kuantan – SOCIAL AND CULTURAL

SOCIAL AND CULTURAL

Batik painting

Kuantan’s population based on Department of Statistics data in 2010 is approximately 427,515. The population then was composed of 78.5% Malay, 17.9% Chinese, 3.3% Indian and 0.3% other races.

The city also has a growing population of migrant workers, mainly Indonesian, working in the industrial estates and nearby agricultural plantations.