The Jempol District is the largest district in the

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 ...

n state of

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 ...

. The district borders

Jelebu District The Jelebu District (Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Jolobu'') is the second largest district in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia after Jempol, with a population over 40,000. Jelebu borders on the Seremban District to its west and Kuala Pilah District t ...

to the northwest,

Kuala Pilah District The Kuala Pilah District is a district in central Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Its seat is the town of Kuala Pilah. Kuala Pilah District borders Jelebu District to the north, Jempol District to the east, Tampin District to the southwest and Remb ...

to the west,

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 S ...

to the south,

Bera District The Bera District is a district in southwestern Pahang, Malaysia, bordering Negeri Sembilan and Johor. Background Bera district was founded on January 1, 1992, detaching it from Temerloh District. Once considered as problematic area (illegal la ...

Pahang Pahang (;Jawi alphabet, Jawi: , Pahang Hulu Malay: ''Paha'', Pahang Hilir Malay: ''Pahaeng'', Ulu Tembeling Malay: ''Pahaq)'' officially Pahang Darul Makmur with the Arabic honorific ''Darul Makmur'' (Jawi: , "The Abode of Tranquility") is a ...

to the northeast and

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 ...

Johor Johor (; ), also spelled as Johore, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. Johor has land borders with the Malaysian states of Pahang to the north and Malacca and Negeri Sembilan ...

to the east.

Bandar Seri Jempol Bandar Seri Jempol or Bandar Baru Serting is a town and planned capital of Jempol District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and ...

and

Bahau Bahau ( Jawi: بهااو, ) is the principal town of Jempol District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. The town's name is believed to have been derived from a Chinese phrase. Bahau's literal translation is "horse's mouth" while the nearby town, Mahsan ...

are the principal towns in Jempol. Jempol is also the meeting point of Muar and Serting rivers. The meeting point had played an important transportation role in ancient times. Known historically as ''

Jalan Penarikan The Laluan Penarikan (Malay 'portage route') were a series of portage routes across the Malay Peninsula. The most famous of these routes connected the Muar River with the Pahang River. The Penarikan shortened the journey of water vessels saili ...

'', it connected trade posts west of the

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with population centres in the east coast and vice versa.

Hospital

Jempol is equipped with a hospital funded by the Malaysian Ministry of Health. The hospital is the main health care provider in Jempol and its surrounding areas including

Serting Serting is a small town in Jempol District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South ...

and

. Residents of

Rompin The Rompin District is a district located in the southeastern corner of Pahang, Malaysia. Rompin is currently under the Rompin District Council. The district covers an area of 5,296 km and located 130 kilometres from Kuantan, the capital ci ...

and other nearby areas in Pahang that used to seek treatment in

Kuala Pilah Kuala Pilah (Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Kolo Pilah''), or simply Pilah, is a town in Kuala Pilah District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Townscape Kuala Pilah is an old valley town with many of the pre-war Chinese shop houses still fronting the m ...

have started to visit the hospital. Bahau is 21 km away from Kuala Pilah.

Administrative divisions

Jempol District is divided into 5

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s, which are: * Jelai * Kuala Jempol * Rompin * Serting Ilir (Capital) * Serting Ulu

Government and politics

Jempol Municipal Council ( ms, Majlis Perbandaran Jempol), formerly known as the Jempol District Council from 1 August 1980 until 29 January 2019, is the local authority of Jempol District.

Demographics

Transportation

Car

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is the main route serving Jempol constituency, passing through downtown Bahau and touching Bandar Seri Jempol before continuing to

Temerloh Temerloh is a municipality in central Pahang, Malaysia. Temerloh has been proven to be the "centre of Peninsular Malaysia" (Malay: ) 3TS, which is situated at Kampung Paya Siput, Lanchang. Located about from Kuala Lumpur along the Kuantan–Kua ...

. Bera Highway cuts through Jempol constituency in an east-west direction, beginning in Serting and ending near

Bandar Tun Abdul Razak Bandar Tun Abdul Razak is a settlement town located in Rompin District, Pahang, Malaysia. This town located 27 kilometres from Bandar Muadzam Shah and 127 kilometres from Kuantan, the capital city of Pahang State. The town is strategically situate ...

in southern Pahang.

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links Bahau to

Juasseh Juasseh ( Jawi: جواسسيه; zh, 爪西) is a mukim in Kuala Pilah District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. The ''Sekolah Menengah Vokasional Juasseh'' (Juasseh Vocational Secondary School) is situated nearby. This town also had a railway station ...

constituency.

Public transportation

Bahau KTM is the principal railway station serving this constituency.

Notable natives

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, singer

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

List of Jempol district representatives in the Federal Parliament (Dewan Rakyat)

List of Jempol district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly (Dewan Undangan Negeri)

References

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