Raub District is a

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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 ...

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. Located in the west of the state, the district borders

Lipis District The Lipis District is a district located in north-west of Pahang, Malaysia. The district covers an area of 5,198 km2. Lipis district is bordered by Cameron Highlands and Perak on the west, Jerantut on the east, Kelantan and Raub on the nort ...

to the north,

Jerantut District The Jerantut District is a district in north-eastern Pahang, Malaysia. Jerantut is home to the National Park. Being the largest district in Pahang, it bounds the northern states of Kelantan and Terengganu, in the south, Temerloh District and Mar ...

to the east,

Temerloh District Temerloh District is a district in Pahang, Malaysia. The district consists of two areas, the Municipal Council Area (64.08%) and the outer Municipal Council Area (35.92%). Temerloh district is bordered by Maran District on the east, Bentong Di ...

to the southeast,

Bentong District Bentong District is a district located in western Pahang, Malaysia. Bentong covers an area of 1,831 km2 and includes the hill resorts of Genting Highlands and Bukit Tinggi. It is located 80 km northeast of Kuala Lumpur, just across t ...

to the south, and the districts of

Hulu Selangor Hulu Selangor is a district in Selangor, Malaysia. It contains the towns of Serendah, Batang Kali and Kuala Kubu Bharu. Its principal town is Kuala Kubu Bharu. The district is located in the northeastern part of Selangor and borders the state ...

and

Muallim The Muallim District is the eleventh district of the state of Perak, Malaysia, situated at the southeastern tip of the state, bordering the state of Selangor. It was proclaimed by the current Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah on 11 Ja ...

, respectively situated in the states of

Selangor Selangor (; ), also known by its Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 Malaysian states. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east ...

and

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 ...

, to the west. Raub district consists of seven ''mukim'' (sub-districts), namely

Batu Talam Batu Talam is a mukim in Raub District, Pahang, Malaysia. Following the history of Pahang, Batu Talam was opened by Tok De Abdul Rahman as a settlement around the 1720s. Notable events *1993 – Former Pahang's DUN Batu Talam assemblyman Dato ...

, Sega, Semantan Ulu, Dong, Ulu Dong, Gali and Tras. With an area of 2,271 km², Raub District is sandwiched between the

Titiwangsa Mountains The Titiwangsa Mountains (Malay: ''Banjaran Titiwangsa,'' بنجرن تيتيوڠسا, ), also known as ''"Banjaran Besar"'' (Big Range) by locals, is the chain of mountains that forms the backbone of the Malay Peninsula. The northern section of ...

and the Benom Massif. Raub District also is home to the hill station of

Fraser's Hill Fraser's Hill is a hill resort located on the Titiwangsa Mountains, Titiwangsa Ridge in Raub District, Pahang, Malaysia. It is about north of Kuala Lumpur. In 1890, Louis James Fraser established the area as a tin mining community known as Pa ...

. The administrative seat of this district is the town of Raub.

Demographics

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

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

Raub district representative in the

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

Subdistricts

Raub District is divided into 7

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: *

(57,000 Ha) * Dong (7,500 Ha) * Gali (65,300 Ha)(Capital) * Hulu Dong (19,200 Ha) * Sega (15,500 Ha) * Semantan Hulu (33,400 Ha) * Teras (29,000 Ha)

Townships

* Raub *Tras *

*Dong *Sang Lee *Sungai Chetang *

*Bukit Koman *Simpang Kalang * Cheroh *Batu 12 *

Sempalit Sempalit (Chinese: 新巴力) is a village in Raub District, Pahang, Malaysia, along Highway 8 towards Kuala Lipis Kuala Lipis ( ms, كوالا ليڤيس, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset) is a mukim and capital of Lipis District, Pahang ...

* Sungai Ruan *Sungai Krau *Sungai Lui *Sungai Chalit *Jenud *Sega Lama *Ulu Renggol *Jeruas *Sengkela *Chenua *Kuala Atok *Ulu Atok *Jeram Besu *Felda Krau *Felda Tersang *Pos Buntu *Felda Lembah Klau

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