Kota Bharu

Kota Bharu is the state capital of , 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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  • Type: City with 396,000 residents
  • Description: state capital of Kelantan, Malaysia
  • Also known as: “Khota Baharu” and “Khota Bahru”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium and Islamic Musuem.

Stadium
The is a in the state of , . It is located on Jalan Mahmood, Kota Bharu, and best known as the home of football clubs Kelantan and Kelantan The Real Warriors.

Museum
Photo: Wen Yin-Ping, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Kelantan Islamic Museum is a about Islam in Kota Bharu, , .

Castle
Photo: Comelote, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Istana Jahar was a royal residence in Kota Bharu, , . It was built in 1855 by Sultan Muhammad II of Kelantan for his grandson Raja Bendahara Long Kundor.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wakaf Bharu and Wakaf Che Yeh.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 1.0.
is a satellite town in , , . It is located approximately 9 km from Kota Bharu, the state capital city.

Suburb
is a suburb in , , in the southern part of Kota Bharu's metropolitan area. It is located about 7 km from downtown Kota Bharu along the Kuala Krai Highway Federal Route 8.

Town
is a parliamentary constituency in Kota Bharu District, , . It is the state's royal seat, under the official name Bandar D'Raja Al-Muhammadi.

Kota Bharu

Latitude
6.1248° or 6° 7′ 29″ north
Longitude
102.2378° or 102° 14′ 16″ east
Population
396,000
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
IATA airport code
KBR
United Nations Location Code
MY KBR
Open location code
6PR446FQ+W4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 207539450
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1736376
Wiki­data ID
Q651131
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Kota Bharu” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኮታ ባሩ”
  • Arabic: “كوتا بحرو”
  • Arabic: “كوتا بهارو”
  • Aragonese: “Kota Bharu”
  • Armenian: “Կոտա Բարու”
  • Asturian: “Kota Bharu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kota Baru”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kota Bharu”
  • Banjar: “Kota Bharu”
  • Banjar: “Kuta Bharu, Malaysia”
  • Basque: “Kota Bharu”
  • Bavarian: “Kota Bharu”
  • Belarusian: “Кота-Бару”
  • Bengali: “কোটা ভারু”
  • Breton: “Kota Bharu”
  • Bulgarian: “Кота Бару”
  • Bulgarian: “Кота Бахру”
  • Burmese: “ကိုတာဘာရူးမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Kota Baharu”
  • Catalan: “Kota Bharu”
  • Cebuano: “Kota Bharu (kapital sa estado)”
  • Cebuano: “Kota Bharu”
  • Chinese: “Kota Bharu”
  • Chinese: “哥打峇魯”
  • Chinese: “哥打峇鲁”
  • Chinese: “哥打巴魯”
  • Chinese: “哥打巴鲁”
  • Czech: “Kota Baharu”
  • Czech: “Kota Bharu”
  • Danish: “Kota Bharu”
  • Dutch: “Kota Baharu”
  • Dutch: “Kota Bahru”
  • Dutch: “Kota Bharu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوتا بهارو”
  • Esperanto: “Bharu”
  • Estonian: “Kota Bharu”
  • Finnish: “Kota Bharu”
  • French: “Kota Bahru”
  • French: “Kota Baru”
  • French: “Kota Bharu”
  • Georgian: “კოტა-ბარუ”
  • German: “Kota Baharu”
  • German: “Kota Bahru”
  • German: “Kota Baru”
  • German: “Kota Bharu”
  • Greek: “Κότα Μπάρου”
  • Gujarati: “કોટા ભારૂ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Khota Bharu”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Kô-tá-ha̍p-lû-sṳ”
  • Hausa: “Kota Bharu”
  • Hebrew: “קוטה בהארו”
  • Hindi: “कोटा भारु”
  • Hindi: “कोता भारू”
  • Iban: “Kota Bharu”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Bahru”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Bharu”
  • Irish: “Kota Bharu”
  • Italian: “Kota Bharu”
  • Japanese: “コタ・バル”
  • Japanese: “コタバル”
  • Javanese: “Kota Bharu”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Kota Bharu”
  • Kannada: “ಕೋಟಾ ಭುರು”
  • Kannada: “ಕೋತ್ತಾ ಬಾರು”
  • Kazakh: “Кота-Бару”
  • Kirghiz: “Кота-Бару”
  • Korean: “코타바루”
  • Latvian: “Kota Baru”
  • Latvian: “Kotabharu”
  • Lithuanian: “Kota Baru”
  • Macedonian: “Кота Бару”
  • Malay: “Bandar Kota Bharu”
  • Malay: “Kota Bahru”
  • Malay: “Kota Bharu”
  • Malay: “کوتا بهارو”
  • Maori: “Kota Bharu”
  • Marathi: “कोटा भारु”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kota Bharu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kota Bharu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kota Bharu”
  • Norwegian: “Kota Bharu”
  • Oromo: “Kota Bharu”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੋਟਾ ਭਾਰੂ”
  • Persian: “کوتا بهارو”
  • Polish: “Kota Bahru”
  • Polish: “Kota Bharu”
  • Portuguese: “Kota Bharu”
  • Pushto: “کوتا بهارو”
  • Russian: “Кота Бару”
  • Russian: “Кота-Бару”
  • Scots: “Kota Bharu”
  • Silesian: “Kota Bharu”
  • Sinhala: “කොටා බාරු”
  • Slovenian: “Kota Bharu”
  • Somali: “Kota Bharu”
  • Spanish: “Kota Bharu”
  • Swahili: “Kota Bharu”
  • Swedish: “Kota Baharu”
  • Swedish: “Kota Bahru”
  • Swedish: “Kota Baru”
  • Swedish: “Kota Bharu”
  • Tajik: “Кота-Бару”
  • Tamil: “கோத்தா பாரு”
  • Tatar: “Kota Bharu”
  • Telugu: “కోట బేరు”
  • Thai: “โกตาบารู”
  • Turkish: “Kota Bharu”
  • Ukrainian: “Кота-Бару”
  • Urdu: “کوتا بھارو”
  • Urdu: “کوتا بھرو”
  • Urdu: “کوٹا بھارو”
  • Uzbek: “Kota Bharu”
  • Uzbek: “Kota-baru”
  • Uzbek: “Kota-Baru”
  • Venetian: “Kota Bharu”
  • Vietnamese: “Kota Bharu”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kota Bahru”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kota Bharu”
  • Western Panjabi: “کوٹا بھارو”
  • Yue Chinese: “哥打峇魯”

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