Teronoh (or Tronoh, Ternoh) ( Jawi: ترونوه; ) is a small

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-mining town in

Kinta District The Kinta District is a district in Perak, Malaysia. It contains the state capital Ipoh. History Kinta District was once famous for its tin, being one of the major tin producers in the 18th century. Administrative divisions Kinta District is d ...

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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. The tin-mining industry boom during the early 20th century saw Tronoh, a town believed to be old, grow from a small village into a major town. The mines in the area included Teronoh South Ltd., Tronoh Extended Ltd.,

Chung Thye Phin Kapitan China Chiew Yuen Lam (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Chhang Thai-phìn''); 28 September 1879 – 1935) was a wealthy Malayan tin miner and rubber planter. Chinese Business in Southeast Asia: Contesting Cultural Explanations by Edmund Terence Go ...

's Phin Tak Mine (also known as the Phin Tak Kongsi) and Chia Tek's Lee Yeoh Mine, all of which were acquired by

Foo Choo Choon Foo Choo Choon ( (Man with little wang); 30 July 1860 – 27 March 1921), a Hakka tin miner, revenue farmer and businessman from Penang and Perak was, in his time, said to have been the richest Chinaman in the world.Chinese Business Enterpri ...

's Tronoh Mines Ltd. between 1912 and 1921. A

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

line linking the town and

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was completed in 1909 and used to transport tin ore. The tracks were dismantled by the Japanese during

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and were never rebuilt. Shortly after the war ended the tin industry deteriorated, and with it, the importance of the town.Khoo and Lubis cite oral tradition in dating the founding of Tronoh to around 1883 and support this with an entry by de Morgan who, in 1884, described a place called 'Kliang Tronong,' which the authors believe to be Tronoh. The main road that used to cut through town linking Ipoh with the seaside town of Lumut has been replaced by a new highway bypassing the town. Today Teronoh is a sleepy little town although that may change giving that two universities (

Universiti Teknologi Petronas Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) is a Malaysian research university established 10 January 1997. It is wholly owned by Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), Malaysia's oil and gas multinational corporation. The campus is built on in the n ...

and

Universiti Teknologi MARA The MARA Technological University (Malay: ''Universiti Teknologi MARA''; Jawi: اونيۏرسيتي تيكنولوڬي مارا; abbr. UiTM) is a public university based primarily in Shah Alam, Selangor. It was established to help rural Mal ...

) are in the vicinity.

References

External links

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Teronoh - official website
Kinta District Towns in Perak {{Perak-geo-stub