Hang Tuah Jaya is a planned area in the

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created by its government as the state's administrative centre and smart city with economical, social, infrastructural and recreational developments. It was launched by the fifth

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on 25 June 2006, consists of parts of Melaka Tengah,

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and Jasin districts and covers an area of . The area became a municipality on 1 January 2010 and governed by the

Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council ( ms, Majlis Perbandaran Hang Tuah Jaya, MPHTJ) is the local authority which administers Hang Tuah Jaya, a municipality covering an area of and consists of the northern part of Melaka Tengah District, the west ...

( ms, Majlis Perbandaran Hang Tuah Jaya, MPHTJ), which is headquartered at Melaka Mall in

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, opposite the headquarters of the

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along

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Etymology

Hang Tuah Jaya is named after the legendary Malay warrior –

Hang Tuah Hang Tuah ( Jawi: , /tuah/ or /toh/) is said to have been a warrior who lived in Malacca during the reign of Sultan Mansur Shah in the 15th century. There is limited historical evidence for his existence. However, he was supposedly a great laks ...

and its name is a combination of the warrior's name with "jaya", a Sanskrit word adopted into

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which means "success" or "victory".

History

Before 2010, Hang Tuah Jaya was administered by the Hang Tuah Jaya Corporation ( ms, Perbadanan Hang Tuah Jaya, PHTJ), a state government agency which was established on 1 June 2005 and headquartered at Melaka International Trade Centre (MITC) to oversee its development. After Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council became the local government of Hang Tuah Jaya, Hang Tuah Jaya Corporation was rebranded as the Malacca Green Technology Corporation ( ms, Perbadanan Teknologi Hijau Melaka, MGTC or PTHM) on 8 November 2013.

Administrative area

The administrative area consists of parts of the following mukims: *

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 ...

() **Ayer Molek **Bachang **

Batu Berendam Batu Berendam is a small town in Melaka Tengah District, Malacca, Malaysia. Climate Place of Worship Mosque: Masjid Al-Hidayah Batu Berendam Buddhist temple: * Wat Phra Buddha Jinaraja * Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation Malaysia ...

Bukit Baru Bukit Baru is a mukim and town in Melaka Tengah District, Malacca, Malaysia, which is administered by two local governments: Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council to the north and Historical Malacca City Council to the south. Education Tourist at ...

Bukit Katil Bukit Katil is a mukim and town in Melaka Tengah District, Malacca, Malaysia, which is administered by two local governments: Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council to the north and Historical Malacca City Council to the south. Education Sports and ...

Peringgit Peringgit is a satellite town of Malacca City and a mukim in Central Melaka District, Melaka Tengah District, Malacca, Malaysia. Economy * Lotus's Supermarket Peringgit Education * Peringgit National Primary School (Sekolah Kebangsaan Peringgit ...

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 ...

() **Ayer Panas **Kesang *

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 ...

() **

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 ...

Mukim can be either a subdivision of a district or a subdivision of sub-district (Section 11(c) of the National Land Code 1965).

References

External links

Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council
Populated places in Malacca Planned cities in Malaysia {{Malacca-geo-stub

Etymology

History

Administrative area

See also

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