Temoh

{{Short description|Town in Perak, Malaysia}} [[File:Temoh 1.jpg|right|250px|thumbnail|Shophouses of Temoh, mostly shuttered, along Federal Route 1.]] '''Temoh''' is a small town in the [[Batang Padang District]] of [[Perak]], [[Malaysia]]. The town is located midway between [[Kampar, Perak|Kampar]] and [[Tapah]].

This town is named after the Temu River which later became a junction between the two rivers. When the British came to the place for place naming, they accidentally called it as "Temoh".

The town has a police station.<ref name="c582">{{cite web | last=Loong | first=Gary Lit Ying | title=When guns boomed and tigers roared during the infamous Battle of Kampar! | website=NST Online | date=2022-07-31 | url=https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/sunday-vibes/2022/07/817996/when-guns-boomed-and-tigers-roared-during-infamous-battle | access-date=2025-07-17}}</ref>

==History== The area has historically been the site of mining for [[tin]].<ref name="g389">{{cite journal | last=Dodge | first=Nicholas N. | title=MINERAL PRODUCTION ON THE EAST COAST OF MALAYA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY | journal=Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society | publisher=Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society | volume=50 | issue=2 (232) | year=1977 | issn=0126-7353 | jstor=41492173 | pages=89–110 | url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/41492173 | access-date=2025-07-17}}</ref>

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[[Category:Batang Padang District]] [[Category:Towns in Perak]]