Alor Gajah District is one of the three administrative

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

Malacca Malacca ( ms, Melaka) is a state in Malaysia located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, next to the Strait of Malacca. Its capital is Malacca City, dubbed the Historic City, which has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site si ...

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. It borders

Tampin District The Tampin District is a district in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. The district covers and is further divided into four adat socio-political provinces: Tampin town, Air Kuning, Gemencheh and Gemas. Tampin District is surrounded by Tangkak and ...

Rembau District The Rembau District is a district that is located in the state of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. The district is a stronghold of the matrilineal system known as ''adat perpatih'', a customary practice inherited from the Minangkabaus, of Sumatra. The d ...

and

Port Dickson District Port Dickson District is a district in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. It is the only coastal district in Negeri Sembilan. The district borders Sepang District, Selangor to the north, the Strait of Malacca to the west, Seremban District to the northea ...

(including exclave of

Tanjung Tuan Tanjung Tuan (formerly known as Cape Rachado as named by the Portuguese, meaning 'broken cape') is an area in Alor Gajah District, Malacca, Malaysia. It is an exclave of Malacca adjacent to Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan. The cape is well k ...

) in

Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan'') is a state in Malaysia which lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It borders Selangor on the north, Pahang in the east, and Malacca and Johor to the s ...

to the north and borders

Jasin District Jasin District is one of the three administrative district in Malacca, Malaysia. It borders Tangkak District of Johor to the east, Tampin District of Negeri Sembilan to the north and Alor Gajah District and Melaka Tengah District to the west. Th ...

and

Melaka Tengah District Melaka Tengah District (Central Malacca) is one of the 4 administrative districts in Malacca, Malaysia. It borders Masjid Tanah District to the north-west, Alor Gajah District to the north and Jasin District to the east. The capital of the stat ...

in the east and south respectively. Alor Gajah District and Land Office

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into 31 mukims (sub-districts) and consists of 7 towns which are

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Masjid Tanah Masjid Tanah (Chinese: 馬日丹那) is a town and parliamentary constituency in northwestern Malacca, Malaysia, bordering Negeri Sembilan across the Linggi River. History According to local oral folklore, Masjid Tanah was first settled by ...

Pulau Sebang Pulau Sebang is a mukim and town in Alor Gajah District, Malacca, Malaysia, which borders Tampin town of Tampin District, Negeri Sembilan. Infrastructures * Aleyah Kuala Ina Mosque * Mydin Pulau Sebang * SMK Sultan Mansor Shah Transportati ...

, Lubok China,

Kuala Sungai Baru Kuala Sungai Baru is a mukim and town in Alor Gajah District, Malacca, Malaysia, with fishing as main economic activity. It is situated midway between Kuala Linggi and Pengkalan Balak and is approximately 15 kilometers from Masjid Tanah. E ...

, Rambia and

Durian Tunggal Durian Tunggal is a mukim and town in Alor Gajah District, Malacca, Malaysia, which is situated within the parliamentary constituency of Hang Tuah Jaya. Education * Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (Main campus) * Skill-Tech Institute * SMK D ...

. File:Telok Gong.JPG, Telok Gong village File:Lubuk China.JPG, Lubuk China town

Demographics

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

List of Alor Gajah district representatives in the Federal Parliament (

Dewan Rakyat The Dewan Rakyat (English: 'House of Representatives'; ) is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament, the federal legislature of Malaysia. The chamber and its powers are established by Article 44 of the Constitution of Malaysia. The Dewan Ra ...

) List of Alor Gajah district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly

Educational institutions

* Advanced Technology Training Centre (ADTEC; ms, Pusat Latihan Teknologi Tinggi), Taboh Naning * Malaysian Maritime Academy ( ms, Akademi Laut Malaysia, ALAM), Kuala Sungai Baru * University College Agroscience Malaysia (UCAM), Ayer Pa'abas * University College of Islam Melaka ( ms, Kolej Universiti Islam Melaka, KUIM), Kuala Sungai Baru *

University of Kuala Lumpur Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) is a multi-campus technical university with its main campus based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Rated as a Tier-5 "Excellent University" by the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia in 2009, 2011, 2013 and awarded ...

(UniKL) Taboh Naning Campus, Taboh Naning - Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering Technology *

Universiti Teknologi MARA The MARA Technological University ( Malay: ''Universiti Teknologi MARA''; Jawi: اونيۏرسيتي تيكنولوڬي مارا; abbr. UiTM) is a public university based primarily in Shah Alam, Selangor. It was established to help rural Mala ...

(UiTM) Alor Gajah Campus, Lendu * MARA College of High Skills ( ms, Kolej Kemahiran Tinggi MARA),

* National Youth Institute of High Skills (IKTBN; ms, Institut Kemahiran Tinggi Belia Negara),

* Malacca Matriculation College ( ms, Kolej Matrikulasi Melaka), Londang,

* Poultry Institute of Technology (ITU; ms, Institut Teknologi Unggas)

* Masjid Tanah Community College ( ms, Kolej Komuniti Masjid Tanah),

Transport

Pulau Sebang/Tampin railway station ( Jawi) zh, 普罗士邦/淡边 , logo = , logo_size = , type = Commuter rail and inter-city rail station , image = File:Pulau Sebang Railway Station.jpg , image_caption = Main entrance of the Pulau Sebang Railway Station , address = ...

at Pulau Sebang

Tourist attractions

* A' Famosa Resort * Alor Gajah British Graveyard * Alor Gajah Square *

Cape Rachado Lighthouse The Cape Rachado Lighthouse ( ms, Rumah Api Tanjung Tuan) is a lighthouse located in Cape Rachado, also known as Tanjung Tuan in Malay, in Alor Gajah District, Malacca, Malaysia. The lighthouse is believed to be the oldest in the country, its ...

* Datuk Wira

Poh Ah Tiam Datuk Wira Poh Ah Tiam (; April 1, 1952 – March 15, 2007) was a Malaysian politician, businessman and community leader of Chinese descent. Poh was born in Kampung Belimbing, near Durian Tunggal, Malacca. He and his family moved to nearby M ...

Machap Recreational Park *

Dol Said Dol Said or in full Dato' Abdul Said was a 19th-century Malay leader of an area called Naning, which was then part of Malacca on the Malay Peninsula. He opposed taxation by the British's taxation policy in the area and refused to pay it whic ...

's Grave

References

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