Sungai Choh

History

Sungai Choh has existed since the late 19th century. Early settlers from Sumatra (more specifically, the Bengkulu Malays community from the province of Bengkulu, Indonesia) are the first to settle down at Sungai Choh. Today, most of the people in Sungai Choh have lineages originating from Bengkulu. No one really knows how Sungai Choh got its name. According to some, the name comes from a river at Sungai Choh, called "Sungai Chul". As time went by, the name of the Sungai Chul was then called the Sungai Choh according to the Bengkulu Malay dialect at that time. Sungai Choh is also called as Sungai Choh Simpang () in old maps. This is likely because of the three-way junction that leads to either the main road (to Ipoh or Kuala Lumpur), or to Sungai Buaya, a neighboring town.