Uma unombhalo oyisihluthulelo mayelana neSintok, ngitshele ukuthi itholakala kuphi.
Context:ISintok yidolobha elincane esifundeni saseKubang Pasu, eKedah, eMalaysia. I-University of Malaysia (UUM) itholakala lapha.  ISintok itholakala cishe amakhilomitha angama-52 ukusuka e-Alor Setar City futhi cishe amakhilomitha ayishumi nambili ukusuka edolobheni laseChanglun. ISintok ingafinyelelwa ngomgwaqo omkhulu iKuala Perlis-Changlun-Sintok nangomgwaqo ovela ePadang Terap.  Umlando Igama elithi "Sintok" lithathwe egameni lohlobo oluthile lwesihlahla. Ekuqaleni leli dolobha laliyindawo ekude lapho kwakuhlala khona abasebenza ezimayini zikathayela. Nokho, ngenxa yokuthi iseduze nomngcele waseMalaysia neThailand, iSintok yayisengozini yokuhlaselwa yiqembu lamaKhomanisi elalivinjelwe. Ngakho-ke, uhulumeni kwadingeka ukuba athuthe zonke izakhamuzi zokuqala aye endaweni ephephile, futhi wamemezela edolobheni njengoba 'black endaweni'. Umlando uqopha ukubulawa okuningi kwamalungu amabutho ezokuphepha kuleyo ndawo.  Maphakathi nawo-1980, uhulumeni wesifundazwe kanye nohulumeni wesifundazwe bavumelana ngokwakha inyuvesi eSintok. Le nyuvesi yaqanjwa ngokuthi i-University Utara Malaysia (UUM), ngokwezwi nezwi okuhunyushwa ngokuthi "iNyakatho University of Malaysia", futhi ukwakhiwa kwaqala ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980 ukufaka esikhundleni sekhampasi yesikhashana eBandar Baru Darul Aman, eJitra.  Njengesikhumbuzo sokuzidela kwamabutho ezokuphepha, kwakhiwa isakhiwo esiyisikhumbuzo kulelo khampasi le-UUM. Uhlu lwamagama amalungu amabutho ezokuphepha abulawa amakhomanisi lwabekwa kulesi sakhiwo sesikhumbuzo.  Ukusungulwa kwekhampasi ye-UUM kusheshise ukukhula kwezindawo ezintsha zokuhlala ezinjengeBandar Baru Sintok neBukit Kachi etholakala maqondana neSungai Badak Forest Reserve.
ISintok itholakala e-12km ukusuka edolobheni laseChanglu futhi 52km ukusuka e-Alor Setar City eMalaysia.