25/11/2021
Ipoh, capital of Perak state, was developed at the turn of the 19th century in the middle of the Kinta Valley which is surrounded by limestone hills. The Kinta river runs through it, dividing Ipoh into two — Old Town (on the western bank of the Kinta River) and New Town (eastern bank). Ipoh got its name from the Epu tree or Pokok Ipoh which has a poisonous sap used by the aboriginal hunters to tip their blowpipe darts.
