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The Best Attractions In Sungai Lembing

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Sungai Lembing is a tin mining town in Kuantan District, Pahang, Malaysia. Lembing is Malay for spear, and sungai means river. Per local legend, the local ruler saw a vision of a spear in the nearby river and thus named his town after this vision. Until the 1860s, Sungai Lembing was a major producer of underground tin. Sungai Lembing town developed in the 1880s when the British set up the tin mining industry, although the history of mining in this area extends much further back. From 1891, the Pahang Consolidated Company Limited, , which was under British control, had a 120 -year lease to mine the area. PCCL managed the mine from 1906 until its liquida...
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The Best Attractions In Sungai Lembing

  • 1. Sungai Lembing Museum Sungai Lembing
    Sungai Lembing is a tin mining town in Kuantan District, Pahang, Malaysia. Lembing is Malay for spear, and sungai means river. Per local legend, the local ruler saw a vision of a spear in the nearby river and thus named his town after this vision. Until the 1860s, Sungai Lembing was a major producer of underground tin. Sungai Lembing town developed in the 1880s when the British set up the tin mining industry, although the history of mining in this area extends much further back. From 1891, the Pahang Consolidated Company Limited, , which was under British control, had a 120 -year lease to mine the area. PCCL managed the mine from 1906 until its liquidation in 1986 when world tin prices collapsed. The pit mines were closed in 1986 due to high operational costs and low yields, but during the...
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  • 5. Taman Negara National Park Pahang
    Taman Negara is in Peninsular Malaysia. It was established in 1938/1939 as the King George V National Park after Theodore Hubback lobbied the sultans of Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan to set aside a piece of land that covers the three states for the creation of a protected area. It was renamed Taman Negara after independence, which means national park in Malay. Taman Negara has a total area of 4,343 km2 and it is one of the world's oldest deciduous rainforest, estimated to be more than 130 million years old.Attractions found near Kuala Tahan include a canopy walkway, Gua Telinga , Lata Berkoh . Visitors can enjoy the tropical rainforest, birdwatching or jungle trekking and the river views along the Tahan River.
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  • 6. Cherating Turtle Sanctuary Cherating
    Cherating is a beach town in Pahang, Malaysia, located about 47 km north of Kuantan. Popular tourist attractions are the beaches along the Chendor Beach with many hotels and resorts. Cherating is also the location of Asia’s first Club Mediterranee . Cherating has a cultural village which sells traditional textiles and handicrafts. There is turtle sanctuary located in Cherating's beach . The turtles lay their eggs in July and August.
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  • 8. Cherating Beach Cherating
    Cherating is a beach town in Pahang, Malaysia, located about 47 km north of Kuantan. Popular tourist attractions are the beaches along the Chendor Beach with many hotels and resorts. Cherating is also the location of Asia’s first Club Mediterranee . Cherating has a cultural village which sells traditional textiles and handicrafts. There is turtle sanctuary located in Cherating's beach . The turtles lay their eggs in July and August.
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