Batu Kurau (

Reman Malay Reman Malay ('; Jawi: ; ), also known by several names such as Patani, Baling, Grik, and Tukugho, is a Malayic language spoken in the states of Kedah and Perak in northern Peninsular Malaysia. In the state of Kedah it is spoken in the districts ...

: ''Tukugho''; Jawi: باتو كوراو) is a small town and

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located in Larut, Matang and Selama district in Perak, Malaysia. It is located 20 km from Taiping, Perak's second largest city.

History

The town of Batu Kurau was founded somewhere in the 1850s by settlers from

Patani Pattani (or Patani in Malay spelling) may refer to: Places Continental Asia * Patani (historical region), a historical region in the Malay peninsula, in Thailand and Malaysia. * Pattani Province, modern province in southern Thailand ** Pattani, ...

. The first leader of the town by the name of Tok Amar Wan Kasa Bin Raja Hulubalang Patani became Penghulu in the year 1859 until 1867. The foundation of Batu Kurau coincided with the founding of nearby Taiping by Long Jaafar who was the officer of Larut district at the time.

Demographics

Majority of the residents in Batu Kurau are Malays of

origin, they are closely related to Patani Malay communities in

Hulu Perak Hulu Perak District () is a district in Perak, Malaysia. It is the largest district in Perak. In the east of the district it borders the districts of Jeli and Gua Musang in Kelantan, to the west it borders Baling and Kulim Districts of Kedah, t ...

as well as Air Kuning of Batang Padang district and

Baling The Baling District is an administrative district in southeastern Kedah, Malaysia. Located about 110 km from Alor Setar, it borders Perak and Betong, the southernmost town of Thailand. Name The name Baling can be traced to a series of e ...

district in the neighbouring state of

Kedah Kedah (), also known by its honorific Darul Aman (Islam), Aman (دار الأمان; Arabic for 'The Safe Abode') and historically as Queda, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of ...

. The residents of this town still speaks

as their native language alongside

Malaysian language Malaysian Malay () or Malaysian ()endonymically known as Standard Malay () or simply Malay (, abbreviated to BM)is a standardized form of the Malay language used in Malaysia and also used in Singapore and Brunei (as opposed to the variety u ...

. Like the rest of Malaysia, the town also has a significant

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and Indian communities and also Malays from outside the state.

References

Larut, Matang and Selama District Towns in Perak Mukims of Perak {{Perak-geo-stub