Pekan

Pekan is a town in Pekan District, Pahang, Malaysia. It is additionally the regal town of the state. Its name originates from a blossom, the Bunga Pekan. Pekan is additionally the name of the area the town is arranged in, and a parliamentary voting public in its very own right. It is the home of the state's regal family headed by Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Abu Bakar Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mu'adzam Shah. It is additionally the main residence of the second Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, and his child, previous Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

Najib is additionally Pekan's present Member of Parliament. The Masjid Abdullah, a milestone in Pekan which dates from the 1920s, and the more up to date Abu Bakar Royal Mosque is close to the Sultan Abu Bakar Museum. The stretch by the waterway bank from the Abu Bakar Royal Mosque heading towards the Sultan Abu Bakar Museum is Pekan's Heritage Route. As you stroll towards the Town from the Sultan Abu Bakar Museum, you can picture the bustling stream in the long time past days transporting individuals and products into this Royal Town.

As indicated by nearby legend, a blossoming plant named Bunga Pekan used to develop wild along the banks of Pahang River, and the town was consequently so named. The blossom is said to be white like jasmine, in spite of the fact that the specific plant species is likewise said to have turned out to be wiped out. The waterway at the Pekan town close Mengkasar town is additionally called Pekan River, anyway there is no proof that Pekan got its name from this river. Other sources say the name "Pekan" originated from "Pekan Sehari" Pekan Sehari or Sunday Market still exists today, and "Sehari" was in the long run overlooked and local people just called it "Pekan".