Hulu Perak District (Upper Perak) is a

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Perak Perak () is a state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, and Selangor to the south. Thailand' ...

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. As the largest district in Perak, there are border to the east of the district is the state of

Kelantan Kelantan (; Jawi: ; Kelantanese Malay: ''Klate'') is a state in Malaysia. The capital is Kota Bharu and royal seat is Kubang Kerian. The honorific name of the state is ''Darul Naim'' (Jawi: ; "The Blissful Abode"). Kelantan is located in t ...

, to the west is

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, to the south is the district of Kuala Kangsar while to the south-west is the district of Larut, Matang and Selama. Hulu Perak also shares a border with Betong District of

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. The seat of the district is Gerik, which is also the largest town of the district. The highest point of the district is located at

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, with 1,533 m high Ulu Titi Basah peak near the Thai/Malaysian border, and

Temenggor Lake Temenggor Lake ( ms, Tasik Temenggor) is a lake in Hulu Perak District, Perak, Malaysia. It is the second largest lake in Peninsular Malaysia after Kenyir Lake in Hulu Terengganu District, Terengganu. This man-made lake is located south of 1,53 ...

History

In 1511, after the fall of the

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to the Portuguese,

Sultan Mahmud Shah Sultan Mahmud Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah (died 1528) ruled the Sultanate of Malacca from 1488 to 1511, and again as pretender to the throne from 1513 to 1528. He was son to Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah. As a monarch, he was k ...

retreated and established his government in Bentan. In 1526 the Portuguese attacked his domain again and forced him to retreat to Kampar and to establish his rule there. At that time, Tun Saban had moved to Upper Patani and stayed at Beredung Budi. He then moved to Belum Forest in Hulu Perak, founded a village at a place called Relap Hati, and became the chief of the peoples in Belum Forest. For sometime until the 19th century, a good part of this district was under the sovereignty of

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, as part of the old Malay kingdom of Reman. The area then under Thai control included what is today Gerik, Pengkalan Hulu (Kroh), Kerunai, the

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and the

s. The capital of Reman was near Pengkalan Hulu. In 1882, the border between the then-British

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state of

and the Siamese vassal state of Reman was delimited at Bukit Nasha, some 5 km south of Gerik town. An adjustment in 1899 transferred Gerik town and the surrounding commune to the

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, which Perak was then part of. The present-day border, part of the longer Malaysia-Thailand border, was finalised in

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, when the districts of Pengkalan Hulu, Kerunai, Belukar Semang, Belum and the present-day Temenggor Lakes were transferred to the FMS. The British also gained control of

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and

Terengganu Terengganu (; Terengganu Malay: ''Tranung'', Jawi: ), formerly spelled Trengganu or Tringganu, is a sultanate and constitutive state of federal Malaysia. The state is also known by its Arabic honorific, ''Dāru l- Īmān'' ("Abode of Faith") ...

Administrative divisions

Hulu Perak District is divided into 10

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s and three district councils, which are: * Under Pengkalan Hulu District Council ** Pengkalan Hulu (with Klian Intan) ** Belukar Semang * Under Gerik District Council ** Gerik (with Kuala Rui) ** Belum ** Kenering (with Lawin) ** Kerunai ** Temenggor (with

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) * Under Lenggong District Council ** Lenggong ** Durian Pipit (with Tasik Raban) ** Temelong (with Kota Tampan) The municipalities of Pengkalan Hulu and Lenggong are autonomous subdistricts (daerah kecil).

Demographics

The following is based on Department of Statistics Malaysia 2010 census.

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

List of Hulu Perak district representatives in the Federal Parliament (

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)

List of Hulu Perak district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly

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