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Kuala Lipis was a gold-mining centre before the British arrived in 1887. In 1898, it became the capital of Pahang within the British- administered Federated Malay States . During this colonial era, grand buildings, such as the imposing district offices, the Clifford School, and the Pahang Club, were built.
Lipis has 10 mukim or subdistricts, the largest being Ulu Jelai. The district capital is Kuala Lipis. During the British colonization, Kuala Lipis was made the state's capital city. Kuala Lipis was the administrative capital of Pahang for 57 years from 1898 until 27 August 1955, when Kuantan was picked as the new capital.
Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States and the State of Selangor, was captured on 11 January 1942. Seremban , the state capital of Negeri Sembilan, was captured two days later. Kuantan , in the eastern component state of Pahang, fell on 30 December 1941, meanwhile the capital, Kuala Lipis was taken by the Japanese on 7 January ...
The state's administrative capital, which was established in Kuala Lipis during British intervention, was moved to Kuantan. [ 36 ] After World War II , Pahang formed the Federation of Malaya with the other eight Malay States and two British Crown Colonies , Malacca and Penang in 1948.
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Lipis is a federal constituency in Lipis District, Pahang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1959. The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
It is the Malaysia's second tallest tower after the Kuala Lumpur Tower and the second-tallest in East Coast Economic Region after the newly completed Grand Ion Majestic in Genting Highlands, which is Pahang's tallest building. Its construction was started in August 2017 and completed on 3 September 2019.
The Lipis River, a tributary of the Jelai, begins at the Pahang–Perak border in Ulu Sungai, Raub district and ends at the confluence with the Jelai at Kuala Lipis. The Semantan River, a tributary of the Pahang, starts in Bentong district and merges with the river at Kuala Semantan.