Paloh is a

mukim A mukim is a type of administrative division used in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The word ''mukim'' is a loanword in English. However, it was also originally a loanword in Malay from the Arabic word: (meaning ''resident''). The clo ...

Kluang District The Kluang District () is a district in Johor, Malaysia. Its district capital is Kluang Town. Kluang district is one of the three landlocked districts in Johor, the other being Segamat and Kulai. Geography Kluang District is 2,851.64 km2 ...

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 ...

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 ...

History

During the

Malayan Emergency The Malayan Emergency, also known as the Anti–British National Liberation War was a guerrilla war fought in British Malaya between communist pro-independence fighters of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) and the military forces o ...

(1948–1960) the town was considered a "black area" of communist terrorists and sympathizers.

Geography

The mukim spans over an area of 429 km².

Demographics

There are 9083 males and 7337 females living in Paloh (16,420 total). There are about 5824 houses.

Economy

The town's main activity is the cultivation of

oil palm ''Elaeis'' () is a genus of palms containing two species, called oil palms. They are used in commercial agriculture in the production of palm oil. The African oil palm ''Elaeis guineensis'' (the species name ''guineensis'' referring to its co ...

s and

rubber Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, ''caucho'', or ''caoutchouc'', as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds. Thailand, Malaysia, and ...

trees.

Education

# SMK Paloh # SMK Seri Kota Paloh # SK Bandar Paloh # SK Paloh 2 # SK Bukit Paloh # SJK(C)Yu Ming # SJK(C)Paloh # SJK(C)Pei Chih, Bukit Paloh # SJK(C)Sentral Paloh # SK Kampong Chamek, Paloh # Sekolah Agama Bandar Paloh # Sekolah Agama Bandar Paloh 2 # Sekolah Agama Bukit Paloh # SJK(T)Jalan Stesen Paloh # Madrasatul Islamiya Jalan Station Paloh

Housing estates

# Taman Sri Kota Paloh # Taman Wijaya # Taman Paloh # Taman Melati # Taman Murni # Kampung Muhibbah # Kampung India # Taman Kiara # Taman Seri Palma # Kampung Merdeka # Taman Indah

Transportation

KTM Intercity KTM Intercity ( ms, KTM Antarabandar) are diesel-hauled intercity train services in Peninsular Malaysia, operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB). Services operate along the East Coast Line between Tumpat and Gemas and on towards JB S ...

railway station is located in this town, and it is linked to

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and

Johor Bahru Johor Bahru (), colloquially referred to as JB, is the capital city of the state of Johor, Malaysia. It is located at the southern end of Peninsular Malaysia,along the north bank of the Straits of Johor, opposite of the city-state Singapore. T ...

via the North South Line.

References

External links

Profile of Paloh
* http://www.paloh.my Mukims of Kluang District {{Johor-geo-stub