Geography of Terengganu

Terengganu Darul Iman located at the East Coast of Malay Peninsular and her neighboring states are Kelantan and Pahang.


The state of Terengganu got a land mass of approximately 1,295,638.3 hectare / 1.295,512.1 hectare. It got a beach stretching for 225 kilometer from Besut at north to Kemaman at south and not to mention numerous beautiful islands such as Kapas Island, Redang Island, Perhentian Kecil Island, Perhentian Besar Island, Bidong Island and many more. 

Before 1947 there were 9 district in Terengganu namely Kuala Terengganu, Kemaman, Kemasik, Paka, Dungun, Marang, Hulu Terengganu, Besut and Setiu and then were reduced to 6 district namely Kuala Terengganu, Kemaman, Dungun, Marang, Hulu Terengganu and Besut. On 1st January 1985, Setiu was reinstated as a district and that makes the total to 7 districts. Every district were managed by District Officer (DO). 


1. Kuala Terengganu - 60,654.3 hectare
2. Kemaman - 253,559.9 hectare
3. Dungun - 273,503.1 hectare
4. Marang - 66,654.3 hectare
5. Hulu Terengganu - 387,462.6 hectare
6. Setiu - 130,436.3 hectare
7. Besut - 123,367.8  hectare

Terengganu's population were rising each year. In 1912, the population were just 153,765 people and in 1951, the number rise to 236,300 people. The following are populations for each corresponding years;-

1. 1959 - 278,147 people
2. 1960 - 306,942 people
3. 1963 - 339,816 people
4. 1970 - 405,751 people
5. 1990 - 756,300 people
6. 1998 - approx. 1,000,000 people
7. 2010 - 1,086,590 people

From these figures, 90 percent of the population are Malay and the rest are Chinese and Indians.

The state capital of Terengganu is Kuala Terengganu and the main economic revenue of the state are tourism, fishery and petroleum based industry.

sources :-
www.terengganu.gov.my
http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/index.php?lang=en



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