Kerian

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Kerian is an administrative district in Perak, Malaysia. It is one of the main rice-growing area in the state. Its local government is Majlis Daerah Kerian or Kerian District Council which is based at Parit Buntar.

The major town is Parit Buntar, which is located near the border of Penang and Kedah states. Other towns in Kerian are Bagan Serai, Kuala Kurau and Tanjung Piandang. The majority of the people here are Malays, with a sizeable population of Banjar people.


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Districts: Kinta | Larut, Matang | Hilir Perak | Manjung | Batang Padang | Kerian | Kuala Kangsar | Hulu Perak | Perak Tengah | Selama
City: Ipoh
Towns: Ayer Tawar | Bagan Datoh | Bagan Sungai Burong | Batak Rabit | Batu Gajah | Behrang | Bercham | Beruas | Bidor | Bikam | Bota | Bukit Merah | Changkat Jering | Chemor | Damar Laut | Gerik | Gopeng | Hutan Melintang | Jelapang | Jenderata | Kamunting | Kampar | Keroh | Kota Setia | Kuala Kangsar | Kuala Sepetang | Lekir | Lenggong | Lumut | Malim Nawar | Mambang Di Awan | Menglembu | Pantai Remis | Parit | Parit Buntar | Pasir Salak | Pekan Gurney | Pengkalan Hulu | Proton City | Sayong | Selama | Seri Iskandar | Seri Manjung | Simpang Pulai | Simpang Tiga | Sitiawan | Slim | Slim River | Sungai Siput | Taiping | Tambun | Tanjung Malim | Tanjung Rambutan | Tapah | Tapah Road | Teluk Batik | Teluk Intan | Teluk Rubiah | Ternoh | Terolak | Terong | Teronoh | Tringkap
Islands: Pulau Pangkor