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{{short description|Town in Perak, Malaysia}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Gopeng
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| settlement_type    = Town
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| image_alt          = Jalan Kampung Rawa in Gopeng town
| image_caption      = Street of Gopeng Town
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| pushpin_map        = Malaysia West
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Gopeng within Peninsula Malaysia
| coordinates        = {{coord|4.4717|N|101.1654|E|display=inline, title}}
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| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = [[Malaysia]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Negeri|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Perak]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Districts of Malaysia|District]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Kampar District|Kampar]]
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'''Gopeng''' ([[Jawi script|Jawi]]: ڬوڤيڠ) is a town located in [[Mukim Teja]], [[Kampar District]], [[Perak]], Malaysia. It is situated approximately {{cvt|20|km}} south of [[Ipoh]], the state capital.

==History==
{{see also|Mining in Malaysia}}
Gopeng was the most important town in the [[Kinta Valley]] until 1890, when Ipoh became more prominent. Gopeng was intensively mined by both European and Chinese miners, the latter having significant [[Hakka]] representation under [[Chung Keng Quee|Chung Keng Kwee]], the leader of the [[Hai San]] secret society during the [[Larut War]]. He was appointed as the [[Kapitan Cina]] after the [[Pangkor Treaty]], and although his main homes were in [[Taiping, Perak|Taiping]] and [[Penang]], he maintained his foothold in Gopeng, securing contracts for street lighting there in 1892 as well as building quarters for civil servants thereafter.<ref name="kintabook">{{cite book |last1=Khoo Salma Nasution & Abdur-Razzaq Lubis |title=Kinta Valley : pioneering Malaysia's modern development |date=2005 |publisher=Perak Academy |location=Ipoh |isbn=9834211309 |page=129 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cgsZvl1zTXgC |access-date=8 September 2021}}</ref> For the first few decades after British intervention, Gopeng was run by a [[Tripartism|tripartite]]; the Europeans, the Chinese led by the [[Eu Tong Sen|Eu family]], and the Sumatrans by the Assistant Penghulu Imam Prang Ja Barumun. Gopeng is also one of the first places where large numbers of [[Orang Asli]] came into contact with outsiders in the 19th century.<ref name="kintabook" />

==Amenities==
* Pejabat Pos Gopeng
* Balai Polis Gopeng
* Gopeng Fire and Rescue Station
* RTC Gopeng
* Padang Bandaran Gopeng
* [[Gopeng Baru Jamek Mosque]]

===Commercial services===
* Pasar Awam Gopeng
* Medan Purnama
* Hup Teck Soy Sauce Factory
* Gopeng Light Industrial Park

==Transportation==
===Road network===
[[File:Gopeng Interchange (Exit 135) Northbound, NSE 20230628 103712.jpg|thumb|E1 towards Gopeng Interchange]]
Gopeng is located on the west side of the [[North–South Expressway (Malaysia)|North-South Expressway]] (E1) stretch of [[Tapah]]–[[Simpang Pulai]]. The expressway cuts through the [[karst]] landscape of the [[Kinta Valley]] on the western foothills of the [[Titiwangsa Mountains]], and Tapah–Gopeng stretch is one of the most scenic routes on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. On clear days, the [[Lata Kinjang]] waterfall could be seen on the right side of the highway for drivers heading up north to Gopeng.

===Bus===
* Stesen Bas Gopeng

==Education==
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===Primary schools===
====Vernacular schools====
* SJK (C) Man Ming
* SJK (C) New Kopisan
* SJK (C) Lawan Kuda Baru

====National schools====
* SK Gopeng Taman Gopeng Baru (previous building now Pusat Giat Mara)
* SK Gopeng Jalan Ilmu (previous English School Gopeng)
* SK Sungai Itek
* SK Ulu Geruntum

===Secondary schools===
* SMK Idris Shah
* SMK Seri Teja
* Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Integrasi

===Tertiary institutions===
* Perak Matriculation College
* Kolej Komuniti RTC Gopeng
* Akademi Kemahiran KEMAS Gopeng
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==Tourist attractions==
* [[Tempurung Cave]]
* [[Gopeng Heritage House]]
* Gaharu Tea Valley
* [[Perak State Herb Park|Taman Herba Negeri Perak]]
* My Gopeng Resort
* Nomad Adventure Sdn Bhd

==Notable personalities born in Gopeng==
* [[Lat (cartoonist)|Lat]] - Malaysian cartoonist, winner of the [[Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize]] in 2002
* [[Burhanuddin al-Helmy]] -  Malaysian politician, President of the [[Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)]] from 1956 to his death in October 1969
* [[Chew Swee Kee]] - Singaporean politician, served as Minister of Education from 1955 to around 1959
* [[Rashid Maidin]] - senior leader of the [[Communist Party of Malaya|Communist Party of Malaya (CPM)]].

==References==
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{{Perak}}

[[Category:Kampar District]]
[[Category:Towns in Perak]]