Chuping
Chuping | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Country | Malaysia |
| State | Perlis |
| Mukim | Perlis |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | Not observed |
Chuping is a suburb of Kangar and a small town in Perlis, Malaysia. It is located to the northeast of Kangar, the state capital. The town has 22,000 hectares of plantations, which consist of rubber estates and the largest sugar cane plantation in Malaysia.
Chuping's name may be taken from a limestone hill in the area called Bukit Chuping. There are many limestone hills in the area, and several caves containing bats. The guano used to be collected for use as a fertiliser, for crops such as rice, as it contains nitrates and iron(III) phosphate.
The highest temperature in the country was recorded in Chuping on April 9, 1998, at 40.1 °C (104.2 °F).
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