The history of another name for
Lanchang is
Semantan, which is believed to come from the word
Seman Tahan which is a
Brunei citizen who lived in one of the tributaries of
Sungai Pahang which is now known as Sungai Semantan. His name is Osman, and he has knowledge of defense and is good at martial arts. Because of that, he was known as Seman Tahan, because of his endurance when fighting, and he was very famous among the people around the river who later referred to him simply and became known as
Semantan. The arrival of many residents to the Semantan area has made the settlement area expand beyond the
Kuala Semantan area, or as it is now known as
Temerloh, which only includes the mouth of the river, which is the area around the confluence of the Semantan River and the
Pahang River. Therefore, this settlement has grown rapidly into a small town and was given a new name, Lanchang. Lanchang is now one of the mukims or zones whose economy has grown since the introduction of rubber cultivation, it has become the main crop along with rice by 1909. Lanchang is very famous all over the world because it is one of the birthplaces of freedom fighters who fought against the colonialists led by
Dato' Bahaman, or better known as
Orang Kaya Semantan, who fought in the past to drive out the
British Residents who were established and wanted to interfere in the administration of magnates and affairs in the state of
Pahang on the basis of colonialism and imperialism which was prevalent in the 19th century, and there is also another person who is considered as a nationalist revolutionary fighter figure by the community in Mukim Semantan or Lanchang Zone in the early 20th century, namely
Abu Samah Mohd Kassim who is also a great person who is the grandson of Dato' Bahaman who also followed in the footsteps of his ancestors to achieve independence to drive away colonialism from this beloved homeland. ==Transportation==