Kampung Raja | |
Native Name: | Kapong Ghajo |
Translit Lang1: | Other |
Translit Lang1 Type1: | Jawi |
Translit Lang1 Info1: | كامڤوڠ راج |
Translit Lang1 Type2: | Chinese |
Translit Lang1 Info2: | Chinese: 甘榜拉惹 Gānbǎng Lārě |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Malaysia Terengganu#Malaysia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Kuala Besut in Terengganu |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Terengganu |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Besut |
Government Type: | District council |
Governing Body: | Besut District Council |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Coordinates: | 5.7953°N 102.5642°W |
Kampung Raja (Besut Malay: Kapong Ghajo), also known as Kota Putera is a mukim and capital of Besut District, Terengganu, Malaysia. It is one of the mukim in Besut and also the central administration here. A long time ago, a king lived here and his castle was built here, but now the castle has been moved to Muzium Kuala Terengganu and only an old castle that remained here called Istana Tengku Long. Although located in Terengganu, the people there speak Kelantanese Malay and are culturally Kelantanese, owing to its close proximity to Kelantan.[1]
Kampung Raja has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall from February to May and heavy to very heavy rainfall in the remaining months.