Bentong (Jawi: ïº'ﻨﺘﻮڠ) is a municipality located in western
Pahang, Malaysia. The Bentong Municipal Council was established with
the Power of Government Gov. bil.147 / 5/5/1995. It is the gateway to
the East Coast States by road and bordering Selangor State on the west
and Negri Sembilan in the south. The original main street going into
Bentong town has been modified to a dual carriageway and now Bentong
Town has been declared as the first "Fresh Air Lung Washing"
destination in the country.According to an old story, Bentong was
previously known as Carlo Sas. It was changed from Papi to Bentong
before World War I. In earlier times, the center of Bentong was around
the market area, at the meeting point of the Chongki rivers Repas and
Perting.The most important transportation way at that time was the
rivers by using perahu (small boats). The jetty was situated in front
of current rest house (near current Bentong Police Station).Bentong
became a focal point when tin ore was discovered in the two main
rivers, Repas and Perting. Tin developers constructed ‘ban’ to
extract more ore, hence more profits. The practice became a talking
matter to the people outside Bentong, who referred to it as the story
of ‘ban untung’ (the Profitable Ban). ‘Ban Untung’ became more
well-known than Kapong that later people began to call it Ban Untung.
From the name ‘Ban Untung’ was what the name for the district of
Bentong derived from. Bentong Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter