Kuantan

Kuantan (population 340,000) is a town in Malaysia, and is the state capital of Pahang, the largest state in the peninsular, covering around 36,000 km². It is in Peninsular Malaysia, facing the South China Sea and at the mouth of the Kuantan River about halfway up the east coast from Singapore to Kota Bharu.

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The Pahang state government shifted the administrative centre of Pahang from Kuala Lipis to Kuantan in 1957.

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Kuantan's main sightseeing attraction is its State Mosque (Masjid Negeri). There are scenic beaches popular with vacationers in the town's vicinity, such as Teluk Cempedak, Batu Hitam, Balok, and Cherating. The Kuantan area also produces handicrafts and batik.

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The main shopping facilities in Kuantan includes Berjaya Megamall, Kuantan Parade, Kuantan Plaza, and Teruntum. The only 5-Star Hotel in Kuantan is the Holiday Village of Malaysia while the 4-Star Hotels includes MS Garden Hotel, Mariana Beach Resort, and The Legend Resort. 5-Star Resorts are often chosen by foreign visitors. The more popular ones includes Hyatt Regency, De Rhu Beach Resort, Cherating Holiday Villa Beach Resort, Swiss-Garden Resort, Impiana Resort, Club Med Cherating, and the Legend Resort.

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There are a few residential area in Kuantan.One of these are Air, Puth, Bukit Sekilau, Alor Akar and Galing.

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Malaysia: The Federation of Malaysia (Malay: Persekutuan Malaysia) or simply Malaysia (Simplified Chinese: ????; Pinyin: M?l?ix?y?, Tamil: ???????) is a country in Southeast Asia. It consists of two geographical regions divided by the South China Sea:...

Pahang: Pahang (Jawi: ڨهڠ) is the largest state in Peninsular Malaysia, occupying the huge Sungai Pahang river basin. It is bordered to the north by Kelantan, to the west by Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, to the south by Johor and to the east by Terengganu and the South China Sea....

Peninsular Malaysia: Peninsular Malaysia (or Semenanjung Malaysia in the Malay language) is the part of Malaysia which lies on the Malay Peninsula, and shares a land border with Thailand in the north. It is connected via a causeway and bridge to the island of Singapore to the south. Across the Strait of Malacca to the w...