Tambun
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Tambun is a major town in the Kinta
district of Perak
, Malaysia. The Lost World of Tambun, a waterpark, is located here.
produce, which is very sought after by locals and tourists alike. Many planters were Hakkas
from southern China. The fruit is originally brought in from Southern China together with the travelling Chinese as a good source of Vitamin C on extended ship journey. The plant adapted well to Tambun-Ampang-Piah region's dark and ferrous soil conditions.
Most pomelo farms harvest twice a year in conjunction with Chinese New Year and Mid Autumn Festival. However, some enterprising farmers managed to have the third crop squeezed to increased their yield. In the early years of the 20th century and the emergency period after the Second World War, most Tambun planters also increased yield by rearing pigs and chickens within the pomeloes farms. This practiced continued until the turn of the century when Japanese Encephalitis
stuck the district.
cow farm which supplement their income by selling cow-dungs - a favoured source of fertilisers in pomelo orchards.
Kinta
Kinta is one of the ten administrative districts of Perak, Malaysia, and it is divided into two major councils:*Ipoh City Council , based in Ipoh, the state capital of Perak...
district of 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 Lost World of Tambun, a waterpark, is located here.
Pomeloes
Tambun is notable for the its pomeloPomelo
The pomelo is a citrus fruit native to Southeast Asia. It is usually pale green to yellow when ripe, with sweet white flesh and very thick albedo . It is the largest citrus fruit, 15–25 cm in diameter, and usually weighing 1–2 kg...
produce, which is very sought after by locals and tourists alike. Many planters were Hakkas
Hakka people
The Hakka , sometimes Hakka Han, are Han Chinese who speak the Hakka language and have links to the provincial areas of Guangdong, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan and Fujian in China....
from southern China. The fruit is originally brought in from Southern China together with the travelling Chinese as a good source of Vitamin C on extended ship journey. The plant adapted well to Tambun-Ampang-Piah region's dark and ferrous soil conditions.
Most pomelo farms harvest twice a year in conjunction with Chinese New Year and Mid Autumn Festival. However, some enterprising farmers managed to have the third crop squeezed to increased their yield. In the early years of the 20th century and the emergency period after the Second World War, most Tambun planters also increased yield by rearing pigs and chickens within the pomeloes farms. This practiced continued until the turn of the century when Japanese Encephalitis
Japanese Encephalitis
Japanese encephalitis —previously known as Japanese B encephalitis to distinguish it from von Economo's A encephalitis—is a disease caused by the mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis virus. The Japanese encephalitis virus is a virus from the family Flaviviridae. Domestic pigs and wild birds are...
stuck the district.
Animal droppings
In Tambun, animal droppings are used as fertilisers. Within the district were SikhSikh
A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...
cow farm which supplement their income by selling cow-dungs - a favoured source of fertilisers in pomelo orchards.