Bentong is both a town and a district situated in the west side of Pahang Darul Makmur, 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.
As of 2002, Bentong has a population of 101,533 people. Bentong is one of the biggest towns in Pahang. It is similar in size to Raub. Bentong has many light and medium industries, including timbe
r factories and food industries. It also has one multinational copper wire factory which is the biggest in the country.
Bentong is an important rest stop for truckers who ply the route between Kuala Lumpur and Kuantan, carrying timber and timber products. It is believed that the truckers prefer to use the old Bentong-Kuala Lumpur road (which has been superseded by the Karak Highway), as it is a quieter drive with fewer traffic, more shade from the heat due to many trees, proximity to a local hot spring, and has no toll charges.
A newer and more direct road to Kuala Lumpur is Karak Highway (Malay: Lebuhraya Karak). This is a toll road with a higher speed limit than the old Bentong-Kuala Lumpur road and hence, gives Bentong residents faster access to the nation's capital. Karak Highway also serves as one of the few ways of getting to Genting Highlands.
r factories and food industries. It also has one multinational copper wire factory which is the biggest in the country.Bentong is an important rest stop for truckers who ply the route between Kuala Lumpur and Kuantan, carrying timber and timber products. It is believed that the truckers prefer to use the old Bentong-Kuala Lumpur road (which has been superseded by the Karak Highway), as it is a quieter drive with fewer traffic, more shade from the heat due to many trees, proximity to a local hot spring, and has no toll charges.
A newer and more direct road to Kuala Lumpur is Karak Highway (Malay: Lebuhraya Karak). This is a toll road with a higher speed limit than the old Bentong-Kuala Lumpur road and hence, gives Bentong residents faster access to the nation's capital. Karak Highway also serves as one of the few ways of getting to Genting Highlands.
Bentong district is further subdivided into 3 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.
About 98% of Bentong district's water supply come from JBA (Jabatan Bekalan Air). Their ability to produce water for Bentong district is 15.7 thousand Imperial gallons (which is about 4.5 litres per gallon) per day while resident here only use around 8.7 thousand gallons per day. For electricity, 99% places in Bentong district have electricity supply. There are 4 main electricity transformers with combine capacities up to 90 megavolt-amperes. For telecom
munication, especially line wire telephones, TM (Telekom Malaysia) provides Bentong district with 6,207 units of household telephones, 1,092 units of business premises telephones and 125 unit of public phones.
munication, especially line wire telephones, TM (Telekom Malaysia) provides Bentong district with 6,207 units of household telephones, 1,092 units of business premises telephones and 125 unit of public phones.
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 Bentong, Kolej IKIP Pahang, Kolej Tunku Abdul Rahman, and Sekolah Saleha which is the only private university. (Article from WIKIPEDIA).
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