Kampar is a town in the Malaysian state of Perak and the administrative centre of Kampar District. Founded in 1887, it lies in the Kinta Valley, rich in tin, about 33 km south of the state capital Ipoh on Federal Route 1 and the KTM West Coast railway line. It boomed as a tin mining town, declined after the First World War apart from a surge in the 1920s, and was the site of the Battle of Kampar from 30 December 1941 to 2 January 1942. The Sultan of Perak declared it the state's tenth district on 21 May 2009. In 2023 it had a population of 67,593, and it is now a tertiary education centre hosting Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman and Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology.
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1. Kampar, Perak (Wikipedia)
Demographics
In year 2023, Kampar had a total population of 67,593 people.
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Founded in 1887, the town lies within the Kinta Valley, an area rich in tin reserves.
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Kampar (Perak Malay: Kampo) is a town located in the state of Perak, Malaysia
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