West Coast
Perak
Daerah Kinta

Batu Gajah

Batu Gajah is the seat of Kinta District, , . It is administered by the Batu Gajah District Council, formerly known as Kinta West District Council.
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  • Type: Town with 34,000 residents
  • Description: municipal capital of Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia. (‘Stone Elephant’ in English)
  • Also known as: “Batu Gaah”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Batu Gajah Hospital and Batu Gajah railway station.

Hospital
Photo: Hudaradz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is government founded rural general hospital in Batu Gajah, Kinta District, , .

Railway stop
Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station on the northeastern side of and named after the town of Batu Gajah, . It was officiated by Dato’ Sri Chan Kong Choy in 2008. is situated 2½ km southeast of Batu Gajah.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pusing and Teronoh.

Village
is a small town in Kinta District, , . It is located in the western part of , approximately 18 kilometers southeast of , the state capital. It is surrounded by scenic landscapes and is known for its lush greenery. is situated 3½ km northwest of Batu Gajah.

Village
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is a small tin-mining town in Kinta District, , . The town was said to have been founded by the Minangkabau of Talu, a village located in present-day , Sumatra; the community erected a taruno in which young men would be expected to be housed there while starting their own families, which Tronoh would be named after. is situated 9 km southwest of Batu Gajah.

Hamlet
is a small town in Kampar District, , . It is a very small railway town with a police station, a community clinic and a shop, plus a few abandoned shophouses. is situated 10 km southeast of Batu Gajah.

Batu Gajah

Latitude
4.47952° or 4° 28′ 46″ north
Longitude
101.03802° or 101° 2′ 17″ east
Population
34,000
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
United Nations Location Code
MY TJH
Open location code
6PP3F2HQ+R6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 254073583
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1735268
Wiki­data ID
Q1917064
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Batu Gajah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باتو قاجاه”
  • Arabic: “باتو كاجة”
  • Breton: “Batu Gajah”
  • Cebuano: “Batu Gajah”
  • Chinese: “华都牙也”
  • Chinese: “華都牙也”
  • Chinese: “華都牙也鎮”
  • Corsican: “Batu Gajah”
  • Danish: “Batu Gajah”
  • Dutch: “Batu Gajah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باتو كاجه”
  • French: “Batu Gajah”
  • German: “Batu Gajah”
  • Indonesian: “Batu Gajah, Perak”
  • Indonesian: “Batu Gajah”
  • Italian: “Batu Gajah”
  • Japanese: “バトゥ・ガジャ”
  • Korean: “바투가자흐”
  • Low German: “Batu Gajah”
  • Malay: “Batu Gajah, Perak”
  • Malay: “Batu Gajah”
  • Malay: “باتو ݢاجه”
  • Polish: “Batu Gajah”
  • Portuguese: “Batu Gajah”
  • Romanian: “Batu Gajah”
  • Spanish: “Batu Gajah”
  • Swedish: “Batu Gajah”
  • Tahitian: “Batu Gajah”
  • Tamil: “பத்து காஜா”
  • Thai: “บาตูกาจะฮ์”
  • Urdu: “باتو گاجا”
  • “ma tomo Patu Kasa”

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