The Pekan District is a district in

Pahang Pahang (;Jawi alphabet, Jawi: , Pahang Hulu Malay: ''Paha'', Pahang Hilir Malay: ''Pahaeng'', Ulu Tembeling Malay: ''Pahaq)'' officially Pahang Darul Makmur with the Arabic honorific ''Darul Makmur'' (Jawi: , "The Abode of Tranquility") is a ...

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

. Located in the east of Pahang, the district borders

Kuantan District The Kuantan District is a district in Pahang, Malaysia. Located in the north-east of Pahang, the district bordered Kemaman District of Terengganu on the north, South China Sea on the east, Jerantut District and Maran District on the west and Pekan ...

on the north,

South China Sea The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by the shores of South China (hence the name), in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan and northwestern Phil ...

on the east,

Maran District The Maran District is a district in Pahang, Malaysia. Bera district is founded at 1981. Located in the centre of Pahang, the district is surrounded by Kuantan District, Pekan District, Rompin District, Bera District, Temerloh District and Jerantut ...

on the west and

Rompin District The Rompin District is a district located in the southeastern corner of Pahang, Malaysia. Rompin is currently under the Rompin District Council. The district covers an area of 5,296 km and located 130 kilometres from Kuantan, the capital ci ...

on the south.

Demographics

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

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

Pekan district representative in the

Federal Parliament The Parliament of Australia (officially the Federal Parliament, also called the Commonwealth Parliament) is the legislative branch of the government of Australia. It consists of three elements: the monarch (represented by the governor-gen ...

(Dewan Rakyat)

List of Pekan district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly (Dewan Undangan Negeri)

Administrative divisions

Pekan has 11 mukims, which are: * Pekan (Capital) * Bebar * Temai * Lepar *

Kuala Pahang Kuala Pahang is a town ward and mukim in Pekan District, Pahang, Malaysia. Geography ''Kuala Pahang'' means ''Lower Pahang'' or "the estuary of the Pahang River"; this is where the Pahang River empties into the South China Sea The South Chin ...

* Langgar * Ganchong * Pahang Tua * Pulau Manis * Pulau Rusa * Penyor

References

External links

Official website of Pekan District Council
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Demographics

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

Administrative divisions

See also

References

External links