The Kampar District (Kinta South) is a district in Perak, Malaysia. It was a district on 21 May 2009 after the Sultan of Perak declared Kampar the state's 10th district, which is the smaller district in the state. Its local government is Kampar District Council based in the town of Kampar.

Historically, Kampar District was once famous for its tin, being one of the major tin producers in the 18th century. In the 19th century, Kinta district was famous for its tin. It was the number one tin producing valley in the world.

Administrative divisions

Kampar District is divided into 2 mukims, which are:

• Kampar (including much of Kampar's urban area, Malim Mawar and Jeram)
• Teja (Gopeng town)

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2010	96,303	—
2020	98,732	+2.5%
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Figures before 2009 is included under Kinta District. Source:

The following is based on Department of Statistics Malaysia 2010 census.

Ethnic groups in Kampar, 2010 census
Ethnicity	Population	Percentage
Bumiputera	35,033	36.1%
Chinese	51,341	52.8%
Indian	10,638	11.0%
Others	115	0.1%
Total	97,167	100%

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

Kampar district is divided between two parliamentary seats with some areas of the district in Gopeng constituency and the rest of the district into Kampar constituency.

List of Kampar district representatives in the Federal Parliament (Dewan Rakyat)

Parliament	Seat Name	Member of Parliament	Party
P70	Kampar	Chong Zhemin	Pakatan Harapan (DAP)
P71	Gopeng	Tan Kar Hing	Pakatan Harapan (PKR)

List of Kampar district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly of Perak

Parliament	State	Seat Name	State Assemblyman	Party
P70	N41	Malim Nawar	Bavani Veriah Shasha	Pakatan Harapan (DAP)
P70	N42	Keranji	Angeline Koo Hai Yen	Pakatan Harapan (DAP)
P70	N43	Tualang Sekah	Mohd Azlan Helmi	Pakatan Harapan (PKR)
P71	N46	Teja	Sandrea Ng Shy Ching	Pakatan Harapan (PKR)

See also

• Districts of Malaysia