Raub

Raub is a town in Raub District in the Malaysian state of Pahang, described as one of the oldest towns in Pahang. It was explored and founded in the 18th century as a gold mining settlement, and local tradition derives the name from the Malay word raub, a scoop or handful, because miners found a handful of gold in each pan of sand. The Raub Australian Gold Mine, run by a company registered in Queensland in 1889, worked until 1961, and a newer company restarted mining at the site, taking fresh ore from 2011. With the first mines depleted, agriculture became the main activity, with rubber, oil palm, cocoa and fruit, and Raub styles itself the durian capital of Malaysia. Many British-era buildings survive, including the old police station of 1906 along Mason Road, now Jalan Tengku Abdullah, and the town was once tipped to become the Pahang state capital. Federal Route 8 is the main road, and Federal Route 55 reaches Fraser's Hill from here.