The Bagan Datuk District () is the most southwest
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 county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
in
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 ...
. It covers an area of 951 square kilometres, and had a population about of 70,300. The district is bordered by
Perak River which separates
Manjung
The Manjung District, formerly known as Dindings, is a list of districts in Malaysia, district in the south-western part of the state of Perak, Malaysia. It is the List of districts in Malaysia, 26th-most populated district in Malaysia. It is ...
and
Central Perak in the north,
Bernam River which separates
Sabak Bernam
The Sabak Bernam District is a district and a parliamentary constituency in north-western Selangor, Malaysia. It covers an area of 997 square kilometres, and had a population of 103,153 at the 2010 Census (excluding foreigners). It is situated at ...
in the state of
Selangor
Selangor ( ; ), also known by the Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the e ...
in the south,
Muallim and
Hilir Perak in the northeast. The capital of this district is
Bagan Datuk town. Other localities that are situated in the district include
Hutan Melintang, Rungkup and a planned township known as the “Bagan Datuk Water City (BDWC)”. Bagan Datuk is well known for the largest source of coconuts in Perak.
History
Bagan Datuk was founded initially at a different site at Batu 1
1/2 at Kampung Pasang Api. The current area where Bagan Datuk lies was previously referred to as Sungai Keling.
In January 2016, Bagan Datoh was declared an autonomous sub-district (daerah kecil) of Perak after the approval from
Sultan of Perak
The Sultan of Perak (, Jawi script, Jawi: ) is the Constitutional monarchy, constitutional monarch and head of state of the Malaysia, Malaysian state of Perak. It is one of the oldest hereditary seats among the Malay states. The current Sultan o ...
, Menteri Besar of Perak and the state secretary. On 15 June 2016, Bagan Datoh was upgraded into a full
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 county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
, detaching it from
Hilir Perak (Teluk Intan). Teluk Intan however retains responsibility for the municipal works in the new district. In August 2016, Sembilan Island was incorporated to Bagan Datoh District from
Manjung District.
On 29 December 2016, it was announced that Bagan Datoh will be renamed to Bagan Datuk starting 9 January 2017.
One of the renowned public education institutions in the district is Sekolah Kebangsaan Khir Johari, Sungai Sumun.
Administrative divisions
Bagan Datuk District is divided into 4
mukim
A mukim is a type of administrative division used in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The word ''mukim'' is a loanword in English language, English. However, it was also originally a loanword in Malay language, Malay from the Arabic word ...
s, which are:
*
Bagan Datuk (formerly as Bagan Datoh)
*
Hutan Melintang
* Rungkup
* Teluk Bharu
The district also consist of 46 villages along with 8 Chinese fishing villages.
Demographics
Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats
List of Bagan Datuk district representatives in the Federal Parliament (
Dewan Rakyat
The Dewan Rakyat (; Jawi script, Jawi: ), is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Malaysia, Parliament which is the federal legislature of Malaysia. The chamber and its powers are established by Article 44 of the Constitu ...
)
List of Bagan Datuk district representatives in the
State Legislative Assembly of Perak
See also
*
Districts of Malaysia
Districts (; ''Jajahan'' in Kelantan) are a type of subdivision below the States and federal territories of Malaysia, state level in Malaysia. An administrative district is administered by a lands and district office () which is headed by distr ...
References
{{Perak-geo-stub