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Taiping
Kelian Pauh | |
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Town and district capital | |
| Taiping Town Bandar Taiping | |
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Jawi | تاءيڤيڠ |
| • Chinese | 太平 (Simplified) 太平 (Traditional) Tàipíng (Hanyu Pinyin) Thài-pêng (Penang Hokkien) |
| • Tamil | தைப்பிங் Taippiṅ (Transliteration) |
 Kota Road at night | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Nickname(s): The Rain City, The Heritage City | |
| Motto(s): | |
| Coordinates: 4°51′N 100°44′E / 4.850°N 100.733°E | |
| Country |  Malaysia |
| State |  Perak |
| District | Larut, Matang and Selama District |
| Established | 1874 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local government |
| • Body | Taiping Municipal Council |
| • President | Khairul Amir Mohamad Zubir[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 186.46 km2 (71.99 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
• Total | 245,182 [1] |
| • Density | 1,315/km2 (3,406/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MST) |
| Postal code | 34xxx |
| Area code | 05 |
| Vehicle registration | A |
| Website | www.mptaiping.gov.my |
Taiping (Malay: [taipeŋ], Jawi: تاءيڤيڠ; Chinese: 太平, Mandarin: [tʰaɪ̯⁵¹piŋ], Hokkien: Thài-pêng; Tamil: தைப்பிங்) is a town located in Larut, Matang and Selama District, Perak, Malaysia. It is located approximately 48 km (30 mi) northwest of Ipoh, the capital of Perak, and 78 km (48 mi) southeast of George Town, Penang. With a population of 245,182 (in 2013),[3] it is the second largest town in Perak after Ipoh, the state capital.
Taiping took over Kuala Kangsar's role as the state capital from 1876 to 1937, but was then replaced by Ipoh.[4] Its growth slowed after that, but in recent years the town has been developing rapidly again. Perak State Museum is located in the town.
Taiping also receives some limelight for being the wettest town in Peninsular Malaysia.[5] [citation needed] Its average annual rainfall of about 4,000 mm has led to fertile flora and rain trees in the Taiping Lake Gardens.
Taiping was ranked in the Top 3 Sustainable Cities in the world.[6]
- ^ "Logo". Portal Rasmi Majlis Perbandaran Taiping (MPT). 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Laman Web Rasmi Majlis Perbandaran Taiping - Profil YDP". Archived from the original on 5 January 2010.
- ^ Senarai Mukim dan Statistik Penduduk
- ^ Malaysian States http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Malay_states.htm
- ^ Newspapers recorded Taiping as the wettest place in Malaya in March 1937, with a rainfall of 21.55 inches, and Maxwell's Hill next to it with 16.01 inches. Comparatively, Kuala Lumpur's rainfall was just 6.39 inches (The Straits Times, 24 April 1937, Page 12).; In 1959, The Straits Times (The Straits Times, 2 April 1959, Page 7) reported, 'Water was rationed 39 days last year in Taiping, the wettest town in Malaya. 'Taiping's Larut Hills record the highest annual average total of 5800 mm rain (Cranbrook, Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, ed. Malaysia:key Environments. Oxford: Published in Collaboration with the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources by Pergamon, 1988. Print. Page 7).
- ^ LOH, IVAN. "Taiping is No 3 most sustainable city in the world". The Star. Retrieved 19 March 2022.