In the beginning, Bentong subdistrict was under the administration of district of Raub District. The administration was separated in 1919 due to the large size of the district. The district covers an area of 183,112.35 hectares. It is located northeast of Kuala Lumpur, just across the main mountain range, Titiwangsa Mountains. The original main street going into Bentong town has been modified to a dual carriageway. However, the part of the road which leads to Raub and Kuala Lipis had been upgraded. Bentong is administered by Bentong Municipal Council and is one of the fastest growing towns in Pahang. It is similar in size to Raub. Bentong has many light and medium industries, including timber factories, food industries and electronic components assembly factory. It also has one multinational copper wire factory which is the biggest in the country.
Administration
Bentong District is divided into 3 mukims which are:
Bentong
Sabai
Pelangai
Other than modern housing area, there are 55 traditional villages, 8FELDA villages, 15 newer villages, and 14 native villages.
About 98% of Bentong district's water supplycome from PAIP, in which daily water production for Bentong district totalled 4.5 litres per gallon per day while the local residents use an estimated 8.7 thousand gallons per day. Most places in the district have access to electricity, having 4 main electricity transformers with combined capacities up to 90 megavolt-amperes. TM provides Bentong district residents with 6,207 units of household telephones, 1,092 units of business premises telephones and 125 unit of public phones.
Transport
In general, Bentong district's paved roads totalled 837.26 km, comprising 311.22 km of federal roads, 224.51 km of state roads, 124.05 km of urban roads, and 177.48 km of FELDA roads. Three major routes – 8, E8 and 68 converge at Bentong. Bentong is the eastern end of the old Gombak–Bentong road. Highway begins in Bentong and goes up all the way to Kota Bharu in Kelantan. The Karak Highway, part of the East Coast Expressway is the main link to Kuala Lumpur as well as the state capital Kuantan. Motorists from Negeri Sembilan and Malacca that wish to enter Pahang while bypassing the Klang Valley will usually opt for highway which interchanges with the East Coast Expressway in Karak in the eastern part of Bentong constituency. In terms of public transportation, Bentong is not served by the KTM rail network. There though are buses serving downtown Bentong as well as Genting Highlands.
There are 49 primary schools, which include national schools, Chinese-medium schools and Indian-medium schools, in Bentong district, with overall 12,272 students and 869 teachers. As for secondary schools, there are 14 of them including vocational and technical schools, with overall 9,901 students and 755 teachers. There are also four government universities and a private university.
Services
Bentong District Hospital, now a Minor Specialist Hospital, is located in the town of Bentong and houses 152 beds. There are 22 health clinics including 19 rural clinics for health promotion and disease prevention. There are 6 government dental clinics, 22 private GP clinics and 3 private dental clinics. There are also seven police stations and nine police hubs in the district, with a manpower of 355 policemen, and three fire stations with 111 personnel.
