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Coordinates: 5°39′N 100°30′E 5.65, 100.5

Sungai Petani

Sungai Petani (Jawi ) (abbreviated "Sg. Petani" or "SP") is a town in the state of Kedah, in the northern part of Peninsular Malaysia. Sungai Petani is the second largest town in Kedah after Alor Star. The name Sungai Petani has its roots from sungai meaning river and petani meaning farmer in the Malay language. Sungai Petani in full means "Farmer's River", due to the huge concentration of paddy fields and farmers in the state. The word "petani" may also refer to "Pattani", a city in present day Thailand in which the river were once connected to. Even the old spelling of Sungai Petani was "Sungei Patani", without any reference to farming.[1]

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