Lunas (Tamil: லுனாஸ், Chinese: 魯乃 ) is a sub-district of
Kulim District
The Kulim District is a district and town in the state of Kedah, Malaysia. It is located on the southeast of Kedah, bordering Penang. The town of Kulim, a mere east of Penang's capital city, George Town, also forms part of Greater Penang, Ma ...
which lies in
Kedah
Kedah (), also known by its honorific Darul Aman and historically as Queda, is a state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of Peninsular Malaysia. The state covers a total area of over 9,000 km2, and it consists of the mainland ...
,
Malaysia
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.
Lunas also serves as a state constituency in the
Parliament Constituency of
Padang Serai
Padang Serai or lemongrass field, a little town in Kulim District, Kedah, Malaysia.
The sleepy hollow, surrounded by oil palm plantations and the nearby Kulim High-tech Industrial Zone has 56 percent Malay, 23 percent Indians and 12 percent C ...
, Kedah. The town is famous for
Roast Duck rice. The majority of people here are ethnic Chinese and
Indian
Indian or Indians may refer to:
Peoples South Asia
* Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor
** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country
* South Asia ...
. Meanwhile, total population stand at 18,236
Development history
The town was founded in the early 20th century, while its shophouses were constructed between 1910s and 1930s, when Kedah was under
British
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Peoples, culture, and language
* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies.
** Britishness, the British identity and common culture
* British English, ...
protection
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at that time. During that period many local people including Chinese and Indian
migrant worked at rubber estates that were formerly owned by British companies. One of the earliest schools was Lunas English School.
Today, there are still many well-preserved gems such as pre-war shophouses, a traditional "wooden bungalow on stilts" post office, and the colonial-style Soon Cheng Sai mansion.
Attractions
Temples
* Lunas Buddhist Hermitage
* Hock Teik Soo Temple
* Sri Maha Kuttakarai Muniswarar Alayam Temple.
* Sri Maha Muthu Mariaman (Ladang Wellesley Temple)
Historic Building
* Lunas Smoke House
* Soon Mansion
See also
*
Butterworth–Kulim Expressway
Butterworth–Kulim Expressway, BKE, ( Malay: ''Lebuhraya Butterworth–Kulim''), is the only opened toll system's expressway in Penang, Malaysia. The expressway connects Butterworth, Penang in the west to Lunas, Kedah in the east. It is also ...
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Northern Corridor Economic Region
The Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER; ms, Koridor Utara) is a development plan encompassing the four northwestern states of Malaysia, namely Perlis, Penang, Kedah and Perak. It was launched in 2007 by the federal government with an aim t ...
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Kedah
Kedah (), also known by its honorific Darul Aman and historically as Queda, is a state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of Peninsular Malaysia. The state covers a total area of over 9,000 km2, and it consists of the mainland ...
*
Kulim
The Kulim District is a district and town in the state of Kedah, Malaysia. It is located on the southeast of Kedah, bordering Penang. The town of Kulim, a mere east of Penang's capital city, George Town, also forms part of Greater Penang, Ma ...
*
Penang
References
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Kulim District
Towns in Kedah