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Temerloh
Malaysia
Temerloh, town, central Peninsular (West) Malaysia, on the Pahang River. The townâs residents are primarily engaged in rubber tapping and paddy (rice) farming. Local villagers ferry downriver to trade their produce at a market near the town mosque. Temerloh is a transit point for ferries bound for Pekan on the east coast or southward to Tasek Bera (âpale lakeâ), a swamp area inhabited by tigers, elephants, crocodiles, and other wildlife. The Temerloh bridge, subject to inundation by monsoonal floodwaters that affected the areaâs only highway access to the east and west coasts, was replaced by a high bridge in 1973. Pop. (2000 prelim.) 36,508.
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