Alor Setar
{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Alor Setar
| native_name  = ''Loqstaq''
| settlement_type                 = [[List of capitals in Malaysia|State capital]] [[List of cities in Malaysia|city]] and [[List of capitals in Malaysia#District capitals|district capital]]
| official_name                   =  City of Alor Setar<br />{{Nobold|Bandaraya Alor Setar}}
| translit_lang1                  = Other
| translit_lang1_type1            = [[Jawi alphabet|Jawi]]
| translit_lang1_info1            = {{Lang|ms-arab|{{Script|Arab|الور ستار}}}}
| translit_lang1_type2            = [[Chinese language|Chinese]]
| translit_lang1_info2            = {{Lang|zh-hans|亚罗士打}} {{Font|size=70%|([[Simplified Chinese characters|Simplified]])}}<br/>{{Lang|zh-hant|亞羅士打}} {{Font|size=70%|([[Traditional Chinese characters|Traditional]])}}<br />''Yàluó Shìdǎ'' {{Font|size=70%|([[Hanyu Pinyin]])}}
| translit_lang1_type3            = [[Tamil script|Tamil]]
| translit_lang1_info3            = {{Lang|ta|அலோர் சேதார்}}<br />''Alōr Cētār'' {{Font|size=70%|([[ISO 15919|Transliteration]])}}
| translit_lang1_type4            = [[Thai language|Thai]]
| translit_lang1_info4            = {{Lang|th|อาโลร์เซอตาร์}}, {{Lang|th|เมืองไทร}} ''Mueang Sai''<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://vajirayana.org/สาส์นสมเด็จ-พุทธศักราช-๒๔๗๘/พฤษภาคม/วันที่-๒๙-พฤษภาคม-พศ-๒๔๗๘-ดร |lang=th |title= สาส์นสมเด็จ |author-link= Damrong Rajanubhab |author= Damrong Rachanuphap S.Ph.Ch.B.Th.K.Ph. |date=29 May 1935 |work= Vajirayana Digital Library |accessdate= 18 April 2022 }}</ref>
| image_skyline                   = {{Multiple image
| border                          = infobox
| total_width                     = 290
| image_style                     = border:1;
| perrow                          = 2/2/2/2
| image1                          = AlorSetarSkyline.jpg
| image2                          = Menara Alor Setar-zamwan.jpg
| image3                          = Balai Nobat.jpg
| image4                          = Istana anak bukit.jpg 
| image5                         = Muzium seni kedah.jpg
| image6                          = Pekan Rabu, Alor Setar.jpg
| image7                          = MasjidZahir.jpg
| image8                          = Kuala Kedah.jpg
}}
| image_caption                   = '''From top, left to right''': City skyline, [[Alor Setar Tower]], Balai Nobat (Nobat Tower), the [[Anak Bukit|Anak Bukit Palace]], [[Kedah State Art Gallery]], [[Pekan Rabu]], [[Zahir Mosque]], [[Kuala Kedah]] Marina
| image_flag                      = The Flag of Alor Setar City Council.png
| image_seal                      = Alor Setar Emblem.svg
| seal_size                       = 100px
| nickname                        = 
| motto                           = {{Lang|ms|Bandaraya Berdayahuni 2035}}<br /> {{Smaller|"Livable City by 2035"}}
| image_map                       = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|type=shape|stroke-width=2|stroke-color=#000000|zoom=10|frame-lat=6.11833333333333|frame-long=100.36944444444444}}
| map_caption                     = Location of Alor Setar in Kedah
| pushpin_map                     = Malaysia Kedah#Malaysia##Southeast Asia#Asia
| pushpin_mapsize                 = 275px
| pushpin_map_caption             = {{Legend inline|#800000|outline=black}} '''Alor Setar''' in {{Legend inline|#FEFEEF|outline=black}} '''[[Kedah]]'''
| coordinates                     = {{Coord|06|07|06|N|100|22|10|E|region:MY|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type                = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name                = {{Flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Malaysia]]
| subdivision_type1               = [[States and federal territories of Malaysia|State]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[List of districts in Malaysia|District]]
| subdivision_name1               = {{Flagicon|Kedah}} [[Kedah]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Kota Setar District|Kota Setar]]<br />[[Pokok Sena District|Pokok Sena]]
| founder                         = [[Sultan Muhammad Jiwa Zainal Adilin II]]
| established_title               = Establishment
| established_date                = 1735
| established_title1              = Establishment of the local government
| established_date1               = 1905
| established_title2              = Establishment of the town board
| established_date2               = 1958
| established_title3              = Establishment of the town council
| established_date3               = 1970
| established_title4              = Establishment of the local government district council
| established_date4               = 1976
| established_title5              = Municipality status
| established_date5               = 1 February 1978
| established_title6              = City status 
| established_date6               = {{Start date and age|df=y|21 December 2003}}
| government_type                 = [[List of local governments in Malaysia|City council]]
| governing_body                  = [[Alor Setar City Council]]
| leader_title                    = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name                     = Dato' Haji Mohd Yusri Haji Md Daud (since August 2022)
| area_total_km2                  = 424 
| area_total_sq_mi                = 257.14
| elevation_m                     = 57
| elevation_max_m                 = 99
| elevation_max_point             = Mount Keriang
| population_total                = 417,800
| population_as_of                = 2020
| population_footnotes            = <ref name="stats">{{Cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Population/files/population/03ringkasan_kawasan_PBT_Jadual1.pdf |title=Key Summary Statistics For Local Authority Areas, Malaysia 2010 |publisher=Department of Statistics, Malaysia |access-date=19 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205090002/http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Population/files/population/03ringkasan_kawasan_PBT_Jadual1.pdf |archive-date=5 February 2015 }}</ref>
| population_density_km2          = 982.00
| population_metro                = 839,400
| population_demonym              = 
| postal_code_type                = [[Postal codes in Malaysia|Postal code]]
| postal_code                     = 05xxx
| area_code                       = +6047 (landline only)
| area_code_type                  = [[Telephone numbers in Malaysia|International dialling code prefix]]
| website                         = {{URL|https://pbt.kedah.gov.my/index.php/majlis-bandaraya-alor-setar/|mbas.gov.my}}
| footnotes                       = 
| timezone                        = [[Time in Malaysia|MST]]
| utc_offset                      = +8
| timezone_DST                    = Not observed
}}

'''Alor Setar''' ([[Urup Jawi|Jawi]]: {{Script/Arabic|الور ستار}}, [[Jaku Melayu Kedah]]: ''Loqstaq'') nya indu nengeri [[Kedah]], [[Malaysia]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L5nIAlHSMxgC&q=alor+setar+capital+kedah|title=Fact Sheets on the Federation of Malaya|date=1957|language=en}}</ref> Nengeri tu nengeri kedua pemadu besai ba Kedah sepengudah [[Sungai Petani]] sereta siti ari nengeri ke penting ba [[Semenanjung Malaysia]]. Nengeri tu nyadi alai menara ketiga pemadu tinggi ba Malaysia [[Malaysia]], iya nya Menara Alor Setar.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Atiyah|first=Jeremy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uRX5zMsCeNgC&q=alor+setar+second+largest&pg=PA716|title=Southeast Asia|date=2002|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-85828-893-2|language=en}}</ref>

== Malin ==
Alor Setar (Jawi: , Jaku Melayu Kedah: Loqstaq) nya indu nengeri Kedah, Malaysia. Nengeri tu nengeri kedua pemadu besai ba Kedah sepengudah Sungai Petani sereta siti ari nengeri ke penting ba Semenanjung Malaysia. Nengeri tu nyadi alai menara ketiga pemadu tinggi ba Malaysia Malaysia, iya nya Menara Alor Setar.

 Malin