Kuantan

Kuantan

Kuantan (Pahang Malay: Kontaeng; Terengganu Malay: Kuatang/Kuantang; Jawi: كوانتن‎) is a city and the state capital of Pahang, Malaysia. It is located near the mouth of the Kuantan River. Kuantan is the 18th largest city in Malaysia based on 2010 population and the largest city on the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The administrative centre of the state of Pahang was officially relocated to Kuantan on 27 August 1955 from Kuala Lipis, and was officiated by HRH Sultan Abu Bakar Ri'ayatuddin Al Muadzam Shah,[2] the Sultan of Pahang.