Kinta River (Malay: ''Sungai Kinta'') is a river 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 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 ...

. It gets its name from the

Kinta Valley The Kinta Valley is a conurbation in central Perak, Malaysia, surrounding and including the state capital Ipoh. Historically the Kinta Valley was very rich in tin, and their mines have been among the most productive in the world. The valley is ...

, which surrounds

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, the capital of Perak. Ipoh sits along this river. There are many limestone hills in the area surrounding the river, and there used to be many

tin Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn (from la, stannum) and atomic number 50. Tin is a silvery-coloured metal. Tin is soft enough to be cut with little force and a bar of tin can be bent by hand with little effort. When bent, t ...

mines. The supposedly largest tin field in the world was discovered in 1876 in the Kinta Valley.
Tin chapter, Page 112. URL assessed on 6 October 2012 The river was also well known for its wide variety of freshwater fish. The fisheries department reported a greater abundance of fish from the Intake Dam to Tasek, and from a secluded fish pool, down from

Tanjung Rambutan Tanjung Rambutan ( Jawi: تنجوڠ رمبوتن; ) is a small town in Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia. It is on the Ipoh to Butterworth railway line, Tanjung Rambutan railway station. Ulu Kinta Mental Hospital The Ulu Kinta Mental Hospital or ...

. Fishing in this area used to be a major local activity until the fisheries gradually closed down.Khoo Salma Nasution and Adbur-Razzaq Lubis, 2005. ''Kinta Valley: Pioneering Malaysia's Modern Development''. Ipoh: Perak Academy. Kinta River is one of the main branches of the

Perak River The Perak River ( ms, Sungai Perak; ) is the second longest river in Peninsular Malaysia after Pahang River in Pahang, Malaysia. A number of towns are on the banks of the river including the royal town of Kuala Kangsar. Most of the settlements in ...

Major settlements

Major settlements along the river are: *

Sungai Siput Sungai Siput (U) ( Jawi: سوڠاي سيڤوت; Tamil: சுங்கை சீப்புட்) (English: Snail River) is a town and mukim in Kuala Kangsar District, Perak, Malaysia, covering 155.141 hectares, 61.5% of the total area of Ku ...

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Pusing Pusing ( Jawi: ڤوسيڠ; ) is a small town in Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia. Village (Kampung)/Housing Area (Taman) * Railway Reserve * Kampung Baru Gunung Hijau * Taman Medan Pusing * Taman Pelangi * Taman Gunung Hijau * Kampung Pinang A ...

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 (''b ...

Gopeng Gopeng is a town located in Mukim Teja, Kampar District, Perak, Malaysia. It is situated approximately south of Ipoh, the state capital. History Gopeng was the most important town in the Kinta Valley until 1890, when Ipoh became more prominen ...

Teronoh Teronoh (or Tronoh, Ternoh) ( Jawi: ترونوه; ) is a small tin-mining town in Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia. The tin-mining industry boom during the early 20th century saw Tronoh, a town believed to be old, grow from a small village int ...

* Kampar *

Tanjung Tualang Tanjung Tualang is a mukim in Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia. History It was originally one of the major tin-mining towns in Malaysia around early 1900s. Tanjung Tualang obtained its name from a type of tree called tualang and later a major ...

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