Sungai Petani
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Sungai Petani سوڠاي ڤتاني 双溪大年 சுங்கை பட்டாணி |
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| Nickname(s): SP | ||
 Sungai Petani
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| Coordinates: 5°39′N 100°30′E / 5.650°N 100.500°ECoordinates: 5°39′N 100°30′E / 5.650°N 100.500°E | ||
| Country | Malaysia | |
| State | Kedah | |
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| • Yang DiPertua | Abdul Rashid bin Othman. SDK., AMK., BCK. | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 443,458 | |
| Time zone | MST (UTC+8) | |
| • Summer (DST) | Not observed (UTC) | |
| Postcode | 08xxx | |
| Website | www |
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Sungai Petani (abbreviated Sg. Petani or SP; Chinese: 双溪大年; Tamil: சுங்கை பட்டாணி) is a town in Kuala Muda District, Kedah, Malaysia. It is about 55 km south of Alor Setar, the capital of Kedah, and about 310 km from Kuala Lumpur. Sungai Petani is the second-largest city in Kedah after Alor Setar. Sungai Petani became an industrialised city in 1990 with Japanese factories and foreign companies during its first establishment. Sungai Petani with multiracial and multicultural community makes the town so unique in term of food, culture, religious building and mixed community.
Sungai Petani has a high and medium-sized business community. A lot of small and medium industry also play a part in the local economy, producing many products, from semiconductors to television tubes and from textile to wood products. One of the examples is Sharp. Sungai Petani is also a booming business center with many large malls, franchise stores and business enclaves.
Sungai Petani has many malls and shopping centers such as Amanjaya Mall, Central Square, Village Mall, Lagenda Height Tesco, Sungai Petani North Tesco, Sungai Petani South Tesco, Giant Hypermarket, Econsave, Billion, Sp Plaza and Parkson.
Sungai Petani railway station served rail services such as KTM ETS, a higher speed rail service connecting major cities in Malaysia, also local commuter-rail service such KTM Komuter connecting major town in Penang, Kedah, and Perlis. Long-distance bus service also available nearby the station in UTC Sungai Petani to accommodate public transportation services. Local bus service also operated by City Liner, Mara Liner and Rapid Penang with air-conditioner bus service. The nearest airport is Penang International Airport. Sungai Petani also served by North-South Expressway, to connect the town with major cities in Malaysia. Sungai Merbok jetty also served season Langkawi ferry services connecting Sungai Petani directly to the Langkawi Island without transit to Kuala Kedah or Kuala Perlis ports.
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