Kuala Besut
Kuala Besut is a small town in Terengganu, on the east coast of Malaysia. It's mainly known for being the gateway to the Perhentian Islands, though it's a fairly cute town, with many murals, colourful hotels, and old-looking wooden buildings.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Tabraiz Feham, CC BY 3.0.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kampung Raja.
Kampung Raja
Town
Kampung Raja, also known as Kota Putera is a mukim and capital of Besut District, Terengganu, Malaysia. It is one of the mukim in Besut and also the central administration here. Kampung Raja is situated 3½ km south of Kuala Besut.
Kuala Besut
- Type: Town with 153,000 residents
- Description: human settlement in Malaysia
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Besut, Terengganu, East Coast, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
5.8284° or 5° 49′ 42″ northLongitude
102.5561° or 102° 33′ 22″ eastPopulation
153,000Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)United Nations Location Code
MY BSTOpen location code
6PQ4RHH4+8COpenStreetMap ID
node 369488653OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tamil—“Kuala Besut” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كوالا بسوت”
- Chinese: “勿述”
- Chinese: “瓜拉勿述”
- Dutch: “Kuala Besut”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوالا بسوت”
- Esperanto: “Kuala Besut”
- Indonesian: “Kuala Besut”
- Malay: “Besut”
- Malay: “Kampung Kuala Besut”
- Malay: “Kuala Besut”
- Malay: “Mukim Kuala Besut”
- Malay: “کوالا بسوت”
- Persian: “کوآلا بسوت”
- Persian: “کوالا بسوت”
- Polish: “Kuala Besut”
- Russian: “Куала-Бесут”
- Tamil: “கோலா பெசுட்”
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