Perak Tengah District (Central Perak) is a
district
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in
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 ...
,
Malaysia
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. It is administered by the Perak Tengah District Council, which is based at the town of
Seri Iskandar
Seri Iskandar ( Jawi: سري إسكندر, ) is a town and capital of Perak Tengah District in Perak, Malaysia. It is located at about 40 km southwest of Ipoh on the main Ipoh-Lumut highway. A branch campus of Universiti Teknologi MARA a ...
;
Parit
Parit ( Jawi: ڤاريت; ) is a main town of Perak Tengah District, Perak, Malaysia.
List of Schools in Parit:-
Primary schools:
# Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Parit (SRKP).
# Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Iskandar Shah (SRKIS).
# Sekolah Jenis Keb ...
is however the largest settlement in the area.
Administrative divisions
Perak Tengah District is divided into 12
mukim
A mukim is a type of administrative division used in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The word ''mukim'' is a loanword in English. However, it was also originally a loanword in Malay from the Arabic word: (meaning ''resident''). The clo ...
s, which are:
* Bandar
* Belanja
*
Bota
Bota ( Jawi: بوتا; ) is a mukim in Perak Tengah District, Perak, Malaysia. It comprises two geographical areas: Bota Kiri and Bota Kanan (Left Bota and Right Bota, respectively) as it is divided by the Perak River. There is a river terra ...
* Jaya Baru
*
Kampung Gajah
* Kota Setia
* Lambor Kanan
* Lambor Kiri
* Layang-Layang
* Pasir Panjang Hulu
*
Pasir Salak
Pasir Salak ( Jawi: ڤاسير سالق; ) is a mukim and historical riverside town in Perak Tengah District, Perak, Malaysia, about 45 minutes from the state capital, Ipoh.
The British colonial official J.W.W. Birch, who had been sent to tak ...
* Pulau Tiga
Demographics
The following is based on Department of Statistics Malaysia 2010 census.
Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats
List of Perak Tengah district representatives in the Federal Parliament (
Dewan Rakyat
The Dewan Rakyat (English: 'House of Representatives'; ) is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament, the federal legislature of Malaysia. The chamber and its powers are established by Article 44 of the Constitution of Malaysia. The Dewan Ra ...
)
List of Perak Tengah district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly of Perak
Transportation
Car
Highways
109 and
5 are the main roads in the district, as well as
72 which goes to Parit and
73 to
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 (' ...
.
Public transportation
Rail services are not available in the district; the nearest station is in
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 (' ...
.
See also
*
Districts of Malaysia
Districts (Malay: '' Daerah''; ''Jajahan'' in Kelantan) are a type of administrative division below the state level in Malaysia. An administrative district is administered by a lands and district office (''pejabat daerah dan tanah'') which is ...
References
External links
Rancangan Tempatan Daerah Perak Tengah 2030
{{Local governments in Malaysia