Senoi is the largest subdivision of the Orang Asli, accounting for about 54% of their population. This ethnic group includes 6 tribes namely, Temiar, Semai, Semaq Beri, Jah Hut, Mah Meri and Cheq Wong. They live mainly in the central and northern parts of the Malay Peninsula; where their villages are scattered in the states of Perak, Kelantan and Pahang, mainly on the slopes of the Titiwangsa Mountains, which run from north to south in the middle of the peninsula. The Mah Meri people are the only ones settled on the westcoast of the Strait of Malacca.