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The Cameron Highlands[?] area in the west is home to the tea plantations. The area is the highest on the mainland, and the climate is temperate enough to have distinct temperature variations year round. The area is also known as a major supplier of legumes and vegetables to both Malaysia and Singapore.
The famous silk merchant and fashion designer Jim Thompson mysteriously disappeared in the area, and it was also home to the Communist guerrillas who fought the British during the 1950s.
There is also a population of native Orang Asli[?] who live in the area, although most have been relocated from the forests to other areas.
Rainforest covers 2/3 of the area of the state, and the peninsula's highest point, Gunung Tahan, is located within Taman Negara. Since the equator is so close, the rainforests in Malaysia are among the oldest in the world: roughly 130 million years old.
There still exists a traditional fishing industry along the coast, and there are long stretches of sandy beaches.
After the Srivijaya empire collapsed, around the the eleventh century, it was claimed first by the Siamese, and then Malacca, until the Portuguese arrived in 1511. It was then the subject of controversy between the Portuguese, the Dutch, Johor, and Acheh[?], until the influence of the Europeans and the Acheh declined in the early 1600s.
It was then a part of Johor, and finally became an independent state in the 1860s. Pahang was part of the Malay Union[?] that was created after independence from Britain in the 1950s, and finally became a state of Malaysia after Singapore seceded.
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