Kerteh
Kerteh (est. pop. (2000 census): 3,064)[1] is a mukim in Kemaman District, Terengganu, Malaysia.
Kerteh | |
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| • Total | 256 km2 (99 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 66,545 |
Economy
Kerteh is the base of operations for Petronas in Terengganu, overseeing the oil platform operations off the state's coast as well as petrochemicals production and crude oil refining in nearby Paka.
Tourist attractions
The Ma'Daerah turtle sanctuary is also nearby.
Transportation
Kerteh is served by the Kerteh Airport, a small airport catering mostly to helicopter flights to offshore oil platforms and charter plane flights for Petronas staff to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport near Kuala Lumpur.
gollark: It just seems weird that they defined one of the base units as 1000 of some unit.
gollark: We can't rename kilograms grams without confusing everyone who doesn't also adopt that, but I guess renaming them to "standard weight units" or some abbreviation would work.
gollark: Also, it would be very hard, considering.
gollark: They should have just made kilograms be called "grams" and we could say milligrams for smaller amounts.
gollark: For SI, I mean.
References
- Dept. of Urban and Rural Planning, Terengganu State Government. Rancangan Struktur Negeri Terengganu 2005-2015 (Malay), 2005
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