HD DRIVE AROUND MALAYSIA - KAMPAR TOWN (Part 1-Old Town) - PERAK - Living In Malaysia

No talking. Just driving. Exploring Malaysian city, town and countryside.

A nice drive around Kampar town in Perak, Malaysia. Kampar is a small township located 33 km south of the state capital Ipoh. The drive started from the ‘old town’ part of Kampar where we can see many old buildings and then take the route to the ‘new town’. In this Part 1 video, the drive mostly covered the 'old town' area.

Kampar town can be broadly divided between the 'old town' and 'new town' areas. The old town consists of two main streets, Jalan Gopeng and Jalan Idris, of charming pre-war shop houses. The fronts of these shop houses still mostly resemble their original appearance. Commerce in the old town area mainly consists of coffee shops, goldsmiths and local retailers. The new town area mainly consists of new residential developments and some commerce servicing the burgeoning education industry in Kampar. On 21 May 2009, the Sultan of Perak declared Kampar as the state's 10th district.

Kampar is the largest town of Kampar District, Perak, Malaysia. Founded in 1887, the town lies within the Kinta Valley, an area rich with tin reserves. It was a tin mining town which boomed during the height of the tin mining industry. Many tin towns were established in the late 19th century, flourished in the 1900s, only to stagnate and decline after World War I, with the exception of an exhilarating boom in the 1920s. Most have closed down following the collapse of the industry, especially in the late 20th century

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