West Coast
Perak
Larut, Matang & Selama District

Taiping

Taiping is a city located in , in the state of , . It is located approximately 48 km northwest of , the capital of , and 78 km southeast of , .
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  • Type: City with 242,000 residents
  • Description: town in Larut, Matang and Selama, Perak, Malaysia
  • Also known as: “Taipeng” and “Taiping, Perak”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Taiping and Perak Museum.

Railway station
Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The railway station is a train station located at and named after the town of , . Malaysia's first railway station was situated in and was opened in 1885 when the Taiping-Port Weld Railway Line, Malaysia's first, was opened.

Museum
Photo: Taipingite, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a public located at the junction of Jalan Muzium and Jalan Taming Sari in Taiping, , . It is the oldest museum in Malaysia and highlights the history of the state.

Park
Photo: Wohin Auswandern, CC BY 2.0.
The is the first public garden established during the British rule in . The garden is located near , and is equidistant to the town centre and the Taiping Zoo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kamunting and Aulong.

Town
is a town in , , . It is the biggest satellite town of Taiping. During the Malayan Emergency between 1948 and 1960, 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.

Suburb
is a suburb of Taiping, , . This suburb has an estimated population of 5,000, with the majority being Chinese and Malays. The main town centre consists of the old and new villages.

Suburb
is a small town in Taiping, , . It is the second biggest satellite town in Taiping, after Kamunting, with its famous road side fried chicken and Mee Rebus.

Taiping

Latitude
4.8547° or 4° 51′ 17″ north
Longitude
100.7439° or 100° 44′ 38″ east
Population
242,000
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
IATA airport code
TPG
United Nations Location Code
MY TPG
Open location code
6PP2VP3V+VH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 254074065
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1734586
Wiki­data ID
Q1011190
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Taiping” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تايبينغ”
  • Arabic: “تايبينق”
  • Asturian: “Taiping”
  • Belarusian: “Тайпінг (Малайзія)”
  • Belarusian: “Тайпінг”
  • Bengali: “তাইপিং”
  • Chinese: “Thài-pêng”
  • Chinese: “太平”
  • Chinese: “太平市”
  • Danish: “Taiping”
  • Dutch: “Taiping”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تايبينج”
  • Esperanto: “Taipingo”
  • Finnish: “Taiping”
  • French: “Taiping”
  • German: “Taiping”
  • Greek: “Τάιπινγκ”
  • Gujarati: “તાઈપિંગ”
  • Hebrew: “טייפינג”
  • Hindi: “ताइपिंग”
  • Indonesian: “Taiping, Perak”
  • Indonesian: “Taiping”
  • Interlingua: “Taiping (Malaysia)”
  • Interlingua: “Taiping”
  • Italian: “Taiping”
  • Japanese: “タイピン”
  • Kannada: “ತೈಪಿಂಗ್”
  • Korean: “타이핑”
  • Korean: “태평”
  • Latvian: “Taipinga”
  • Lithuanian: “Taipingas”
  • Malay: “Bandar Taiping”
  • Malay: “Klian Pauh”
  • Malay: “Larut”
  • Malay: “Taiping”
  • Marathi: “ताइपिंग”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Thài-pêng”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Taiping”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Taiping”
  • Norwegian: “Taiping”
  • Persian: “تایپینگ”
  • Polish: “Taiping”
  • Portuguese: “Taiping”
  • Russian: “Тайпин”
  • Russian: “Тайпинг”
  • Sinhala: “ටයිපින්ග්”
  • Spanish: “Taiping”
  • Swedish: “Taiping, Malaysia”
  • Swedish: “Taiping”
  • Tagalog: “Taiping, Perak”
  • Tagalog: “Taiping”
  • Tamil: “தைப்பிங்”
  • Telugu: “తైపింగ్”
  • Thai: “ไตปิง”
  • Turkish: “Taiping”
  • Ukrainian: “Тайпінг”
  • Urdu: “تایپنگ، پیراک”
  • Urdu: “تایپینج”
  • Venetian: “Tàipen”
  • Venetian: “Tàipin”
  • Vietnamese: “Taiping, Perak”
  • Vietnamese: “Taiping”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Taiping, Perak”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Taiping”
  • Yue Chinese: “太平 (馬來西亞)”
  • “ma tomo Tapin”

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