(2000 census): 3,170)[1] is a town in a sub-district (Malay: mukim) of the same name in Marang District, Terengganu, Malaysia.
Fishery (including oyster cultivation) and agriculture are the main economic activities on this place.
This was divided by Sultan Abidin II who ruled from the year 1881 until 1919.
Sultan Abidin II already appointed Tengku Long when he at around Singapore for guarding Merchang district.
The main yield of Merchang at that time was entrepreneur of "belacan" and dried fish that would sending to Singapore.