Langkawi, Kedah Malaysia Langkawi, officially known as Langkawi the Jewel of Kedah (Malay: Langkawi Permata Kedah) is an archipelago of 104 islands in the Andaman Sea, some 30 km off the mainland coast of northwestern Malaysia. The islands are a part of the state of Kedah, which is adjacent to the Thai border. On July 15, 2008, Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah had consented to the change of name to Langkawi Permata Kedah in conjunction with his Golden Jubilee Celebration. By far the largest of the islands is the eponymous Pulau Langkawi with a population of some 64,792, the only other inhabited island being nearby Pulau Tuba. Langkawi is also an administrative districtwith the town of Kuah as largest town. Langkawi is a duty-free island. Langkawi, a cluster of 105 islands separated from mainland Malaysia by the Straits of Malacca, is a district of the state of Kedah in Northern Malaysia and lies approximately 51 km west of Kedah. The total land mass of the islands is 47,848 hectares. The main island spans about 25 km from north to south and slightly more for east and west. The coastal areas consist of flat, alluvial plainspunctuated with limestone ridges. Two-thirds of the island is dominated by forest-covered mountains, hills and natural vegetation. The islands oldest geological formation, Gunung Matchincang, was the first part ofSouth-East Asia to rise from the seabed in theCambrian period more than half a billion years ago. The oldest part of the formation is observable at Teluk Datai to the north-west of the island, where the exposed outcrop consists of mainly sandstone in the upper parts and shale and mudstone in the lower parts of the sequence.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 06:18:27 +0000
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