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Alor Gajah District Alor Gajah District is one of the three administrative districts in Malacca, Malaysia. It borders Tampin District, Rembau District and Port Dickson District (including exclave of Tanjung Tuan) in Negeri Sembilan to the north and borders Jasin Dist ...

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. It is governed by Alor Gajah Municipal Council ( ms, Majlis Perbandaran Alor Gajah), which was formerly known as Alor Gajah District Council ( ms, Majlis Daerah Alor Gajah) from 1 July 1978 until 1 May 2003.

Etymology

Alor Gajah used to be one of the forest areas believed to be the routes (

Malay Malay may refer to: Languages * Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore ** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century ** Indonesi ...

: ''alor'') for wild elephants (

: ''gajah'').

Climate

Economy

Alor Gajah is home to Honda Malaysia's car manufacturing plant, which assembling cars for the local market and also selected automotive parts for Honda's overall

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market and also local biscuit producer -

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manufacturing plant.

Education

*Yayasan Alor Gajah College of Technology (KT-YAGA; Malay: Kolej Teknologi Yayasan Alor Gajah) Alor Gajah

Tourist attractions

* Alor Gajah British Graveyard *

Alor Gajah Square The Alor Gajah Square ( ms, Dataran Alor Gajah) or Keris Square ( ms, Dataran Keris) is a town square in Alor Gajah Town, Alor Gajah, Melaka, Malaysia. Architecture The square features the ''Kris Landmark'', a large bronze sculpture of a ''kris ...

- A town square which features a large bronze sculpture of a ''

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'' (dagger). * Freeport A'Famosa Outlet Village

Health

* Alor Gajah Hospital

Transportation

* AG Sentral Bus Terminal

Gallery

Alor Gajah Square.JPG, Alor Gajah Square AG Sentral Bus Terminal.jpg, AG Sentral Bus Terminal Alor Gajah Municipal Council.JPG, Former Alor Gajah Municipal Council Headquarters

References

External links

Alor Gajah

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