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Sitiawan, Perak (17 September 2016)
Sitiawan (GPS: 4.21665, 100.69381; Traditional Chinese: 實兆遠, Simplified Chinese: 实兆远, Pinyin: Shí zhào yuǎn; Jawi: سيتياوان; Tamil: சித்தியவான்) is a small town in Manjung District, Perak. The town is 12 km from Lumut and Seri Manjung.
Map of Sitiawan, Perak
Sights in Sitiawan
- Arulmigu Maha Mariamman Kovil Devasthanam (GPS: 4.21548, 100.69052)
- CT Hotel (GPS: 4.22072, 100.69374)
- Econsave Manjung (GPS: 4.20982, 100.67918)
- Hotel Intan (GPS: 4.22054, 100.69379)
- Hotel Mirama (GPS: 4.22095, 100.69368)
- Masjid An-Nasriyah (GPS: 4.21433, 100.69566)
- Pasar Awam Kampung Koh (GPS: 4.19351, 100.70466)
- Pioneer Methodist Church (GPS: 4.19654, 100.70038)
- SJK (C) Uk Ing (GPS: 4.18698, 100.70406)
- SMJK Nan Hwa (GPS: 4.20333, 100.69917)
- SMK Ahmad Boestamam (GPS: 4.22291, 100.69213)
- SMK Methodist (ACS) Sitiawan (GPS: 4.19671, 100.70084)
- SRJK (C) Uk Dih (GPS: 4.18698, 100.70406)
- Simpang Ampat Chinese Methodist Church (GPS: 4.21384, 100.70433)
- The Store (GPS: 4.21594, 100.69202)
- Tua Pek Kong Temple (GPS: 4.163, 100.68847)
- Wat Sitawanaram (GPS: 4.198, 100.69999)
- Wong Seng Kong Temple (GPS: 4.18057, 100.71023)
Hotels in Sitiawan
- CT Hotel (GPS: 4.22072, 100.69374)
- Hotel Intan (GPS: 4.22054, 100.69379)
- Hotel Mirama (GPS: 4.22095, 100.69368)
Categories of sights in Sitiawan
Petrol Stations in Sitiawan
- Shell Kampung Koh (GPS: 4.1771, 100.70817)
About Sitiawan
As with many of the towns in this part of Perak, Sitiawan has part of the Perak hinterland where commodity crops were grown. The main commodities flowing through Sitiawan were tin and rubber. They were loaded on elephants, carried to the port in Lumut, where the cargo is then loaded onto sailing ships, and later steamships, to be transported to Penang.The earliest settlers in Sitiawan were Foochow Chinese. They came from Gutian County in Fujian Province, southern China. There was an influx in September 19031 as a result of Boxer Rebellion, which cause a refugee of Christian Foochows out of China. A rather dubious call to fame for Sitiawan is that Malayan Communist Party leader Chin Peng was born there in 1924.
Etymology of Sitiawan
The name Sitiawan is said to be a portmanteau of Setia Kawan, or Loyal Friend. It refers to a legend of two elephants that drowned Dinding River. The elephants were laden with tin. When one fell into the river, the second elephant hung on to the first, until eventually both were swept away by the tide and drowned. As a result, the settlers called the place Setia Kawan, which later became shortened to Setiawan or Sitiawan, as it is popularly spelled today.Sitiawan is 
on the Map of towns in Perak
Sitiawan, Perak (17 September 2016)
Sitiawan, Perak (17 September 2016)
Reference
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