Pekan Air Panas ( Jawi: , ), also spelt as Pekan Ayer Panas, is a small town in

Labis Labis is town and a mukim (township) in Segamat District in northern Johor, Malaysia. A main trunk road that runs north-south Peninsular Malaysia passes through it, as well as the KTM railway line that connects it with the state's capital in th ...

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 ...

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, which is named after the

hot springs A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow bodies of magma (molten rock) or by circ ...

available there. It is located about 14 km from Labis town via

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(Johor State Route ). The town is also known as Tenang (not to be confused with

Tenang Stesen Tenang Stesen ( Jawi: تنڠ ستيسين; ), commonly known as “Tenang”, is a small town in Segamat District, Johor, Malaysia. The town is located between Genuang and Labis. Pekan Air Panas is located in the same district also named as Tenan ...

, another town also located in Segamat District). A majority of the residents of the town are Chinese and Malay communities. Pekan Air Panas is famed for its hot springs.http://allmalaysia.info/news/story.asp?file=/2007/5/19/state/20070519083151&sec=mi_johor , Article by Beh Yuen Hui originally published in The Star. Besides the hot springs, the town also houses several aborigine settlements ''(Perkampungan Orang Asli)'' including

Bekok Bekok is a mukim in Segamat District, Johor, Malaysia. It is the western entrance to Endau Rompin National Park and has a waterfall known as Sungai Bantang Waterfall. Bekok also houses several aborigine settlements ''(Perkampungan Orang Asli)'', s ...

and also has ''mata kucing'' farms. ''Mata kucing'' (a.k.a.

longan ''Dimocarpus longan'', commonly known as the longan () and dragon's eye, is a tropical tree species that produces edible fruit. It is one of the better-known tropical members of the soapberry family Sapindaceae, to which the lychee and rambut ...

) is a small lychee-like local fruit with brown skin. Taka Melor waterfall is situated around 7km from Pekan Air Panas and is a popular weekend getaway for the locals to observe the nature and spend quality time with their family and friends.

Name

Pekan Air Panas is named after the hot springs available near the town. The town is also known as Bukit. Most of the business and facilities is located at Pekan Air Panas. The settlement was opened on Thursday, 3 December 1806. The name ''Tenang'' comes from settler who first opened the settlement, Tuan Haji Muhammad Arifin bin Aladin aka Syed Kamarul Ariffin bin Syed Allauddin of Pagaruyung when he found the new settlement area, which was so serene (hence the Malay word Tenang). After he perform his prayer, he decided to name this place with name Kampung Tenang (next to Pekan Air Panas), he also known as Tok Tenang. Most of Tok Tenang descendants still living in this area and also Labis town.

Education

Educational institutions in Pekan Air Panas encompass only primary education. There are 1 national primary schools (Sekolah Kebangsaan) whose medium of instruction is Malay language and 1 Chinese primary schools (Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan). * SJK (C) Tenang (登能华小) *

SK Pekan Air Panas SK may refer to: Businesses and organizations * SK Foods, an American agribusiness company * SK Hand Tools, an American tool manufacturer * Sangguniang Kabataan, Philippines youth councils * SK Group, South Korean conglomerate * Scandinavian Airli ...

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Towns in Johor Segamat District {{Johor-geo-stub

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