Lumut is a coastal town and mukim in Manjung District , Perak , Malaysia , situated about 84 km (52 mi) southwest of the state capital city of Ipoh , 12 km (7.5 mi) north from the town of Sitiawan . It is the main gateway to Pangkor Island before established Marina Island Pangkor as second gateway, and noted for seashell and coral handicrafts.
4-564: Lumut can refer to: Lumut, Perak , a coastal town in Malaysia Lumut (federal constituency) , Perak Lumut, Brunei , a populated place in Belait District, Brunei See also [ edit ] Bukit Lumut Balai , a stratovolcano on Sumatraisland, Indonesia Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
8-713: The home base of the Royal Malaysian Navy and the site of the biggest naval shipbuilder in Malaysia, Boustead . Lumut in Malay means moss , lichen , or seaweed . In its early days, the beach was said to be rich in moss, so the local people called it Lumut. Lumut has a sheltered jetty . A large Hockchew community moved from there to Sitiawan . The estuary was formerly characterized by damp mossy soils on reddish earth. Tin and lumber were transported there by elephants and sampans, from as far away as Kinta . It
12-533: The title Lumut . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lumut&oldid=1167418199 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Lumut, Perak This once little-known fishing town has since become
16-666: Was once part of the Straits Settlements by virtue of the Pangkor Treaty of 1874 until it was returned to Perak by Great Britain in 1935. On 23 April 2024, two Royal Malaysian Navy helicopters – an AgustaWestland AW139 and a Eurocopter Fennec – collided during a military parade rehearsal celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Royal Malaysian Navy. Ten people – seven on the AW139 and three on
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