Pengkalan Chepa

Pengkalan Chepa
Kaley Chepo (Kelantan-Pattani Malay)
Suburb of Kota Bharu
Country Malaysia
State Kelantan
DistrictKota Bharu District
Local area governmentKota Bharu Municipal Council (MPKB)

Pengkalan Chepa (Kelantanese: Kaley Chepo) is a town and parliamentary constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia. Situated about 8 km (5 mi) from Kota Bharu, the state capital, it is within the Kota Bharu metropolitan area.

Pengkalan Chepa is where the Sultan Ismail Petra Airport is located.

The town was a focal point of Cham people coming to Kelantan for trade and religious studies for centuries; the name "Chepa" (Jawi: چڤا, modern spelling: Cepa) is in reference to their former kingdom of Champa hence "Champa Landing".

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