Mentakab is a town, a mukim and a state assembly constituency in Temerloh District in central Pahang, Malaysia. It is 9 km northwest from downtown Temerloh and 82 km northeast from Kuala Lumpur. It was originally known as Pasir Rawa. In the late 19th century, Mentakab was a candidate for Pahang's new capital city, replacing Pekan. However, d…Mentakab is a town, a mukim and a state assembly constituency in Temerloh District in central Pahang, Malaysia. It is 9 km northwest from downtown Temerloh and 82 km northeast from Kuala Lumpur. It was originally known as Pasir Rawa. In the late 19th century, Mentakab was a candidate for Pahang's new capital city, replacing Pekan. However, due to its mountainous terrain, Kuala Lipis was instead chosen as the capital of the state in 1898, later replaced by Kuantan in 1955.
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