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Segamat District
The Segamat District ( ms, Daerah Segamat) or simply Segamat is a List of districts in Malaysia, district in the Malaysian states of Malaysia, state of Johor. Segamat (town), Segamat is also the name of the district's primary town. Etymology It is believed that 'Segamat' is derived from the Malay language, Malay phrase '', which literally translates as 'very refreshing'. According to the local folklore, the phrase was uttered by a Bendahara during the Sultanate of Malacca upon drinking the water from the Segamat River. Geography The district is located in the northern part of Johor. It borders the state of Negeri Sembilan (Tampin and Jempol districts) to the northwest, the state of Pahang (Bera and Rompin districts) to the northeast, the district of Mersing to the east, the district of Kluang to the southeast, the district of Batu Pahat to the southwest and the districts of Muar and Tangkak to the west. Segamat is the primary town in the district. Other towns, as well as v ...
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Jawi Script
Jawi (; ace, Jawoë; Kelantan-Pattani Malay, Kelantan-Pattani: ''Yawi''; ) is a writing system used for writing several languages of Southeast Asia, such as Acehnese language, Acehnese, Banjar language, Banjarese, Kerinci language, Kerinci, Maguindanao language, Maguindanaon, Malay language, Malay, Minangkabau language, Minangkabau, Tausug language, Tausūg, and Ternate language, Ternate. Jawi is based on the Arabic script, consisting of all of the original 31 Arabic letters, and six additional letters constructed to fit the phonemes native to Malay, and an additional phoneme used in foreign loanwords, but not found in Classical Arabic, which are ''ca'' ( ), ''nga'' ( ), ''pa'' ( ), ''ga'' ( ), ''va'' ( ), and ''nya'' ( ). Jawi was developed from the Spread of Islam in Southeast Asia, advent of Islam in the Maritime Southeast Asia, supplanting the earlier Brahmic scripts used during Hindu-Buddhist era. The oldest evidence of Jawi writing can be found on the 14th century Tere ...
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Bendahara
Bendahara ( Jawi: بنداهارا) is an administrative position within classical Malay kingdoms comparable to a vizier before the intervention of European powers during the 19th century. A bendahara was appointed by a sultan and was a hereditary post. The bendahara and the sultan shared the same lineage. Tasks of the Bendahara The closest post which is comparable to the post of the vizier as the Malay kingdoms are Islamic kingdoms. As the bendahara is the head of the nobility, the status confers certain responsibility. The bendahara is the backbone of the Malay Sultanate. For the ancient kingdoms of Malacca and Johor, there were many tasks and responsibilities but the primary ones were: * coronation and installation of the Sultan * responsibility of the welfare of the Sultan * adviser to his majesty on affairs of the state based on Sharia and Adat (Prevailing norms and values) * responsibility of the Royal marriage, birth and funeral * responsibility of the royal succession ...
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Tenang Stesen
Tenang Stesen ( Jawi: تنڠ ستيسين; ), commonly known as “Tenang”, is a small town in Segamat District, Johor, Malaysia. The town is located between Genuang and Labis. Pekan Air Panas is located in the same district also named as Tenang. Transportation * Tenang railway station The Tenang railway station was a Malaysian railway halt located at and named after the town of Tenang, Segamat District, Johor Johor (; ), also spelled as Johore, is a state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. Johor has land ... (abandoned) References Towns in Johor Segamat District {{Johor-geo-stub ...
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Buloh Kasap
Buloh Kasap is a mukim in Segamat District, Johor, Malaysia which is located about from Segamat town center via Federal Route 1. Because of its location near Segamat, Buloh Kasap may also act as a satellite town of Segamat. Tun Razak Highway is located roughly about from Buloh Kasap. Name The name ''Buloh Kasap'' was derived from a Malay word for a species of rough bamboo available there when the town was founded, especially near an Buloh Kasap old market. ''Buluh Kasap'' literally means "rough bamboo" in Malay. History The old bridge of Buloh Kasap was built by Johore Government and constructed by British government during the construction of Federal Route 1. However, the British soldiers demolished a part of the bridge during World War II to stop the advance of Japanese soldiers to Singapore. After the war ended, a new bridge was constructed. This bridge was washed off during a heavy flood in 1964 together with the bridge at the 9th mile. A temporary Bailey bridge was con ...
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Jementah
Jementah is a mukim in Segamat District, Johor, Malaysia. Name There are two versions of stories of how Jementah got its name. The first version was during the foundation of a village which later became Jementah town center, some villagers complained, ''"Jemu, jemu, jemu! Asyik-asyik menebas lalang saja!"'' which literally meant that they felt bored for only cutting long grasses, and the others replied, ''"Entah, entah, entah!"'' (I don't know, I don't know, I don't know!). From the Malay words ''jemu'' and ''entah'', local residents believed that the combination of those words formed the word ''Jementah''. Another version stated that the villagers were bored and tired of removing leeches which sucked their blood when they were working, and therefore the combination of the words ''jemu'' and ''lintah'' which means leech in Malay formed the word ''Jementah''. History Jementah was once a site of the historic civil war in modern Johor history known as Jementah Civil War on 25 Oc ...
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Bandar Utama
Bandar Utama Damansara is a residential township located within the Sungai Buloh mukim (subdivision) of the Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is a residential suburb and home to the popular 1 Utama Shopping Centre. Bandar Utama Damansara, together with neighbouring Kampung Sungai Kayu Ara, form the PJU 6 section of the city of Petaling Jaya. Bandar Utama Damansara is represented in parliament by the MP for Damansara, Gobind Singh Deo and State Assemblywoman for Bandar Utama, Jamaliah Jamaluddin. Demographics As of 2004, it is estimated that there are 59,040 people residing in Bandar Utama Damansara. The primary residents appear to be Chinese followed by Indian and Malay. However, there were nearby squatter settlements of illegal immigrants in the neighbouring Kayu Ara village which is enclosed by Bandar Utama Damansara and Damansara Utama. They have now mostly been relocated to nearby low-cost flats and their squatter houses demolished to make way for legal developm ...
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Kampung Tengah
Kampung Tengah is a small town and village in Segamat District, Johor, Malaysia. Kampung Tengah is divided into two main settlements - the Malay village side and the Chinese New Village - where both settlements are separated by Sungai Kapeh. While the village was initially established by Malay settlers, the Chinese New Village side was established by the British as a part of Briggs Plan during the Malayan Emergency The Malayan Emergency, also known as the Anti–British National Liberation War was a guerrilla war fought in British Malaya between communist pro-independence fighters of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) and the military forces o .... At that time, the small town was nicknamed as ''"50 Ekar"'' (50 Acres) due to the total area width of the New Village. References Segamat District Towns in Johor Villages in Johor {{Johor-geo-stub ...
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Gemas Baharu
Gemas Baru (''New Gemas'' in English) is a small town in Segamat District, Johor, Malaysia. The town is located about 1 km from the Johor- Negeri Sembilan border. The original town centre of Gemas is located just within the Negeri Sembilan state side of the border and also shared the same postal code 73400. To the southwest stands the famed Mount Ledang, also known as Mount Ophir, with a height of 1276 m. History During the Battle of Malaya in the Second World War, Gemencheh Bridge near Gemas was the site of a fierce battle between the Imperial Japanese Army and the 2/30th Battalion, 8th Division, Australian Imperial Force (AIF). Commanding Officer of the Battalion was Lieutenant Colonel Frederick "Black Jack" Galleghan. Gemencheh Bridge was a bridge over the Kelamah River (Sungai Kelamah in Malay) that connected Gemas with the larger neighbouring town of Tampin. The Japanese had passed through Tampin and needed to cross the bridge to reach Gemas. On 14 January 1942, " ...
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Batu Anam
Batu Anam is a town in the northern part of Segamat District, Johor, Malaysia. It is about halfway between downtown Segamat and Gemas, Negeri Sembilan. Economy Batu Anam is surrounded by rubber and oil palm plantations and the more prominent plantations are Sungei Senarut Estate, Paya Lang Estate and Gomali Estate with a number of smaller estates and smallholdings. There is an old rubber factory known as H&C Latex still in use. Paya Lang Club had a beautiful 9-hole Golf Course which is now planted with Palm Oil trees after the plantation was sold to local interests. Education Batu Anam offers both lower and higher level education center. It host Sekolah Kebangsaan Batu Anam, SRJK (C) Hwa Nan and SRJK (T) Batu Anam for primary school. For secondary school, the town has SMK Batu Anam and SMK Sri Kenangan, a smart school located 2 km from Batu Anam town. For higher education center, Batu Anam is a host of Kolej Komuniti Segamat II and Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Johor. T ...
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Taman Yayasan
Taman may refer to: Places *Taman Peninsula, a peninsula in southern Russia **Taman Bay, an inlet of the Strait of Kerch off the peninsula **Taman, Russia, a rural locality located on the peninsula ** Port of Taman, a seaport on the Peninsula *Taman, Nepal, a village in Nepal * Taman, Togo, name of several places in Togo * Taman, Central Java, a district in Pemalang Regency, Central Java * Taman, Madiun, a district in Madiun Regency, East Java * Taman, Sidoarjo, a district in Sidoarjo Regency, East Java Other uses *Taman language (other), several languages with the name *Taman (also Thaman or Tuman), common Arabic name for the desert grass ''Panicum turgidum'' *Thaman, Indian music director ** Taman Division, of the Moscow Military District of the Russian Ground Forces * USSR ''Taman'', USSR recovery ship See also *Tamam (other) Tamam may refer to: *Tamam, witch Religion_in_Papua_New_Guinea#Traditional_religions, in Papua New Guinea animism *Tamam Al-Akhal ...
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Bandar Putra (IOI)
Bandar Putra Kuantan is a newly developed township located in Tanjung Lumpur, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r .... It can be access by using Tanjung Lumpur main road directly from Kuantan city. This township also located near with the Yayasan Pahang main building and TMG mall Tanjung Lumpur. References Populated places in Pahang {{Pahang-geo-stub ...
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