Kampar district top 6 facts
The Kampar District, is one of the eleven 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.
Contents
- Kampar district top 6 facts
- Administrative divisions
- Towns in the Kampar District
- Kampar
- Gopeng
- Malim Nawar
- Kota Bharu
- Politics
- References
According to population growth, the District Council (Majlis Daerah) can be enlarged to Municipal Council (Majlis Perbandaran) and finally to 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.
Administrative divisions
Kampar District is divided into 2 mukims, which are:
Towns in the Kampar District
Kampar
Gopeng
Malim Nawar
Kota Bharu
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 Ko Chung Sen from Democratic Action Party. In the last election, General Elections 2013 he won with the statistics of
Parliament seat (P70)
State seat (N40)
State seat (N41)
State seat (N42)