Sintok
Sintok is a small town located in the Kubang Pasu District, Kedah, Malaysia. It is best known as the location of Universiti Utara Malaysia, one of the prominent public universities in the country.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 12,900 residents
- Description: Town in Kubang Pasu, Kedah, Malaysia
- Also known as: “Sintuk”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Changlun and Bukit Kayu Hitam.
Changlun
Town
Changlun also known as Changlon or previously Changloon is a small town in Kubang Pasu District, Kedah, Malaysia. The word changlun originates from Thai, chang lon, which means "fallen elephant". Changlun is situated 6 km west of Sintok.
Bukit Kayu Hitam
Photo: Johnwxh30, Public domain.
Bukit Kayu Hitam is a town in Kedah, Malaysia. It is the main road crossing between Malaysia and Thailand and most long distance buses between the two countries use this checkpoint.
Sintok
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kubang Pasu District, Kedah, West Coast, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
6.44513° or 6° 26′ 42″ northLongitude
100.48114° or 100° 28′ 52″ eastPopulation
12,900Elevation
66 metres (217 feet)Open location code
6PR2CFWJ+3FOpenStreetMap ID
node 254073074OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
1736326Wikidata ID
Q4200633
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Malay—“Sintok” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “新笃”
- Chinese: “辛托克”
- Dutch: “Sintok”
- Hebrew: “סינטוק”
- Indonesian: “Sintok”
- Irish: “Sintok”
- Japanese: “シントック”
- Javanese: “Sintok”
- Malay: “Sintok, Kedah”
- Malay: “Sintok”
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