Maran (town)

The Maran District (Chinese: 马兰) is a district, parliamentary constituency and town in Pahang, Malaysia which is surrounded by isolated forest and oil palm plantations.

History

Previously Maran town was a municipality under the administration of the district of Pekan.^[1] In January 1981, Maran town, together with some areas in Pekan and Temerloh districts were combined to form the new Maran district.

Economy

Main economy activities in this small town is focuses on agriculture, farming and fishing.

Transportation

Public transport

Maran, as with Kuantan and most of eastern Pahang, is not served by any rail line. rapidKuantan buses also do not cover Maran currently. Instead there are Cityliner buses that connect Maran to Kuantan and Jerantut.

Car

In contrast, going to Maran is much easier by car. The East Coast Expressway East Coast Expressway has two exits serving Maran constituency: Exit 825 to Maran and Exit 827 to Sri Jaya.

The old Kuala Lumpur-Kuantan federal road FT 2 runs through downtown Maran. Highway FT 64 connects Maran to Jerantut. Connection to Pekan, the royal capital of Pahang is also possible through a series of state-level roads and then highway FT 82.

Politics

Maran is represented in the Malaysian Parliament by Y.B. Dato' Haji Abdul Manan bin Ismail of UMNO. Maran in turn is divided into three state seats in the Pahang State Legislative Assembly:

Chenor
Kuala Sentul
Luit

in which all three are also currently held by UMNO. Another state constituency, Jengka, is under the administration of the Maran District Council but is represented under Kuala Krau parliamentary constituency.

Following a 2016 re-delineation exercise, Jengka state constituency was returned to Maran constituency, while a new state constituency, Paya Pulai, was drawn out in Kuala Krau.