6°29′54″N 100°15′28″E / 6.49833°N 100.25778°E
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Chuping | |
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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,[1] which consist of rubber estates and the largest sugar cane plantation in Malaysia.[2]
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).[3]
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- ^ "Exploring Chuping Sugar Cane Plantation, Perlis". AsiaExplorers. Archived from the original on 2010-03-27. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
- ^ "General Climate Information". Malaysia Meteorological Department. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-09-23.