Bukit Kutu

Bukit Kutu or Treacher Hill is a ghost town located on a mountain in Selangor, Malaysia. It is a town no one lived anymore. It was classified as secondary hill station by Aiken due to no growth happening in the town.

The place name Treacher Hill comes from the former British Resident of Selangor, William Hood Treacher, while the other name Bukit Kutu comes from Orang Asli people who say that the road is too long until say "Kutu". "Kutu" in Malay language means flea and "Bukit" means hill, hence it is called as "flea hill".

The town was opened in 1893 and this town only has two bungalows. It was damaged by the Japanese army with a bomb during World War II. After that, no one lived in this town anymore. The Chimney is the only thing that still standing in this town. The chimney  used to be a bungalow belonging by Tom Sargent, construction engineer for Federated Malay States Railway. The town has now very popular for hikers to walk in the route.

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Category:Ghost towns
Category:British Malaya
Category:Settlements in Malaysia