Kuala Pilah

Kuala Pilah, also called simply Pilah and known in Negeri Sembilan Malay as Kolo Pilah, is a town in Kuala Pilah District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. It is 36 kilometres from the state capital Seremban and 101 kilometres from Kuala Lumpur. The town sits at the upstream section of the Muar River on the eastern slopes of the Titiwangsa Mountains, an old valley town where prewar Chinese shophouses front the main streets, surrounded by traditional Malay stilt houses and rice fields. A sizeable Chinese community has lived here since the tin mining days of early British rule and works in trade and services such as workshops and coffee shops. Government offices, including hospitals, district offices and schools, employ many residents, and the town fills with visitors from Kuala Lumpur at weekends. The old Kuala Pilah Rest House survives from British times.