Taiping is a town located in Larut, Matang and Selama District, Perak, Malaysia. It is located approximately 48 km (30 mi) northwest of Ipoh, the capital of Perak, and 78 km (48 mi) southeast of George Town, Penang. With a population of 245,182, it is the second largest town in Perak after Ipoh, the state capital.
Kota Road at night
The colonial-era Larut, Matang and Selama Land and District Office.
St. George's Institution, a colonial boys' school established in 1915.
Aerial view of Taiping
Perak is a state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, and Selangor to the south. Thailand's Yala and Narathiwat provinces both lie to the northeast. Perak's capital city, Ipoh, was known historically for its tin-mining activities until the price of the metal dropped, severely affecting the state's economy. The royal capital remains Kuala Kangsar, where the palace of the Sultan of Perak is located. As of 2018, the state's population was 2,500,000. Perak has diverse tropical rainforests and an equatorial climate. The state's mountain ranges belong to the Titiwangsa Mountains, which is part of the larger Tenasserim Hills system that connects Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia.
The Tambun rock art of the Neolithic era in Tambun near Ipoh
Iron socketed axe from Perak, British Museum, c. 100 BC–AD 200
The 1670 Dutch Fort on Pangkor Island, built as a tin ore warehouse by the Dutch East India Company
Semang from Gerik or Janing, Perak, 1906