Ayer Tawar ( Jawi: اير تاور; ) is a town in

Manjung District The Manjung District, formerly known as Dindings, is a district in the south-western part of the state of Perak, Malaysia. It is the 26th-most populated district in Malaysia. It is administered by the Manjung Municipal Council (), formerly kn ...

Perak Perak (; Perak Malay: ''Peghok'') is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, 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, Kel ...

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

. Its name came from ''Air Tawar'', which literally means "fresh water" in the

Malay language Malay ( , ; , Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ) is an Austronesian languages, Austronesian language spoken primarily by Malays (ethnic group), Malays in several islands of Maritime Southeast Asia and the Malay Peninsula on the mainland Asia. The lang ...

Geography

Ayer Tawar is located on the eastern portion of

, about 60 kilometres west of the state capital

Ipoh Ipoh (, ) is the capital city of the Malaysian States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Perak. Located on the Kinta River, it is nearly north of Kuala Lumpur and southeast of George Town, Penang, George Town in neighbouring Penang ...

, and about 22 kilometres northeast of Lumut, where the largest Malaysian naval base is situated. Its average elevation is 13 metres above the sea level.

Climate

Ayer Tawar has

Tropical Rainforest Climate A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southeast Florida, United States ...

. It receives the least rainfall in June, with an average precipitation of 139 mm; and the most in November, with an average precipitation of 360 mm.

External links

Ayer Tawar at VirtualTourist.com

References

{{Perak Manjung District Towns in Perak