The Kinta District 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's ...

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. It contains the state capital

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History

Kinta District was once famous for its

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, being one of the major tin producers in the 18th century.

Administrative divisions

Kinta District is divided into 5 mukims, which are: * Belanja * Sungai Terap (

Batu Gajah Batu Gajah (population 133,422) is a municipality in Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia. It is the capital of Kinta District. Etymology The name ''Batu Gajah'' in Malay means "elephant rock", it is presumably derived from two large boulders (' ...

town) * Sungai Raia (including

Simpang Pulai Simpang Pulai ( Jawi: سيمڤڠ ڤولاي; ; Tamil: சிம்பாங் புலாய்) is a town in Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia. Transportation Car As mentioned earlier, highway Federal Route 1, the premier north–south fed ...

) *

Tanjung Tualang Tanjung Tualang is a mukim in Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia. History It was originally one of the major tin-mining towns in Malaysia around early 1900s. Tanjung Tualang obtained its name from a type of tree called tualang and later a major ...

* Hulu Kinta (including much of

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's urban area)

Government

Kinta District is divided into two major councils: *

Ipoh City Council The Ipoh City Council ( ms, Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh, abbreviated MBI) is the city council which administers the city of Ipoh in the state of Perak, Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutio ...

, based in

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, the state capital of

*Batu Gajah District Council, based in the town of

The district and land officer also divided into Ipoh and Batu Gajah, and the Kinta District Office is centered at Batu Gajah.

Demographics

The following is based on Department of Statistics Malaysia 2020 census.

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

List of Kinta district representatives in the Federal Parliament (

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)

List of Kinta district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly of Perak

References

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History

Administrative divisions

Government

Demographics

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

See also

References