The present name of Mantin is well known for its tin mine owned by a Chinese Company called Kong Sang (______). The Europeans called the place 'Mine Tin' while the Malays called it 'Mantin' for at this place tin (lumbong timah) was plentiful. The residents of the place could not say 'Mine Tin' correctly and said Mantin instead.
Mantin is at the heart of a valley. It became a town shortly after the railway connecting Seremban and Kajang was completed in 1903, which enable the export of tin out from this valley town. The tin mines there attracted great number of Chinese migrants. Later when the rubber industry boomed, the villagers took on the plantation of rubber trees.
'''Gurudwara Sahib Sikh Temple Mantin''' was one of the oldest Sikh Temple in Malaysia.
'''Chung Hua Primary School''', [http://www.sjkc.com.my/school/sch/history.asp?id=14] (_X__?_B______?___w): Built in 1913, but has been rebuilt and expanded several times.
Mantin used to be famous for its traditional Hakka foods, particularly '''Yong-Tau-Fu''' (stuffed bean curd), but it has lost its shines as its original shop next to the old theater demolished. It has now moved to the Mantin Hawker Center on the main street.
Another famous food was '''Woon-chai-kou''' (______/_q_e?, or rice pudding), but as the original vendor retires, the store has disappeared.
One well-know store that still serves these traditional foods (including Woon-Chai-Kou is '''Old Mantin''' (_V____), located in the New Village (aka Yellow Ward, or Kampung Baru), just 0.5km from the junction to Lenggeng. The shop has a website. You just need to search for "Old Mantin" in Google.