Bukit Larut
Bukit Larut is a hill resort in Malaysia located in the state of Perak, Malaysia, 10 kilometres southwest from Taiping. It was established under the direction of British colonists in 1884 as a place of observation for tin mining activity and as a retreat for the English people who were based in nearby Larut and Taiping.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: mountain in Malaysia
- Also known as: “Larut Hill”, “Station”, and “Stesen”
- Historically known as: “Maxwell Hill”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taiping and Pokok Assam.
Taiping
Taiping is a city located in Larut, Matang and Selama District, in the state of Perak, Malaysia. It is located approximately 48 km northwest of Ipoh, the capital of Perak, and 78 km southeast of George Town, Penang.
Pokok Assam
Suburb
Pokok Assam is a small town in Taiping, Perak, Malaysia. It is the second biggest satellite town in Taiping, after Kamunting, with its famous road side fried chicken and Mee Rebus. Pokok Assam is situated 7 km southwest of Bukit Larut.
Kamunting
Town
Kamunting is a town in Larut, Matang and Selama District, Perak, Malaysia. It is the biggest satellite town of Taiping. During the Malayan Emergency between 1948 and 1960, Kamunting was the site of a major British/Commonwealth military base, there being a large garrison for the 28th Commonwealth Independent Infantry Brigade and also one of the three British Military Hospitals in Malaya. Kamunting is situated 7 km northwest of Bukit Larut.
Bukit Larut
- Categories: mountain, hill, and locality
- Location: Larut, Matang and Selama District, Perak, West Coast, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
4.86187° or 4° 51′ 43″ northLongitude
100.79305° or 100° 47′ 35″ eastElevation
1,032 metres (3,386 feet)Inception
1884Open location code
6PP2VQ6V+P6OpenStreetMap ID
node 11660012977OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
9172440Wikidata ID
Q4253539
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Bukit Larut” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بوكيت لاروت”
- Catalan: “Bukit Larut”
- Cebuano: “Bukit Larut”
- Chinese: “太平山 (太平)”
- Chinese: “太平山”
- Dutch: “Bukit Larut”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بوكيت لاروت”
- French: “Bukit Larut”
- Indonesian: “Bukit Larut”
- Italian: “Bukit Larut”
- Japanese: “タイピン山”
- Japanese: “ブキット・ラルート”
- Japanese: “マクスウェル・ヒル”
- Japanese: “マクスウェル丘”
- Japanese: “マックスウェル・ヒル”
- Japanese: “マックスウェル丘”
- Japanese: “太平山”
- Ladin: “Bukit Larut”
- Malay: “Bukit Larut”
- Malay: “Bukit Maxwell”
- Santali: “ᱢᱟᱠᱥᱣᱮᱞ ᱵᱩᱨᱩ”
- Santali: “ᱵᱩᱠᱤᱛ ᱞᱟᱨᱩᱛ”
- Tamil: “மெக்சுவல் மலை”
- Venetian: “Bukit Larut”
- Yue Chinese: “太平山 (馬來西亞)”
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