Kuantan

Kuantan is the state capital of Pahang, Malaysia. It is situated close to the mouth of the Kuantan River and countenances the South China Sea. Kuantan is the seventeenth biggest city in Malaysia in view of 2010 populace, and the biggest city in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The regulatory focus of the province of Pahang was formally moved to Kuantan on 27 August 1955 from Kuala Lipis and was administered by HRH Sultan Abu Bakar Ri'ayatuddin Al Muadzam Shah, the Sultan of Pahang.

The urban zone of Kuantan city is found generally in the mukims of Kuala Kuantan and Beserah. One of its major financial exercises is tourism. Locally, it is well known for the creation of crafted works, batik, keropok dried fish wafers and salted fish. Kuantan fills in as the regulatory and business capital of Pahang. Exchange and trade are vital in the economy of the town. The timber business, dessert and the angling business likewise assume real parts in the nearby economy.

Kuantan's fundamental touring fascination is the shoreline at Teluk Cempedak or Palm Beach. There are picturesque shorelines well known among vacationers in the city's region. Kuantan is known to travelers for its cascades. The most understood is the Sungai Pandan Waterfall. Two others are the Sungai Berkelah Waterfall and the Jerangkang Waterfall. There are four stops in the city, the Gelora Park, Teruntum Mini Zoo, Gambang Safari Park and Agriculture Park at Indera Mahkota. A little stop over the primary street and alongside the stream before the Hospital is named the Esplanade Park or Downtown Kuantan.