Kelantan

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Kelantan Klate
State
Kelantan Darul Naim کلنتن دار النعيم‎
Other transcription(s)
• Jawi	کلنتن‎
• Chinese	吉兰丹 (Simplified) 吉蘭丹 (Traditional)
• Tamil	கிளாந்தான் Kiḷāntāṉ (transliteration)
• Thai	รัฐกลันตัน
Flag Coat of arms
Nicknames:  Negeri Che Siti Wan Kembang نݢري چئ سيتي وان کمبڠ‎ State of Che Siti Wan Kembang Tanah Serendah Sekebun Bunga تانه سرنداه سکبون بوڠا‎ Land of Flower Beds
Motto(s):  Berserah Kepada Tuhan Kerajaan Kelantan برسره کڤد توهن کراجاءن کلنتن‎ Surrender to God Kingdom of Kelantan
Anthem: Selamat Sultan سلامت سلطان‎ (God) Save The Sultan
Kelantan in    Malaysia
OpenStreetMap
Coordinates: 5°15′N 102°0′E / 5.250°N 102.000°E / 5.250; 102.000
Capital (and largest city)	Kota Bharu
Royal seat	Kubang Kerian
Government
• Type	Parliamentary Islamic constitutional monarchy
• Sultan	Muhammad V
• Menteri Besar	Mohd Nassuruddin Daud (PN–PAS)
Area [1]
• Total	15,040 km2 (5,810 sq mi)
Highest elevation (Mount Yong Belar)	2,181 m (7,156 ft)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	1,812,300
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
• Demonym	Kelantanese/Oghe Klate
Demographics of Kelantan (2021)
• Ethnic composition	Malaysian nationality: 98.1% Malays & indigenous: 96.6% Chinese: 2.5% Indian: 0.3% Non-Malaysian nationality: 1.9%
• Dialects	Kelantan Malay Temiar Jahai Bateq Tak Bai Thai Other ethnic minority languages
Economy
• HDI (2021)	0.779 (high) (13th)
• GDP (2022)	RM 26.9 billion
• GDP per capita (2021)	RM 14,643
• TFR (2021)	2.7
Postal code	15xxx to 18xxx
Calling code	09
ISO 3166 code	MY-03
Vehicle registration	D
Hindu-Buddhist era	100 BC
Siamese control[3]	November 1786
Kelantan Sultanate[4]	1800
British control[4]	1909
Japanese occupation[4]	8 December 1941
Accession into the Federation of Malaya[5]	1 February 1948
Website	www.kelantan.gov.my

Kelantan (Malay pronunciation: [kəˈlantan]; Jawi: کلنتن‎; Kelantanese Malay: Klate; Pattani Malay pronunciation: [kläˈtɛ])^[a] is a state in Malaysia. The capital, Kota Bharu, includes the royal seat of Kubang Kerian. The honorific name of the state is Darul Naim (Jawi: دار النعيم‎; "The Blissful Abode"). Kelantan is the only state outside of East Malaysia that does not use the term district in its second-level administrative division. Instead, the districts is named as colonies (Jajahan) or collectivities and one autonomous subdistrict.

Kelantan is located in the north-eastern corner of the peninsula. Kelantan, which is said to translate as the "Land of Lightning" (see alternate theories below), is an agrarian state with green paddy fields, rustic fishing villages and casuarina-lined beaches. Kelantan is home to some of the most ancient archaeological discoveries in Malaysia, including several prehistoric aboriginal settlements.

Due to Kelantan's relative isolation and largely rural lifestyle, Kelantanese culture differs somewhat from Malay culture in the rest of the peninsula; this is reflected in the cuisine, arts and the unique Kelantanese Malay language, which is unintelligible even for some speakers of standard Malay.

Kelantan is positioned in the north-east of the Malay Peninsula. It is bordered by Narathiwat Province of Thailand to the north, Terengganu to the south-east, Perak to the west and Pahang to the south. To the north-east of Kelantan is the South China Sea. Kelantan has diverse tropical rainforests and an equatorial climate. The state's mountain ranges belong to the Titiwangsa Mountains, which are part of the Tenasserim Hills that span throughout southern Myanmar, southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia, with Mount Yong Belar being the state's highest point.

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