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Kedah is the 'rice bowl' state of Malaysia supplying about half of the country's needs. While Kedah is still largely consists of villages, the capital city Alor Setar is very modern. Today, there are several industrial parks and new businesses pushing the state into the 21st century.
Tourism has also become a major source of revenue, assisted by the development of Langkawi as a major international tourist destination.
Kedah, Economy
Recorded history shows that in the 5th century AD, Indian and Sumatran traders plying the east-west trade route stopped at the port of Kuala Muda, using Gunung Jerai, Kedah's highest peak, as a navigational point.
The ruins of ancient Candi (temples) in the Bujang Valley show that a Hindu-Buddhist civilisation existed here and may have been one of the first places to have come into contact with Indian traders. How important this kingdom was, is still being researched as more artifacts are unearthed.
Recorded history shows that in the 5th century AD, Indian and Sumatran traders plying the east-west trade route stopped at the port of Kuala Muda, using Gunung Jerai, Kedah's highest peak, as a navigational point.
The Thais handed Kedah over to the British in 1909, and after the Japanese occupation during WWII, it became one of the states of the Malayan Union and subsequently the Federation of Malaya in 1948.
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Kedah Darul Aman
