Padang Terap District

"Padang Terap" redirects here. For the federal constituency represented in the Dewan Rakyat, see Padang Terap (federal constituency).

Padang Terap District
District of Kedah
Daerah Padang Terap
Seal
Location of Padang Terap District in Kedah
Padang Terap District Location of Padang Terap District in Malaysia
Coordinates: 6°15′N100°40′E / 6.250°N 100.667°E / 6.250; 100.667
Country	Malaysia
State	Kedah
Seat	Kuala Nerang
Local area government(s)	Padang Terap District Council
Government
• District officer	Abd. Ghani @ Zulkifli Bin Zainuddin
Area [1]
• Total	1,356.84 km2 (523.88 sq mi)
Population  (2010) [2]
• Total	61,325
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+8 (Not observed)
Postcode	06xxx
Calling code	+6-04
Vehicle registration plates	K

Padang Terap District Council Majlis Daerah Padang Terap
Type
Type	Local authority
History
Founded	1976
Leadership
President	Abd Ghani Zulkifli Zainuddin
District Secretary	Muhammad Nur Ihsan Yahaya
Meeting place
06300 Kuala Nerang, Kedah Darul Aman
Website
pbt.kedah.gov.my/index.php/majlis-daerah-padang-terap/

The Padang Terap District is a district in Kedah, Malaysia. ^[3] It is governed by the Padang Terap District Council (Malay : Majlis Daerah Padang Terap). 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 ) which is a type of drought-tolerant plant. ^[4]

Administrative divisions

Map of Padang Terap District

Padang Terap District is divided into 11 mukims, which are: ^[1]

1. Batang Tunggang Kanan
2. Batang Tunggang Kiri
3. Belimbing Kanan
4. Belimbing Kiri
5. Kurong Hitam
6. Padang Temak
7. Padang Terap Kanan
8. Padang Terap Kiri
9. Pedu
10. Tekai
11. Tolak

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1991	50,726	—
2000	55,847	+10.1%
2010	61,970	+11.0%
2020	65,698	+6.0%
Source: [5]

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

List of Padang Terap district representatives in the Federal Parliament (Dewan Rakyat)

Parliament	Seat Name	Member of Parliament	Party
P7	Padang Terap	Nurul Amin Hamid	Perikatan Nasional (PAS)

List of Padang Terap district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly (Dewan Undangan Negeri)

Parliament	State	Seat Name	State Assemblyman	Party
P7	N7	Kuala Nerang	Munir @ Mohamad Yusuf Zakaria	Perikatan Nasional (PAS)
P7	N8	Pedu	Mohd Radzi Md Amin	Perikatan Nasional (PAS)

Tourist attractions

• Pedu Lake
• Puncak Janing Recreational Forest (Hutan Lipur Puncak Janing)
• Seraya WaterFall (Air Terjun Seraya)

See also

• Districts of Malaysia

References

1. "LAMAN WEB RASMI PEJABAT DAERAH DAN TANAH PADANG TERAP - Perutusan Pentadbir Tanah". ptpt.kedah.gov.my. Archived from the original on 2017-12-19. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
2. "Population Distribution and Basic Demographic Characteristics, 2010" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
3. "Profail daerah JPS Padang terap" [JPS Padang Terap district profile](PDF) (in Malay). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-05.
4. "Background". 22 July 2019.
5. "Key Findings of Population and Housing Census of Malaysia 2020" (pdf) (in Malay and English). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. ISBN   978-967-2000-85-3.