About Alor Setar
Alor Setar is a city in Kedah, Malaysia with a population of 417,800. It is the 24th largest of the 350 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Malaysia, and the 1,380th largest worldwide. It lies 362 km from Kuala Lumpur.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#3of 28
Coordinates
6.121, 100.360
Record updated
14 April 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 350 in MalaysiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.