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Bentong is
both a town and a district in Pahang, Malaysia. The district covers an
area of 1,831 km². It is located 80 km northeast of
Kuala Lumpur, just
across the main range, Titiwangsa Mountains. The original main street
going into Bentong town has been modified to a dual carriageway. It is
bordered by Selangor on the west and
Negeri Sembilan on the south.
Bentong is both a town and a district situated in the west side of
Pahang, Malaysia. In the beginning, Bentong subdistrict was under
the administration of district of Raub. The administration was separated
in 1919 due to the large size of the district of Raub. The district covers
an area of 183,112.35 hectares. It is located northeast of
Kuala Lumpur,
just across the main mountain range, Titiwangsa Mountains.
The original
main street going into Bentong town has been modified to a dual
carriageway. However, the part of the road which leads to
Raub and Kuala Lipis had been upgraded.
Bentong district is further subdivided into three subdistricts, which are
mukim Bentong, mukim Sabai and mukim Pelangai. Other than modern housing
area, there are 55 traditional villages, 8 FELDA villages, 15 newer
villages, and 14 native villages.
Bentong district have paved roads totally 837.26 km, comprising 311.22 km
of federal road, 224.51 km of state road, 124.05 km of urban road, and
177.48 km of Felda road.
In terms of education, there are 49 primary schools including national
schools, Chinese schools and Indian schools in all over Bentong district
with overall 12,272 students and 869 teachers. As for secondary schools,
there are 14 of them including vocational and technical schools with
overall 9,901 students and 755 teachers.
There are also 4 government
universities and a private university which are Institut Aminudin Baki,
Kolej Komunity Bentung, Kolej IKIP Pahang, Kolej Tunku Abdul Rahman, and
Sekolah Saleha which is the only private university.
Sources:
Wikipedia
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