Kampar District

Kampar District
District of Malaysia
Kampar from the map of Kinta
Country	Malaysia
State	Perak Darul Ridzuan
Seat	Kampar
Government
• District officer	Tuan Ahmad Kamaruzzaman Hamzah
Population (2005)
• Total	800,100

The Kampar District, is one of the ten administrative districts of Perak, Malaysia It was a district on 21 May 2009 after the Sultan of Perak declared Kampar the state's 10th district. Its local government is Kampar District Council (Majlis Daerah Kampar), based in the town of Kampar.

According to population growth, the District Council (Majlis Daerah) can be enlarged to Municipal Council (Majlis Perbandaran) and finally to City Council (Majlis Bandaraya). In Malaysia, there are only three cities administered by City Hall, in Kuala Lumpur, Kuching North (Kuching Utara) and Kota Kinabalu. Other cities in the country are administered by City Council (Majlis Bandaraya).

Historically, Kampar District was once famous for its tin, being one of the major tin producers in the 18th century. In the 19th century, Kinta district was famous for its tin. It was the number one tin producing valley in the world.

Towns in the Kampar District

Kampar
Gopeng
Malim Nawar
Mambang Di Awan
Tronoh Mines
Kuala Dipang
Jeram
Sungai Siput Selatan
Lawan Kuda
Kopisan
Kota Baharu

Major settlements in the Kampar District

Kampar

Taman Bandar Baru
Taman Bandar Baru Selatan
Taman Kampar Jaya
Taman Melayu Jaya
Taman Sentosa
Taman Golden Dragon
Kampung Batu Berangkai
Kampung Tersusun Batu Putih
Aston Settlement
and others

Gopeng

Desa Lawan Kuda
Kampung Baru Jelintoh
Kampung Chulek
Kampung Gunung Mesah Hulu
Kampung Gunung Mesah Hilir
Kampung Gunung Panjang
Kampung Jahang
Kampung Lawan Kuda
Kampung Tersusun Gopeng
Kampung Tersusun Jelintoh
Kampung Tersusun Kampung Pulai
Kampung Rawa
Kampung Rawa Baru
Kampung Pintu Padang
Kampung Pulai SC
Kampung Sungai Itek
Kopisan Baru
Lawan Kuda Baru
Perumahan Awam I
Perumahan Awam II
Taman Bertuah
Taman Changkat Golf
Taman Kinta
Taman Gopeng
Taman Gopeng Baru
Taman Gopeng Jaya
Taman Gopeng Indah
Taman Gopeng Setia

Malim Nawar

Kampung Malim Nawar
Kampung Malim Nawar Tambahan
Kampung Changkat Baru
Kampung Jelutong
Kampung Tebing Tinggi
Kampung Pulai Bergading
Rumah Murah Malim Nawar

Kota Baharu

Kota Bharu a.k.a. (Kota Bharu Estate)

Politics

(P70)Kampar is a Parliament seat under the Election Commission of Malaysia. Under this parliament seat, there are three state seats: (N40) Malim Nawar, (N41) Keranji and (N42) Tualang Sekah.

The parliament seat is a traditional fight between the Democratic Action Party (DAP) and Barisan Nasional (represented by Malaysian Chinese Association, MCA). The member of parliament is Lee Chee Leong from Barisan Nasional. In the last election he won with the statistics of

Parliament seat (P70)

1. Lee Chee Leong (BN) : 20,126
2. Keong Meng Sing (DAP): 17,429

Total Voter : 59,784
Spoilt vote : 1,048
Total ballot paper issue : 38,953
Unreturned ballot paper : 350
Percentage vote : 65.16%
Majority : 2,697

State seat (N40)

1. Keshvinder Singh a/l Kashmir Singh (DAP): 7,801
2. Chai Song Poh (BN) : 6,439

Total Voter : 23,276
Spoilt vote : 364
Total ballot paper issue : 14,647
Unreturned ballot paper : 43
Percentage vote : 62.93%
Majority : 1,362

State seat (N41)

1. Chen Fook Chye (DAP): 8,459
2. Chong Mun Wah (BN) : 4,024

Total Voter : 19,857
Spoilt vote : 212
Total ballot paper issue : 12,738
Unreturned ballot paper : 43
Percentage vote : 64.15%
Majority : 4,435

State seat (N42)

1. Nolee Ashilin Binti Mohammed Radzi (BN) : 6,366
2. Nadarajah a/l Manikam (PKR) : 4,797

Total Voter : 16,651
Spoilt vote : 361
Total ballot paper issue : 11,578
Unreturned ballot paper : 54
Percentage vote : 69.53%
Majority : 1,569

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Majlis Daerah Kampar

District of Kampar

Below are the major towns, villages and housing estates within the district

Mukim Teja

Towns	Gopeng Teja Kota Bharu

Villages	Kampung Tersusun Kampung Pulai Kampung Lawan Kuda Kampung Chulek Kampung Sungei Itek Kampung Pintu Padang Kampung Tersusun Gopeng Kampung Jahang Kampung Rawa Kampung Gunung Mesah Hulu Kampung Gunung Mesah Hilir Kampung Gunung Panjang Kampung Jelintoh

Housing estates	Taman Gopeng Taman Gopeng Baru Taman Gopeng Indah Taman Kinta Taman Changkat Golf Perumahan Awam I

Mukim Kampar

Towns	Kampar Malim Nawar Kuala Dipang

Villages	Kampung Kuala Dipang

Housing estates	Taman Kampar Perdana Taman Sentosa Taman Angkasa Taman Perak Indah Taman Perak Mewah Taman Mahsuri Taman Bandar Baru Utama Taman Kolej Perdana Taman Bandar Baru Jaya Taman Bandar Baru Taman Sri Kampar Taman Kampar Jaya Taman Perak Indah

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Districts Daerah	Batang Padang District Hilir Perak District Hulu Perak District Kampar District Kerian District Kinta District Kuala Kangsar District Larut, Matang and Selama District Manjung District Muallim District Perak Tengah District

Sub-district Daerah Kecil	Batu Gajah Gerik Ipoh Lenggong Pengkalan Hulu Sungai Siput Taiping Teluk Intan

Towns Bandar-bandar	Alor Pongsu Aulong Ayer Tawar Bagan Datoh Bagan Serai Bagan Sungai Burong Banir Batak Rabit Batu Gajah Behrang Bercham Beruas Bidor Bikam Bota Bukit Gantang Bukit Merah Changkat Jering Changkat Keruing Chemor Chenderiang Chenderong Balai Chikus Damar Laut Gerik Gopeng Gua Tempurung Hutan Melintang Jelapang Jerlun Kamunting Kampar Kampung Gajah Karai Kota Bharu Kota Setia Kuala Kangsar Kuala Kurau Kuala Sepetang Kubu Gajah Langkap Lekir Lenggong Lumut Malim Nawar Mambang Di Awan Manjoi Manong Menglembu Padang Rengas Pantai Remis Parit Parit Buntar Pasir Salak Pekan Gurney Pengkalan Hulu Pokok Assam Proton City Pusing Selama Selekoh Simpang Empat Semanggol Simpang Empat Seri Iskandar Seri Manjung Simpang Pulai Simpang Tiga Sitiawan Slim Slim River Sungai Siput Sungkai Taiping Tambun Tanjung Belanja Tanjung Malim Tanjung Piandang Tanjung Rambutan Tanjung Tualang Tapah Tapah Road Teluk Batik Teluk Intan Teluk Rubiah Temoh Temoh Station Trolak Terong Teronoh Ulu Bernam

Townships Perbandaran	Bandar Meru Raya Bandar Universiti Behrang 2020 CS MURI City Sunway City Ipoh

Villages Perkampungan	Bukit Chandan FELDA Besout Padang Gajah Sayong Kampung Kuala Slim Kampung Pintu Gerbang

Islands Pulau-pulau	Pulau Pangkor Pulau Pangkor Laut Pulau Banding Pulau Sembilan Pulau Jarak

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Coordinates: 4°18′36″N 101°09′00″E / 4.3100°N 101.1500°E / 4.3100; 101.1500

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