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Terong is a small town in Perak
Perak
Perak , one of the 13 states of Malaysia, is the second largest state in the Peninsular Malaysia bordering Kedah and Yala Province of Thailand to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, Selangor the Strait of Malacca to the south and west.Perak means silver in Malay...

, Malaysia. The town is located between Changkat Jering
Changkat Jering
Changkat Jering is a small town in Perak, Malaysia. It is near the larger town of Taiping. It connects Taiping to the North-South Expressway via the southern exit. Changkat Jering is famed for its big weekly evening market on Saturdays. Changkat Jering is situated within the parliamentary...

 and Pantai Remis
Pantai Remis
Pantai Remis [班台] is a coastal town in Manjung, Perak, Malaysia. It is situated in between Simpang and Sitiawan. is a commercial district that serves as the heartland for the surrounding towns as far north as Terong on Highway A101, to the south to Segari on Highway 60; to the south-east to...

. It is famous for the quality of its water and the presence of a waterfall. Tin was also mined there until 1980. It had Chinese, Malay and Tamil primary schools but the numbers have dwindled considerably.

The village is surrounded by plantations of rubber and palm oil trees. Many quaint shops exist in the village centre.
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