Kuantan: Condos, Apartments and Area Guide

Kuantan sits near the mouth of the Kuantan River. It began as a fishing village called Kampung Teruntum in the 1850s, and tin mining at Sungai Lembing and Gambang drew Chinese miners and traders later in that century. The state government moved here from Kuala Lipis in 1955.

Kuantan was declared a city on 21 February 2021, and its council became the Kuantan City Council (MBK). The city tower, Kuantan 188, opened the same day. The urban area lies mostly in the mukims of Kuala Kuantan and Beserah.

This zone is the whole of Kuantan district. DOSM put its median household income at RM 5,520 a month in 2024, against RM 5,926 in 2022 and RM 4,975 for Pahang. The mean was RM 7,008.

The district had about 571,100 people in 2024 and 581,400 in 2026, about a third of the state.

All condo and apartment sales in Kuantan district had a median of RM 625 psf in 2024 (RM 297,500 per unit, 62 sales). 46 of the 62 sales were at Valley Suite Apartment, so that figure mostly shows one project. In the 19 sales recorded for 2025 so far, with no single project in the lead, it was RM 405 psf. Treat both figures with care.

Houses are a much bigger market. In 2024 NAPIC recorded 1,270 sales of 1-storey terraces at a median of RM 280,000, and 319 sales of 2-storey terraces at RM 450,000.

We list 30 developments in this zone. Some are city flats, some are beach resorts with holiday apartments.

• City centre and Teruntum: Amansara Apartment on Jalan Tun Ismail, Medan Warisan and Le Town Apartment off Jalan Tanah Putih.
• Bukit Pelindung and Taman Aman: Classic Condominium, D'Embassy and Bukit Sekilau.
• Indera Mahkota, near IIUM: Mahkota Valley @ Indera Mahkota and Desa Samudera.
• Tanjung Lumpur, across the river: Sea Crestz by Exsim and Imperium Residence.
• Beserah, Balok and Cherating: Swiss Garden Resort Residences, Timur Bay Seafront Residence and Impiana Residences Cherating.
• Bukit Gambang Resort City: Arabian Bay Resort and Caribbean Bay Resort.

• IIUM Kuantan: two campuses, Jalan Hospital (opened 1997) and Indera Mahkota (2004), focused on medicine, pharmacy, nursing and science.
• Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah, founded in 2002 at Gambang, now with its main campus in Pekan.
• Politeknik Sultan Ahmad Shah (opened 1976) and Politeknik METrO Kuantan, plus Kolej Komuniti Kuantan at Indera Mahkota.

• Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, the main public hospital, opened in 1983 with 851 beds.
• IIUM Medical Centre at Bandar Indera Mahkota, a government teaching hospital.
• Private: KPJ Pahang Specialist Hospital, Kuantan Medical Centre, Darul Makmur Medical Centre and KCDC Hospital.

• Teluk Cempedak, the town beach about 5 km east of the centre, with Beserah fishing village further north.
• Cherating, 47 km north, with beach resorts and a turtle sanctuary. Asia's first Club Med opened here.
• Sungai Lembing, an old tin mining town with its museum, and the Sungai Pandan waterfall.
• Kuantan 188 tower by the river, and the Bukit Gambang water park and safari park.

• ECRL: stations at Paya Besar, KotaSAS and Kuantan Port City. Passenger trains to Gombak and Kota Bharu are due to start on 12 December 2026.
• Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport, about 15 km from the city.
• Terminal Kuantan Sentral for long-distance buses, and BAS.MY Kuantan buses in the city, including route C40 to Pekan.
• East Coast Expressway to Temerloh and Kuala Lumpur, and Kuantan Port, about 20 km from the city, with the Gebeng industrial area.

All NAPIC condo and apartment sales in Kuantan district had a median of RM 625 psf in 2024. 46 of the 62 sales were at Valley Suite Apartment, so that figure mostly shows one project. The 2025 figure so far is RM 405 psf.

DOSM put the median household income of Kuantan district at RM 5,520 a month in 2024, higher than the Pahang median of RM 4,975.

Yes. Paya Besar, KotaSAS and Kuantan Port City are on the line, and passenger service from Gombak to Kota Bharu is due to begin on 12 December 2026.

On 21 February 2021. Its council was renamed the Kuantan City Council (MBK) the same day.