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Ipoh (ē`pō), city (1991 pop. 468,765), capital of Perak state, Malaysia, central Malay Peninsula, in the Kinta River valley. A modern commercial town, it is a major tin-mining center. Nearby are rubber plantations and limestone quarries. The mine laborers and the population are mainly Chinese. The city has noted Chinese rock temples. IpohCity (pop., 2000 prelim.: 566,211), West (Peninsular) Malaysia. Its name comes from a local tree, whose poisonous resin was once used by indigenous people for hunting. The modern city dates from the 1890s, when British tin-mining companies were set up. Immigrant Chinese were brought in to work the tin deposits, and their descendants now dominate the city. It is the country's mining capital. Ipoh a city in Malaysia, capital of Perak state: tin-mining centre. Pop.: 643 000 (2005 est.) |
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From March through April 2006, an outbreak of CHIKV infection was reported in Bagan Panchor (4[degrees]31'N, 100[degrees]37'E), an isolated coastal town 50 km west of Ipoh, the state capital of Perak, in northwest Malaysia. GDB are collaborating with Norman Foster on the design of the new Petronas University in Ipoh. During 1949-1951 he was a district officer in Ipoh. |
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