Located on the banks of the Pahang River 50 km south of Kuantan, Pekan is the royal town of the Malaysian state of Pahang Darul Makmur. Its name comes from a flower, the Bunga Pekan. Pekan is also the name of the district the town is situated in, and a parliamentary constituency in its own right. It is the home of the state's royal family headed by Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Abu Bakar Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mu'adzamo Shah. It is also the hometown of the second Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, and the current Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. Najib is also Pekan's current Member of Parliament.
The Masjid Abdullah, which dates from the 1920s, and the newer Masjid Abu Bakar is near the Sultan Abu Bakar Museum.
Read more about Pekan: History, Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats, Subdistricts, Transportation, Cuisine
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... Besides, a visit to the Sunday Bazaar Pekan Sehari is not to be missed ... Located along the town's riverside, Pekan Sehari is a place where all kinds of goods and commodities can be found and sold at a reasonable price ... In fact this Pekan Sehari is said to be the longest and biggest in the whole of Pahang ...
... Pekan offers a variety of delicious food ... Being a Royal Town, Pekan enjoys the best kuih-muih (Malay delicacies) which are prepared by the same people or their descendants who used to prepare the same delicacies for the palace ... This particular bread can only be found in very few places, Pekan being one of them ...