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Kelantan

Kelantan is a state in the of Peninsular with a unique local culture, a dialect that's highly divergent from other forms of Malay and a delicious cuisine very different from the West Coast styles more commonly available outside the area.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Kota Bharu and Gua Musang.

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is the state capital of Kelantan, on the of peninsular Malaysia. Many travellers simply pass through on their way to the , but those who spend a few days in KB have the chance to go to some of the museums mentioned…

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is a small town deep in the jungles of central Kelantan. It's good place to break the cross-peninsula haul and has some nice limestone formations and caves to explore.

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is a town located in the coterminous in southern-central Kelantan, . During British protection it was known as Kuala Lebir.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Rantau Panjang and Dabong.

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is a town in Kelantan, . It is the major border crossing between Malaysia and Thailand for the of Peninsular Malaysia.

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, also known as Kuala Krai Selatan, is a small town in , Kelantan, . It has a . The famous Gua Ikan is situated nearby on the Galas River.

Kelantan

Latitude of center
5.4021° or 5° 24′ 8″ north
Longitude of center
102.0636° or 102° 3′ 49″ east
Population
1,790,000
Elevation
83 metres (272 feet)
Abbreviation
“KTN”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4165056889
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1733044
Wiki­data ID
Q185944
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Kelantan” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Kelantan”
  • Arabic: “كلنتن دار النعيم”
  • Arabic: “كلنتن”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kelantan”
  • Banjar: “Kalantan, Malaysia”
  • Banjar: “Kelantan”
  • Basque: “Kelantan”
  • Belarusian: “Келантан”
  • Bengali: “কেলান্তান”
  • Betawi: “Kelantan”
  • Bulgarian: “Келантан”
  • Catalan: “Kelantan”
  • Cebuano: “Kelantan”
  • Chinese: “Kelantan”
  • Chinese: “吉兰丹”
  • Chinese: “吉兰丹州”
  • Chinese: “吉蘭丹”
  • Czech: “Kelantan”
  • Danish: “Kelantan”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Kelantan”
  • Dutch: “Kelantan”
  • Esperanto: “Kelantano”
  • Estonian: “Kelantan”
  • Estonian: “Kelantani osariik”
  • Finnish: “Kelantan”
  • French: “Kelantan”
  • Galician: “Kelantan”
  • Galician: “Kelatan”
  • Georgian: “კელანტანი”
  • German: “Kalantan”
  • German: “Kelantan”
  • German: “MY-03”
  • Greek: “Κελάνταν”
  • Gujarati: “કેલંતન”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Kelantan”
  • Hebrew: “קלנטן”
  • Hindi: “केलंतन”
  • Hindi: “केलंतान”
  • Hungarian: “Kelantan”
  • Iban: “Kelantan”
  • Indonesian: “Kelantan”
  • Inupiaq: “Kelantan”
  • Italian: “Kelantan”
  • Japanese: “クランタン州”
  • Japanese: “ケランタン州”
  • Japanese: “急蘭丹”
  • Javanese: “Kelantan”
  • Kannada: “ಕೆಲಾಂತಾನ್”
  • Komering: “Kelantan”
  • Korean: “켈란탄 주”
  • Korean: “켈란탄”
  • Korean: “클란탄주”
  • Latvian: “Kelantana”
  • Lithuanian: “Kelantan”
  • Lithuanian: “Kelantanas”
  • Macedonian: “Келантан”
  • Malay: “Kelantan Darul Naim”
  • Malay: “Kelantan”
  • Malay: “Kesultanan Kelantan”
  • Malay: “Negeri Kelantan”
  • Malay: “کلنتن”
  • Marathi: “कलांतान”
  • Marathi: “केलांतान”
  • Marathi: “क्लांतान”
  • Mazanderani: “کلنتن”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Kelantan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kelantan”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kelantan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kelantan”
  • Norwegian: “Kelantan”
  • Persian: “کلانتان”
  • Piemontese: “Kelantan”
  • Polish: “Kelantan”
  • Portuguese: “Calantão”
  • Portuguese: “Kelantan”
  • Quechua: “Kelantan suyu”
  • Russian: “Келантан”
  • Scots: “Kelantan”
  • Sinhala: “කෙලන්ටන්”
  • Slovenian: “Kalantan”
  • Slovenian: “Kelantan”
  • Slovenian: “MY-03”
  • Spanish: “Kelantan”
  • Swedish: “Kelantan”
  • Tamil: “கிளாந்தான்”
  • Tamil: “கெலந்தான்”
  • Tatar: “Келантан штаты”
  • Telugu: “కెలాంటన్”
  • Thai: “กลันตัน”
  • Thai: “เกอลันตัน”
  • Thai: “รัฐกลันตัน”
  • Turkish: “Kelantan”
  • Ukrainian: “Келантан”
  • Urdu: “Kelantan”
  • Urdu: “کیلانتن”
  • Vietnamese: “Kelantan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kelantan”
  • Western Panjabi: “کیلانتن”
  • Wu Chinese: “吉兰丹”
  • Yue Chinese: “吉蘭丹”

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