Sungai Petani (singkatan Sg. Petani atau "SP") merupakan sebuah bandar perindustrian di negeri Kedah yang terletak di utara Semenanjung Malaysia. Sungai Petani ialah bandar kedua terbesar di Kedah selepas Alor Setar. Sektor perumahan berkembang pesat di Sungai Petani. Semenjak tahun 1990-an, bandar Sungai Petani menerima pelaburan besar oleh syarikat-syarikat pemaju perumahan. Taman Ria, Taman Ria Jaya, Taman Peruda, Taman Mutiara Indah, Taman Berlian merupakan perumahan terancang yang terawal di Sungai Petani. Menjelang tahun 1999 sehingga 2007, beberapa bandar baru dimajukan antaranya ialah Bandar Aman Jaya, Bandar Mutiara, Bandar Puteri Jaya, Bandar Sri Astana, Bandar Sri Cendana, Legenda Heights, Bandar Laguna Merbok, Bandar Puteri Hill Park dan Cinta Sayang Resort. Bandar Sungai Petani sangat mudah dihubungi dengan jaringan jalan raya, jalan kereta api dan laluan udara. Dari ibu negara, Kuala Lumpur, perjalanan ke utara menuju Sungai Petani melalui lebuhraya utara selatan. Jalan Persekutuan turut menghubungkan Sungai Petani dengan beberapa bandar utama seperti Alor Setar, Butterworth dan Ipoh. Bagaimanapun, perjalanan melalui lebuhraya utara selatan lebih cepat dan selesa. Sekiranya menaiki kereta api, anda boleh turun di stesen keretapi Sungai Petani yang terletak di pusat bandar. Jalan kereta api bermula dari Padang Besar, Perlis melalui bandar seperti Alor Setar, Gurun, Sungai Petani, Bukit Mertajam, Butterwoth, Taiping, Kuala Kangsar, Ipoh, Slim River, Tanjung Malim, Sungai Buloh dan Kuala Lumpur. Terdapat perjalanan terus dari Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok dan Hatyai melalui Sungai Petani. Lapangan terbang terdekat dengan Sungai Petani ialah Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Bayan Lepas di Pulau Pinang iaitu lebih kurang 45 km dari pusat bandar. Selain itu, terdapat satu lapangan terbang bagi laluan domestik di Alor Setar iaitu Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Halim.
 

Majlis Perbandaran Sungai Petani,
Kompleks SP Plaza, Jalan Ibrahim,
08000 Sungai Petani, Kedah Darul Aman.
Tel : 04-4212205, 04-4212206, 04-4214468
Faks : 04-4233416
Web : http://www.mpspk.gov.my
Email : admin@mpspk.gov.my  

Sungai Petani (also known as Sg. Petani or "SP") is an industrial city in the Kedah state that is located in the northern of Peninsular Malaysia. Sungai Petani is the second biggest city in Kedah after Alor Setar. The housing sector developed rapidly in Sungai Petani. Since the 1990s, Sungai Petani received large investments by housing developers. Taman Ria, Taman Ria Jaya, Taman Peruda, Taman Mutiara Indah, Taman Berlian are some of the earliest planned housing estates in Sungai Petani. By 1999 until 2007, several new cities were developed, among them are Bandar Aman Jaya, Bandar Mutiara, Bandar Puteri Jaya, Bandar Sri Astana, Bandar Sri Cendana, Legenda Heights, Bandar Laguna Merbok, Bandar Puteri Hill Park and Cinta Sayang Resort. Sungai Petani city can easily be reached by the road networks, railroads and the airways. From the capital city, Kuala Lumpur, the journey to the north to Sungai Petani can be made via the North-South Highway. The Federal road also connects Sungai Petani with several other main cities such as Alor Setar, Butterworth and Ipoh. However, the journey on the North-South Highway is faster and more comfortable. If you are traveling with the train, you can get off at the Sungai Petani railway station that is located in the city center. The railway starts in Padang Besar, Perlis and passes through cities like Alor Setar, Gurun, Sungai Petani, Bukit Mertajam, Butterwoth, Taiping, Kuala Kangsar, Ipoh, Slim River, Tanjung Malim, Sungai Buloh and Kuala Lumpur. There is a direct trip from Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Hatyai through Sungai Petani. The closet airport to Sungai Petani is the Bayan Lepas International Airport in Penang, which is approximately 45 km from the city center. There is also another airport in Alor Setar for domestic flights, which is the Sultan Abdul Halim Airport.
 

Majlis Perbandaran Sungai Petani,
Kompleks SP Plaza, Jalan Ibrahim,
08000 Sungai Petani, Kedah Darul Aman.
Tel : 04-4212205, 04-4212206, 04-4214468
Faks : 04-4233416
Web : http://www.mpspk.gov.my
Email : admin@mpspk.gov.my