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Kinta District
Kinta District
District of Malaysia
	Daerah Kinta
Other transcription(s)
• Jawi	كينتا‎
• Chinese	近打县
• Tamil	கிந்தா
	Location of Kinta District in Perak
	Kinta District Location of Kinta District in Malaysia
	Coordinates: 4°35′N 101°05′E / 4.583°N 101.083°E
Country	Malaysia
State	Perak
Seat	Batu Gajah
Largest city	Ipoh
Local area government(s)	Ipoh City Council; (Kinta North); Batu Gajah District Council; (Kinta West)
Government
• District officer	Tarmidzi Manap
Area
• Total	1,305 km2 (504 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	744,715
• Estimate (2015)	810,400
• Density	570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+8 (Not observed)
Postcode	300xx-315xx
Calling code	+6-05
Vehicle registration plates	A

The Kinta District is a district in Perak, Malaysia. It contains the state capital Ipoh. Kinta is the most populated district in Perak and also the seventh most populated district in Malaysia. Kinta houses Ipoh, Perak's largest city and state capital while Batu Gajah is a seat in Kinta district.

History

Kinta District was once famous for its tin, being one of the major tin producers in the 18th century. The discovery of substantial tin deposits in the Kinta Valley attracted a diverse influx of immigrants, particularly from China, who sought their fortunes in the lucrative mining trade. A railway line linking Ipoh and other town in Kinta such as Pusing, Papan, Siputeh and Tronoh was completed in 1909 and used to transport tin ore. The tracks were dismantled by the Japanese during World War II and were never rebuilt. Shortly after the war ended, the tin industry deteriorated in Kinta.^[5]

Administrative divisions

Kinta District is divided into 5 mukims, which are:

Belanja (including Tronoh, Siputeh and Pusing)
Sungai Terap (Batu Gajah town)
Sungai Raia (including Simpang Pulai and Kampung Kepayang)
Tanjung Tualang
Hulu Kinta (including much of Ipoh's urban area, Tanjung Rambutan and Chemor)

Government

Kinta District is divided into 2 local authorities:

Ipoh City Council, based in Ipoh, the state capital of Perak. Mainly in mukim Hulu Kinta.
Batu Gajah District Council, based in the town of Batu Gajah. Mainly in mukim Sungai Terap, Belanja, Tanjung Tualang and Sungai Raia.

The district and land officer is also divided into Ipoh and Batu Gajah, and the Kinta District Office is centered at Batu Gajah.

Some areas in Sungai Raia such as RPT Tekah 1, RPT Tekah 2, RTC Gopeng & Gopeng Industrial Park are administered by the Kampar District Council even though they are located in the Kinta district.

Demographics

The following is based on Department of Statistics Malaysia 2020 census.^[6]

Ethnic composition of Kinta District (2010)
Ethnicities / Nationality			Percentage
Malays			44.11%
Other Bumiputeras			1.2%
Chinese			36.2%
Indians			12.41%
Others			0.4%
Non-Malaysians			5.68%

Ethnicity	2010
Ethnicity	Pop.	%
Malays	392015	44.11%
Other Bumiputeras	10665	1.2%
Chinese	321739	36.2%
Indians	110294	12.41%
Others	3565	0.4%
Malaysian total	838278	94.32%
Non-Malaysian	50489	5.68%
Total	888767	100.00%

Historical population

Year

Pop.

±%

1970

477,758

—

1980

564,500

+18.2%

1991

627,899

+11.2%

2000

703,493

+12.0%

2010

749,474

+6.5%

2020

888,767

+18.6%

Figures before 2009 includes Kampar District.

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

List of Kinta district representatives in the Federal Parliament (Dewan Rakyat)

Parliament	Seat Name	Member of Parliament	Party
P63	Tambun	Anwar Ibrahim	Pakatan Harapan (PKR)
P64	Ipoh Timor	Lee Chuan How	Pakatan Harapan (DAP)
P65	Ipoh Barat	M. Kulasegaran	Pakatan Harapan (DAP)
P66	Batu Gajah	V. Sivakumar	Pakatan Harapan (DAP)
P70	Kampar	Chong Zhemin	Pakatan Harapan (DAP)
P71	Gopeng	Tan Kar Hing	Pakatan Harapan (PKR)

List of Kinta district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly of Perak

Parliament	State	Seat Name	State Assemblyman	Party
P63	N23	Manjoi	Hafez Sabri	Perikatan Nasional (PAS)
P63	N24	Hulu Kinta	Muhammad Arafat Varisai	Pakatan Harapan (PKR)
P64	N25	Canning	Jenny Choy Tsi Jen	Pakatan Harapan (DAP)
P64	N26	Tebing Tinggi	Abdul Aziz Bari	Pakatan Harapan (DAP)
P64	N27	Pasir Pinji	Goh Sze Hua	Pakatan Harapan (DAP)
P65	N28	Bercham	Ong Boon Piow	Pakatan Harapan (DAP)
P65	N29	Kepayang	Nga Kor Ming	Pakatan Harapan (DAP)
P65	N30	Buntong	Thulsi Thivani Manogaran	Pakatan Harapan (DAP)
P66	N31	Jelapang	Cheah Poh Hian	Pakatan Harapan (DAP)
P66	N32	Menglembu	Chaw Kam Foon	Pakatan Harapan (DAP)
P66	N33	Tronoh	Steven Tiw Tee Siang	Pakatan Harapan (DAP)
P70	N41	Malim Nawar	Bavani Veriah Shasha	Pakatan Harapan (DAP)
P70	N43	Tualang Sekah	Mohd Azlan Helmi	Pakatan Harapan (PKR)
P71	N44	Sungai Rapat	Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin	Pakatan Harapan (AMANAH)
P71	N45	Simpang Pulai	Ng Chai Yi	Pakatan Harapan (PKR)