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Changkat Keruing
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Changkat Keruing
Coordinates: 4°23′N 100°41′E / 4.383°N 100.683°E / 4.383; 100.683
Country	Malaysia
State	Perak
Established	1900s
Elevation	56 m (183.7 ft)
Time zone	MST (UTC+8)
• Summer (DST)	Not observed (UTC)

River flowing through Changkat Keruing

Changkat Keruing is a small town in Manjung district, Perak, Malaysia.

This small village is located between Ayer Tawar and Pantai Remis which is 20km from Ayer Tawar and 14km from Pantai Remis. Dinding River pass by the village and contributes some beautiful scenery. The village had been awarded "The Most Beautiful Village" in the National Contest in the 1990s. The majority ethnic group in this village is Chinese (FuZhou).

Economy[link]

There is a Chinese primary school in the village - SJK Khuen Hean, temple - Guang Fu Gong, Wesley church, mosque, polyclinic, bank (Agro Bank), petrol station, a few sundry shops and restaurants.

Most of the residents were rubber tappers before the 1990s. In the recent years, Oil palm plantations are more prevalent due to the lucrativeness of this line of business. The locals hire foreign workers to harvest the crops instead of doing it themselves as they used to decades ago. Many locals accumulated great wealth from harvesting and selling palm oil. The price of land around Changkat Keruing have increased more than ten-fold since 2000.

The Most Beautiful Village

In addition to other traditional agricultural plantations like mangoes, papayas and coconuts, locals are beginning to look towards fish and prawn farming as another source of income. However, there are several environmental concerns that flow from this practices.

Also, the locals are beginning to invest into the Bird's Nest market. They do so by constructing 3-4 storey high buildings that resembles caves, home of the Edible-nest Swiftlet. These swiftlets would nest in the buildings and their nests would then after be harvested for sale.

Local cuisine[link]

Folks in this town would usually have noodle dishes for breakfast, for instance, noodles in braised soup (卤面), dried chinese noodles (干捞面）etc. Some other popular Malaysian dishes like Assam Laksa, Curry noodles (咖哩面), and Nasi Lemak are enjoyed widely by people of this town. High temperatures experienced by the town year round has also made cooling desserts popular amongst the locals. Ice shavings like Ais Kacang, sweetened ice balls and other fruit juices greatly helps in relieving the searing heat around.

As the majority of the population is of Fuzhou(福州） descent, the delicacies found in this town is heavily influenced by Fuzhou culture. For example, red wine chicken vermicelli (红酒鸡面线），a dish unique to Fuzhou， is often prepared by the locals, especially during special occasions like birthdays.

v t e Perak Darul Ridzuan Districts Kinta Larut, Matang dan Selama Hilir Perak Manjung Batang Padang Kerian Kuala Kangsar Hulu Perak Perak Tengah Kampar Cities Ipoh (capital) Towns Alor Pongsu Ayer Tawar Bagan Datoh Bagan Serai Bagan Sungai Burong Banir Batak Rabit Batu Gajah Behrang Bercham Beruas Bidor Bikam Bota Bukit Gantang Bukit Merah Changkat Jering Changkat Keruing Chemor Chenderiang Chenderong Balai Chikus Damar Laut Gerik Gopeng Gua Tempurung Hutan Melintang Jelapang Jenderata Jerlun Kamunting Kampar Kampung Gajah Karai Kota Baharu Kota Setia Kuala Kangsar Kuala Kurau Kuala Sepetang Langkap Lekir Lenggong Lumut Manjoi Malim Nawar Mambang Di Awan Manong Menglembu Padang Rengas Pantai Remis Parit Parit Buntar Pasir Salak Pekan Gurney Pengkalan Hulu (Kroh) Proton City Selama Semanggol Seri Iskandar Seri Manjung Simpang Tiga Sitiawan Slim Slim River Sungai Siput Sungkai Taiping Tambun Tanjung Belanja Tanjung Malim Tanjung Piandang Tanjung Rambutan Tanjung Tualang Tapah Tapah Road Teluk Batik Teluk Intan Teluk Rubiah Temoh Temoh Station Trolak Terong Teronoh Ulu Bernam Villages FELDA Besout Padang Gajah Sayong Kampung Kuala Slim Kampung Pintu Gerbang Islands Pulau Pangkor Pulau Pangkor Laut Pulau Banding Townships Bandar Meru Raya Sunway City Ipoh Special Zones Northern Corridor Economic Region (Northern Perak)