Kinta River

Kinta River

Kinta River is a river in Perak, Malaysia. It is famously known as Kinta Valley because many tin mines are located along this river. There are many limestone hills surrounding Ipoh in the Kinta Valley.

Major settlements

Major settlements along the river are:

*Sungai Siput
*Chemor
*Ipoh
*Menglembu
*Batu Gajah
*Teronoh
*Tanjung Tualang


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