis Daerah Ketereh), which was established on 1 January 1979 as the Kota Bharu District Council (Malay : Majlis Daerah Kota Bharu), through the merger of the Kadok, Pangkal Kalong and Peringat Local Councils. [2]

In the Malaysian Parliament Ketereh is represented by Khlir Mohd Nor.

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References

  1. "Ketereh jadi koridor ilmu Kelantan". Archived from the original on 2016-05-09. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
  2. "Background".

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