Kuantan is a town in Malaysia, and is the state capital of Pahang, the largest state in the peninsular, covering around 36,000 km². The city comprises 62% of Malays, 28% of Chinese, 4% of Indian and 6% of other races. It is in Peninsular Malaysia, facing the South China Sea and at the mouth of the Kuantan River about halfway up the east coast from Singapore to Kota Bharu.
The Pahang state government shifted the administrative centre of Pahang from Kuala Lipis to Kuantan in 1976.