Bukit Payong[] is a town in the Marang

Marang (district)

Marang is a district in Terengganu, Malaysia. The district seat is the town of Marang.- Etymology :The origin of the district's name is attributed to a Chinese entrepreneur of dried sea products known only by the name of Ma, who was one of the first settlers in the area...

 district of Terengganu

Terengganu

Terengganu is a sultanate and constitutive state of federal Malaysia. The state is also known by its Arabic honorific, Darul Iman...

, on the east coast of peninsular Malaysia.

The population comprises 98% Malays, 1% Chinese

Chinese people

The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following:*People with Han Chinese ethnicity ....

 and 1% of other races. The town is bordering the district of Kuala Terengganu

Kuala Terengganu

-Transport:The city is connected to other towns via a good network of roads and also some ferries that ply the Terengganu River. The Sultan Mahmud Bridge, a bridge over the Terengganu River, provides a road link to both banks of the river...

. It houses several government departments such as Jabatan Pertanian, Jabatan Haiwan, Peladang, and Pejabat Pos

Pos Malaysia

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. There are two shopping centres which are Pasaraya Seri Intan and Kedai Wahab. Also there a lot of bundle shop in this town. East Coast Expressway

East Coast Expressway

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 interchage also existed in this town. It is also the seat of state constituency of the same name. Currently, the seat is hold by Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party or PAS after 2008 General Election

Malaysian general election, 2008

The 12th Malaysian general election was held on March 8, 2008, in accordance with Malaysian laws for national elections, which states that a general election must be held no later than five years subsequent to the previous elections; the previous general election was held in 2004...

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