Karak, Pahang
Karak | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Jawi | کارق |
| • Chinese | 加叻 Jiālè (Hanyu Pinyin) |
| • Tamil | காராக் Kārāk (Transliteration) |
Location in Malaysia | |
| Coordinates: 3°24′55.44″N 102°01′59.88″E / 3.4154000°N 102.0333000°E | |
| Country | Malaysia |
| State | Pahang Darul Makmur |
| District | Bentong District |
| Federal seat | Bentong |
| State seat | Sabai |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Body | Bentong Municipal Council |
| • Yang Dipertua | Dato' Hajah Aida Munira Binti Abdul Rafar |
| • Member of Parliament | Young Syefura Othman |
| • State Assembly Representative | V Arumugam |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MST) |
| Postcode | 28600 |
| Telephone area code | +6-09231XXXX |
| Vehicle registration | C |
| Police | Karak Police Station |
| Fire | Karak Fire and Rescue Station |
| Website | www |
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Karak is a small town in Bentong District, Pahang, Malaysia. Located at the foothills of Malaysia's Titiwangsa Mountain Range, it is well known as a rest town along the Federal Route 2 from Kuala Lumpur to Kuantan and lends its name to the Karak Highway, or the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Expressway linking it to the country's capital of Kuala Lumpur.