The Lipis District is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivision ...

located in north-west of

Pahang Pahang (; 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 sultanate and ...

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Mal ...

. The district covers an area of 5,198 km². Lipis district is bordered by

Cameron Highlands The Cameron Highlands ( ms, Tanah Tinggi Cameron, , ta, கேமரன் மலை) is a district in Pahang, Malaysia, occupying an area of . To the north, its boundary touches that of Kelantan; to the west, it shares part of its border with ...

and

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on the west, Jerantut on the east,

Kelantan Kelantan (; Jawi: ; Kelantanese Malay: ''Klate'') is a state in Malaysia. The capital is Kota Bharu and royal seat is Kubang Kerian. The honorific name of the state is ''Darul Naim'' (Jawi: ; "The Blissful Abode"). Kelantan is located in t ...

and Raub on the north and south, respectively. Lipis has 10 ''mukim'' or subdistricts, the largest being Ulu Jelai. The district capital is

Kuala Lipis Kuala Lipis ( ms, كوالا ليڤيس, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset) is a mukim and capital of Lipis District, Pahang, Malaysia with a population of 20,000. History Kuala Lipis was a gold-mining centre before the British arrived in ...

. During the British colonization,

was made the state's capital city. Kuala Lipis was the administrative capital of Pahang for 57 years from 1898 until 27 August 1955, when

Kuantan Kuantan ( Jawi: ) is a city and the state capital of Pahang, Malaysia. It is located near the mouth of the Kuantan River. Kuantan is the 18th largest city in Malaysia based on 2010 population, and the largest city in the East Coast of Peni ...

was picked as the new capital. Lipis was blessed with many types of minerals such as tin and

gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile ...

, and products from the surrounding forests. Sungai Relau, near Merapoh, is an alternative entry point (there are about 4 entry points) into Taman Negara, Malaysia's Premier National park and one of the three embarkation points to Gunung Tahan, the highest mountain in

Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia ( ms, Semenanjung Malaysia; Jawi: سمننجڠ مليسيا), or the States of Malaya ( ms, Negeri-negeri Tanah Melayu; Jawi: نڬري-نڬري تانه ملايو), also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, ...

standing at 2,187 meters above sea level.

Demographics

Lipis is home to 74,581 people (as of 2010), with the Malay/ Bumiputra formed the majority (85.3%), the Chinese with 10.5%, the

Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

with 4%, while the others 0.2%. There are 400 speakers of Mintil, a language of the Mayah (

Orang Asli Orang Asli (''lit''. "first people", "native people", "original people", "aborigines people" or "aboriginal people" in Malay) are a heterogeneous indigenous population forming a national minority in Malaysia. They are the oldest inhabitants ...

) people, remaining in Lipis District.Lim, Teckwyn. 2020
Ethnolinguistic Notes on the Language Endangerment Status of Mintil, an Aslian Language
''Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society'' (''JSEALS'') 13.1 (2020): i-xiv. ISSN 1836-6821. University of Hawaiʼi Press.

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

Lipis district representative in the Federal Parliament (Dewan Rakyat)

List of Lipis district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly (Dewan Undangan Negeri)
There is also another state seat, Jelai, which is governed by the Lipis District Council but is represented by the

parliamentary constituency instead.

Subdistricts

Lipis District is divided into 10

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 cl ...

s, which are:http://apps.water.gov.my/jpskomuniti/dokumen/LIPIS_PROFIL_May_2012.pdf * Batu Yon (115,100 Ha) * Budu (7,400 Ha) * Cheka (22,900 Ha) * Gua (7,588 Ha) * Hulu Jelai (213,500 Ha) * Kechau (68,600 Ha) *

(9,773 Ha) (Capital) * Penjom (17,200 Ha) * Tanjong Besar (13,300 Ha) * Telang (43,900 Ha)

Demographics

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

Subdistricts

Demographics

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