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Mentakab
Sign in to saveMentakab (alternately Mentekab, Pahang Malay: Mentekak) is a town, a mukim (commune) and a state assembly constituency in Temerloh District in central Pahang, Malaysia. It is northwest from downtown Temerloh and northeast from Kuala Lumpur.
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Place details
- Locality
- Mentakab
- Region
- Pahang
- Country
- Malaysia
- Population
- 42,171
- Timezone
- Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Malaysia
- Located in
- Temerloh
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- History
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- Rail
- Road
- Economy and infrastructure
- Agriculture
- Industries
- Night market
- Star Mall
- Public healthcare
- Telecommunications
- Other facilities
- Housing estates and suburbs
- Education
- Primary
- Secondary
- Higher education
- Demographics
- Driving distance from Mentakab to cities in Malaysia (km)
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Mentakab (alternately Mentekab, Pahang Malay: Mentekak) is a town, a mukim (commune) and a state assembly constituency in Temerloh District in central Pahang, Malaysia. It is northwest from downtown Temerloh and northeast from Kuala Lumpur.
==History== It was originally known as Pasir Rawa. In the late 19th century, Mentakab was a candidate for Pahang's new capital city, replacing Pekan. However, due to its mountainous terrain, Kuala Lipis was instead chosen as the capital of the state in 1898, later replaced by Kuantan in 1955.
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