Segamat Municipal Council (Jementah Branch)

Jementah is a mukim in

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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

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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

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in modern Johor history known as

Jementah Civil War The Jementah Civil War broke out in 1879 in Jementah in northern Johor when Tengku Alam Shah, the heir of late Sultan Ali of the autonomous principality of Muar refused to surrender the principality to the central administration of Abu Bakar, t ...

on 25 October 1879.

Geography

With a total area of 228 km², Jementah is the 5th largest mukim in Segamat District.

Demographics

As of 2010, Jementah has a total population of 18,823 people.

Economy

The town is the largest

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producer in Johor. It is also famous for its durian produce.

Education

University

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 ...

Johor Campus branch

Secondary school

*Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tun Sri Lanang *Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Seri Jementah *Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Jementah

Primary school

*Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Jaya *Sekolah Kebangsaan RKT Sri Ledang *Sekolah Kebangsaan Paya Jakas *Sekolah Kebangsaan Ladang Welch *Sekolah Kebangsaan Jementah *Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Tunggal *Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Tamil) Ladang Nagappa *Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Cina) Lian Hwa *Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Cina) Kebun Bahru *Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Cina) Jementah 1 *Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Cina) Jementah (2)

Transportation

Strategically located 16 km from Segamat Town via Federal Route 23.

References

Mukims of Segamat District {{Johor-geo-stub