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Ipoh
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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.

Ipoh

City (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.)

Ipoh 

a city in Malaysia, capital of Perak state. Population, 125,800 (1957). A transportation junction, Ipoh is the center of a major tin mining region.



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The Department of Veterinary Services, Veterinary Research Institute, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia, and the Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya permitted us to use their facilities and provided technical and laboratory assistance.
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