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Kuala Kedah

Kuala Kedah is a mukim and parliamentary constituency in Kota Setar District, Kedah, Malaysia.

Kuala Kedah
Kuala Kedah · Marufish from Alor Setar, Malaysia
The place

Kuala Kedah is a mukim and parliamentary constituency in Kota Setar District, Kedah, Malaysia. It is a fishing port, located at the mouth of the Kedah River, and serves as a terminus for ferries to the tourist island of Langkawi. It is home to a fort, Kota Kuala Kedah. Kuala Kedah is accessible by bus or taxi from Alor Setar.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    Kuala Kedah Fort

    This fort is also known as the main gate of Kuala Kedah.

From Wikivoyage: Kuala Kedah, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Kuala Kedah

Airports
Langkawi (LGK), 68 km · Penang (PEN), 89 km · Hat Yai (HDY), 93 km
  • Langkawi → Kuala Kedah
    64 km · quickest by ferry, 4h 36m · RM39–191
    GuideToday
  • Penang → Kuala Kedah
    77 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · RM24–32
    GuideToday
  • Ipoh → Kuala Kedah
    190 km · quickest by road, 3h 45m · RM47–65
    GuideToday
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Kuala Kedah

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kuala Kedah. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inFerries to Langkawi leave every 1.5-2 hours, the last service is at 7:00PM, a one-way ticket costs RM45 for (adult) foreigners (2025).
  • Get inFerries arrive to Kuala Kedah Jetty Terminal, from where you can take taxis in all directions.

From Wikivoyage: Kuala Kedah, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-05.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LangkawiMY

    12 ways of moving, 14 sources

    62 km
  2. 02
    Penang, George Town and ButterworthMY

    11 ways of moving, 20 sources

    76 km
  3. 03
    Satun and Pak BaraTH

    11 ways of moving, 18 sources

    102 km
  4. 04
    Hat Yai and the Songkhla border countryTH

    12 ways of moving, 21 sources

    103 km
  5. 05
    Ko LantaTH

    9 ways of moving, 32 sources

    221 km

If you know how people move in Kuala Kedah – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Kuala Kedah

Kuala Kedah is 7 km from Alor Setar, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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