Parit Buntar
Paghit Buntaq | |
|---|---|
Town and district capital | |
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Jawi | ڤاريت بونتر |
| • Chinese | 巴里文打 (Simplified) 巴里文打 (Traditional) Bālǐ Wéndǎ (Hanyu Pinyin) |
| • Tamil | பாரிட் புந்தார் Pāriṭ Puntār (Transliteration) |
 The town of Parit Buntar | |
 Location of Parit Buntar in Perak | |
  Parit Buntar  Parit Buntar Parit Buntar (Malaysia)  Parit Buntar Parit Buntar (Southeast Asia) | |
| Coordinates: 5°07′14″N 100°29′26″E / 5.12056°N 100.49056°E | |
| Country |  Malaysia |
| State |  Perak |
| District | Kerian |
| Parliament | Misbahul Munir |
| District council | Kerian District Council |
| Population (2010[1]) | |
| • Total | 26,328 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | Not observed |
| Postcode | 34200 |
| Area code(s) | 05-67xxxxxxx |
| Vehicle registration | A |
Parit Buntar (Northern Malay: Paghit Buntaq) is a town in Kerian District, Perak, Malaysia. It is bordering to Nibong Tebal in Penang and Bandar Baharu in Kedah.It is also the district capital of Kerian District.
This district is known as the Rice Bowl of Perak due to its large areas of paddy fields. Irrigation system has been built to reclaim the areas and to control the water flow into and out of the paddy fields. A few areas suffer from flooding in some seasons. The economic activity is fishing especially at Sungai Acheh, Bagan Tiang, Tanjung Piandang and Kuala Kurau, and commercial businesses and industrial in the Parit Buntar City Center.
This city has a tropical climate. There is a great deal of rainfall in Parit Buntar, even in the driest month. This location is classified as Af by Köppen and Geiger. The temperature averages 27.3 °C (81.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 2,304 mm (90.7 in).[2]
- ^ "Perak: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". The World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 2013-02-09. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
- ^ "Climate Parit Buntar: Temperature, Climate graph, Climate table for Parit Buntar - Climate-Data.org". en.climate-data.org. Retrieved 2017-02-16.