Jitra

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Jitra

Total population

237,759

Coordinates6.27°, 100.42°

Demographic figures from Department of Statistics Malaysia. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Jitra is a town and a mukim in Kubang Pasu District, in northern Kedah, Malaysia. It is the seat for the district. Jitra is the fourth-largest town in Kedah after Alor Setar, Sungai Petani and Kulim.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

A

Akmal Rizal Ahmad Rakhli

Malaysian footballer

Asmah Haji Omar

Malaysian linguist

A

Ahmad Shakir Mohd Ali

association football player

M

Muhammad Shafiq Jamal

Malaysian footballer

A

Abdul Munir bin Hj Awang

Ifa Raziah

Malaysian actress and singer

O

Osman bin Aroff

Malaysian politician

C

Chan Yiwen

Malaysian squash player

F

Fikry Ibrahim

Malaysian male actress, comedian, host and model (born 1994)

Asma Ismail

researcher

A

Aiman Afif

Malaysian footballer

W

Wan Salim Wan Mohd Noor

L

Liang Chia

Malaysian male actress and model (born 1995)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Kedah

• Kampung Pulau Pisang
  2.6 mi away
• Kampung Pulau Kechik
  2.8 mi away
• Tunjang
  3.4 mi away
• Kepala Batas
  4.3 mi away
• Kampung Tradisi Paya Pahlawan
  4.3 mi away
• Kampung Baru Telok
  5.3 mi away
• Kampung Imam
  5.5 mi away
• Kampung Pulau Pak Ubin
  5.7 mi away
• Kampung Pulau Kerengga
  6 mi away
• Kampung Putat
  7 mi away
• Kampung Matang Kong
  7.1 mi away
• Kampung Telok Binasa
  7.6 mi away

Browse all places in Kedah →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Jitra

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Chestnut-necklaced Partridge

Tropicoperdix charltonii

Seen 2026-09-04

Brown Fish-Owl

Ketupa zeylonensis

Seen 2026-09-03

Dusky Leaf Monkey

Trachypithecus obscurus

Seen 2026-09-03

Sidestripe Rasbora

Rasbora paviana

Seen 2026-08-23

Thai Bug-eyed Frog

Theloderma horridum

Seen 2026-07-31

Didymocarpus corchorifolius

Didymocarpus corchorifolius

Seen 2026-07-27

Parashorea stellata

Parashorea stellata

Seen 2026-07-27

Begonia sinuata

Begonia sinuata

Seen 2026-07-27

Sonerila calophylla

Sonerila calophylla

Seen 2026-07-27

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).