Baling

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Area
Districts of Kedah Darul Aman
Daerah Baling
District seat	Baling
District officer	Noh Dahya (Acting)
- Total	1,530 km km²
Population
- 2004 estimate	142,513
- Density	93.14/km²

Baling is a major town in the northern state of Kedah in Malaysia. It is also the name of a district in which Baling town is situated. It is an hour's drive away from Betong, the southernmost town in Thailand.

Baling is well known for its beautiful waterfalls including Lata Bayu, Lata Celak and Bukit Hijau. It is also known for its local fruits, especially the durian, dokong and langsat.

Origin of Name

The name Baling can be traced to a series of events detailed in the story of Raja Bersiong (The Fanged King), a popular legend of Kedah, recorded in the Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa. Raja Bersiong was a ruthless vampire-like king with a taste for human blood who preyed on his subjects. His subjects finally rose against him and burned down the palace. When the fanged king fled his palace at the Old Kedah capital in Lembah Bujang, he fled to a place named Kerbau and began removing his fangs by twisting them by hand. As a result of the twisting act, Kerbau was renamed as Kerbau Pulas where pulas in Malay means twisting.

After the king had successfully removed both his fangs, he threw them away to a faraway place, and the place believed to be the site where the fangs landed was named as Baling, which means throw away in Malay.

History

Baling was also the site where the leaders of the Malay Races Liberation Army, the newly formed Malayan Government, and the British met in 1955 to try to end the Malayan Emergency. Tunku Abdul Rahman, a leader of the Malayan government, implored the Communists to give up their arms peacefully by promising that no retaliatory action would be taken against them. The MRLA leader Chin Peng expressed skepticism of a pardon promised by the leader of a nation that had yet to gain its independence (Malaya's independence was gained in two years later in 1957}. Chin Peng insisted that the Malayan government and the British endorse the MRLA as a legal Communist Party so that it could run in the forthcoming elections. This was denied, however, and thus no agreement was reached.

The towns that Baling has are Kuala Ketil,Parit Panjang,Tawar, Kuala Pegang,Kupang,Baling, Kg Lalang,and Kota Baling Jaya Batu 42.

One of the small town in Baling is Parit Panjang.Parit Panjang is situated at the junction of four main road.The roads are from Kuala Ketil (i.e from Kulim and Sungai Petani), from Batu Lima,(i.e from Gurun and Alor Setar),and from Baling Town via Asam Jawa and from Baling via Kuala Pegang.Parit Panjang situated 13km from Kuala Ketil and 25km from Sungai Petani.There are six villages in Parit Panjang.The villages are Kg Banggol Berangan,Kg Sungai Tembak,Kg Carok Bakap, Kg Bukit Endoi, Kg Tandop Pisang and Kg Lanai. In Kampung Pisang,Kupang, there is a religious Islamic school, Sekolah Menengah Agama Yayasan Khairiah.Yayasan Khairiah is one of the biggest religious school in Baling.Now its has about 1 700 students coming from all over Malaysia.

References

Adam, Ramlah binti, Samuri, Abdul Hakim bin & Fadzil, Muslimin bin (2004). Sejarah Tingkatan 3. Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. ISBN 983-62-8285-8.

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Districts (Daerah)	Baling • Bandar Baharu • Kota Setar • Kuala Muda • Kubang Pasu • Kulim • Langkawi • Padang Terap • Pendang • Pokok Sena • Sik • Yan

Sub-districts (Mukim)	Mukim Anak Bukit • Mukim Alor Malai • Mukim Alor Merah • Mukim Ayer Hangat • Mukim Ayer Puteh • Mukim Bagan Samak • Mukim Bagan Sena • Mukim Bakai • Mukim Baling Bongor • Mukim Batang Tunggang Kanan • Mukim Batang Tunggang Kiri • Mukim Belimbing Kanan • Mukim Belimbing Kiri • Mukim Bohor • Mukim Bujang • Mukim Bukit Lada • Mukim Bukit Pinang • Mukim Bukit Raya • Mukim Derga • Mukim Derang • Mukim Dulang • Mukim Gajah Mati • Mukim Guar Kepayang • Mukim Gunong • Mukim Gurun • Mukim Hutan Kampung • Mukim Jabi • Mukim Jeneri • Mukim Jeram • Mukim Jerlun • Mukim Jitra • Mukim Junjong • Mukim Kangkong • Mukim Karangan • Mukim Kedawang • Mukim Keladi • Mukim Keplu • Mukim Kota • Mukim Kulim • Mukim Kupang • Mukim Kota Setar • Mukim Kuah • Mukim Kuala • Mukim Kuala Kedah • Mukim Kubang Rotan • Mukim Kubang Pasu • Mukim Kurung Hitam • Mukim Langgar • Mukim Lepai • Mukim Lesong • Mukim Lunas • Mukim Mahang • Mukim Malau • Mukim Merbok • Mukim Mergong • Mukim Meriam • Mukim Naga • Mukim Nagalilit • Mukim Padang China • Mukim Padang Hang • Mukim Padang Lalang • Mukim Padang Matsirat • Mukim Padang Meiha • Mukim Padang Peliang • Mukim Padang Perahu • Mukim Padang Pusing • Mukim Padang Temak • Mukim Padang Terap Kanan • Mukim Padang Terap Kiri • Mukim Pedu • Mukim Pekula • Mukim Pelubang • Mukim Pering • Mukim Pulai • Mukim Pumpong • Mukim Rambai • Mukim Relau • Mukim Sala Besar • Mukim Sala Kechil • Mukim Sedim • Mukim Selama • Mukim Semeling • Mukim Serdang • Mukim Sidam Kanan • Mukim Sidam Kiri • Mukim Simpor • Mukim Singkir • Mukim Sik • Mukim Siong • Mukim Sok • Mukim Sungai Baru • Mukim Sungai Batu • Mukim Sungai Daun • Mukim Sungai Kechil Hilir • Mukim Sungai Pasir • Mukim Sungai Petani • Mukim Sungai Seluang • Mukim Sungai Ular • Mukim Tajar • Mukim Tawar • Mukim Tebengau • Mukim Tekai Kanan • Mukim Tekai Kiri • Mukim Telaga Mas • Mukim Teloi • Mukim Teloi Kanan • Mukim Teloi Kiri • Mukim Telok Chengai • Mukim Telok Kechai • Mukim Terap • Mukim Titi Gajah • Mukim Tobiar • Mukim Tolak • Mukim Tualang • Mukim Tunjang • Mukim Ulu Melaka • Mukim Yan

Cities (Bandar)	Alor Star (State capital) • Jitra • Kulim • Sungai Petani

Sub-district towns (Pekan)	Alor Janggus • Alor Mengkudu • Alor Merah • Anak Bukit • Ayer Hangat • Ayer Hitam • Asun • Bakar Arang • Bakar Bata • Baling • Bandar Baharu • Bedong • Belantek • Bukit Besar • Bukit Kayu Hitam • Bukit Lada • Bukit Pinang • Bukit Selambau • Changlun • Derga • Guar Chempedak • Gurun • Gunung Jerai • Gunung Keriang • Hutan Kampung • Jeneri • Jeniang • Jenun • Jerlun • Kepala Batas • Kerpan • Kodiang • Kota Darul Aman • Kota Kuala Muda • Kota Sarang Semut • Kuah • Kupang • Kuala Kedah • Kuala Ketil • Kuala Muda • Kuala Nerang • Kuala Sanglang • Kubang Rotan • Langgar • Lunas • Megat Dewa • Merbok • Merbau Pulas • Naka • Nami • Padang Matsirat • Padang Sira • Padang Serai • Pantai Johor • Pantai Merdeka • Pendang • Pedu • Pengkalan Kundor • Pokok Sena • Pumpong • Sanglang • Simpang Empat • Sungai Lalang • Sungai Limau • Sungai Tiang • Sik • Sintok • Tanjung Dawai • Titi Gajah • Tikam Batu • Tokai • Tualang • Yan

Islands	Pulau Langkawi • Pulau Bidan • Pulau Telor • Pulau Songsong • Pulau Bunting • Pulau Payar

Townships	Bandar Amanjaya • Bandar Baru Darulaman • Bandar Laguna Merbok • Bandar Baru Sintok • Perumahan Awam Mergong • Shahab Perdana • Taman Aman • Taman Koperasi • Taman Mutiara • Taman Nuri • Taman PKNK • Taman Aman • Taman Berlian

Special Zones	Northern Corridor Economic Region • Kulim Hi-Tech Park • Mergong Barrage Industrial Estate