West Coast
Kedah
Daerah Kota Setar

Alor Setar

Alor Setar is the state capital of , on the of Peninsular Malaysia. Some claim that it is the state capital on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia that is richest in Malay culture.
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  • Type: City with 424,000 residents
  • Description: state capital of Kedah, Malaysia
  • Also known as: “Alor Star”, “Alostar”, “Alur Setar”, “AS”, “Kota Setar”, “Saiburu”, “Thai”, and “Yàluó Shìdǎ”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Zahir Mosque and Pekan Rabu.

Mosque
Photo: Ecoblueprint, CC BY 2.0.
The is a Sunni in Alor Setar, Kota Setar, , , and the state mosque of Kedah. Built in in 1912, the is one of the grandest and oldest mosques in Malaysia.

Shopping center
, which literally means "Wednesday Market", is a shopping centre located in the middle of Alor Star, the state capital of , .

Museum
Photo: Jensennbj, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah Gallery is a gallery in Alor Setar, , showcasing the history and artifacts of Kedah Sultan Abdul Halim ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah.

Alor Setar

Latitude
6.1232° or 6° 7′ 24″ north
Longitude
100.3684° or 100° 22′ 6″ east
Population
424,000
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
IATA airport code
AOR
United Nations Location Code
MY AOR
Open location code
6PR249F9+79
Open­Street­Map ID
node 295037382
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1736309
Wiki­data ID
Q474868
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Alor Setar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ألور ستار”
  • Asturian: “Alor Setar”
  • Azerbaijani: “Alor-Setar”
  • Banjar: “Alor Star”
  • Banjar: “Alur Star, Malaysia”
  • Bengali: “আলোর সেতার”
  • Catalan: “Alor Star”
  • Cebuano: “Alor Setar”
  • Chinese: “Alor Setar”
  • Chinese: “亚罗士打”
  • Chinese: “亞羅士打”
  • Czech: “Alor Setar”
  • Danish: “Alor Setar”
  • Dutch: “Alor Setar”
  • Dutch: “Alor Star”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الور ستار”
  • Esperanto: “Alor Setar”
  • Finnish: “Alor Setar”
  • Finnish: “Alor Star”
  • French: “Alor Setar”
  • French: “Alor Star”
  • Galician: “Alor Setar”
  • Galician: “Alor Star”
  • Georgian: “ალორ-სეტარი”
  • German: “Alor Setar”
  • German: “Alor Star”
  • Greek: “Αλόρ Σετάρ”
  • Gujarati: “અલોર સેટર”
  • Hebrew: “אלור סטאר”
  • Hindi: “अलोर सेतार”
  • Iban: “Alor Setar”
  • Indonesian: “Alor Setar”
  • Indonesian: “Alor Star”
  • Italian: “Alor Setar”
  • Japanese: “アロー・スター”
  • Japanese: “アロースター”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Alor Setar”
  • Kannada: “ಅಲೋರ್ ಸೆಟ್ರ್”
  • Kedah Malay: “Loqstaq”
  • Korean: “알로르스타르”
  • Latin: “Alor Setar”
  • Latvian: “Alorserata”
  • Latvian: “Alorsetara”
  • Lithuanian: “Alor Setaras”
  • Lithuanian: “Alor Staras”
  • Macedonian: “Алор Стар”
  • Malay: “Alor Setar”
  • Malay: “Alor Star”
  • Malay: “Bandar Alor Setar”
  • Malay: “الور ستر”
  • Malayalam: “അലോർ സെറ്റാർ”
  • Marathi: “अलोर सेटर”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Alor Star”
  • Northern Frisian: “Alor Setar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alor Setar”
  • Norwegian: “Alor Setar”
  • Pampanga: “Alor Setar”
  • Persian: “آلور استار”
  • Persian: “الور استار”
  • Persian: “الور ستار”
  • Polish: “Alor Setar”
  • Portuguese: “Alor Setar”
  • Russian: “Алор-Сетар”
  • Russian: “Алур-Сетар”
  • Silesian: “Alor Setar”
  • Sinhala: “අලෝර් සේටාර්”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آلور سیتار”
  • Spanish: “Alor Setar”
  • Swedish: “Alor Setar”
  • Swedish: “Alor Star”
  • Tagalog: “Alor Setar”
  • Tagalog: “Alor Star”
  • Tamil: “அலோர் ஸ்டார்”
  • Telugu: “అలోర్ సెటార్”
  • Thai: “อลอร์สตาร์”
  • Thai: “อาโลร์เซอตาร์”
  • Turkish: “Alor Setar”
  • Ukrainian: “Алор-Сетар”
  • Ukrainian: “Алор-Стар”
  • Urdu: “الور سیتار”
  • Vietnamese: “Alor Setar”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Alor Setar”
  • Western Panjabi: “الور سیتار”
  • Wu Chinese: “Alor Setar”
  • Wu Chinese: “亚罗士打”
  • Yue Chinese: “亞羅士打”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Alor Setar”. Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0.