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Bercham
Bercham (Jawi: برچم) is a suburb of Ipoh next to the North–South Expressway in Perak, Malaysia. It is located between the Ipoh South Interchange of North–South Expressway and Ipoh city. It is near Ipoh Garden, Tasek, Tambun and Tanjung Rambutan. There are a number of housing estates in Bercham. Bercham began as a tin mining town but later evolved to its present status when the tin deposits dwindled. It covers 8,877 hectares of which 56% of the land is utilized for housing, industry and agriculture. As at 2009, the population of Bercham was 150,000 that would be about 20% of the Ipoh's population of 702,464 in the same year. A short drive to the end of the town near to Taman Ramai, lie two generally unexplored tourist attractions - Gunung Bercham (Kuan Yin Hill) and a Thai Buddhist temple. The temple existed as a shed some 15 years ago founded by a woman called Wan Yee whom also served as the caretaker of the temple. In 1990 the cashier of the temple Ting Cheong Meng was given the authority to rebuild. A hill track was built on the slope of Kuan Yin Hill, allowing visitors to climb up the hill top which offers the amazing skyline view of Bercham and Tasek.…
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Bercham (Jawi: برچم) is a suburb of Ipoh next to the North–South Expressway in Perak, Malaysia. It is located between the Ipoh South Interchange of North–South Expressway and Ipoh city. It is near Ipoh Garden, Tasek, Tambun and Tanjung Rambutan. There are a number of housing estates in Bercham. Bercham began as a tin mining town but later evolved to its present status when the tin deposits dwindled. It covers 8,877 hectares of which 56% of the land is utilized for housing, industry and agriculture. As at 2009, the population of Bercham was 150,000 that would be about 20% of the Ipoh's population of 702,464 in the same year. A short drive to the end of the town near to Taman Ramai, lie two generally unexplored tourist attractions - Gunung Bercham (Kuan Yin Hill) and a Thai Buddhist temple. The temple existed as a shed some 15 years ago founded by a woman called Wan Yee whom also served as the caretaker of the temple. In 1990 the cashier of the temple Ting Cheong Meng was given the authority to rebuild. A hill track was built on the slope of Kuan Yin Hill, allowing visitors to climb up the hill top which offers the amazing skyline view of Bercham and Tasek.…
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