Rembau ( Jawi: رمباو;

Negeri Sembilan Malay Negeri Sembilan Malay (; also known as or ) is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan and in northern Malacca in Alor Gajah. The language is spoken by the descendants of Minangkabau settlers from Sum ...

: ''Ghombau''; Chinese: 林茂) is a town that is located in

Rembau District The Rembau District is a district that is located in the state of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. The district is a stronghold of the matrilineal system known as ''adat perpatih'', a customary practice inherited from the Minangkabaus, of Sumatra. The d ...

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 ...

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. The township is situated about 25 km south from the state capital,

Seremban Seremban (Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Soghomban'', ''Somban''; Jawi: ) is a city in the Seremban District and the capital of the state of Negeri Sembilan in Peninsular Malaysia. The city's administration is run by the Seremban City Council. Sere ...

, accessible through

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. Most of the population are farmers, traders, government servants, factory workers and most of the young join the army and police force.

Politics

Politically, only two out of four state assembly seats in the

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constituency of Rembau, namely Kota and

Chembong Chembong is a mukim in Rembau District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. It is also the name for the State Assembly of Chembong whose elected representative is YB Tuan Zaifulbahri Bin Idris. In 2010, Chembong had a population of 12,196, consisting prim ...

. The other two seats,

Rantau Rantau (Chinese: 晏斗) is a small town and a mukim in Seremban District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Location Rantau is 16 km south of downtown Seremban, 20 km ENE of Port Dickson and 49 km south-east of Kajang, Selangor. It is ...

and

Paroi Paroi is an area in Seremban District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. It is the eastern suburb of the city of Seremban, comprising many housing estates and villages. Numerous sport facilities are built in Paroi, especially the state stadium, the T ...

are instead administered by the

Seremban City Council Seremban City Council ( ms, Majlis Bandaraya Seremban, abbreviated MBS) is the city council in Malaysia which administers Seremban, the state capital of Negeri Sembilan and the surrounding areas in the Seremban District since 1 January 2020. This ...

Transportation

Car

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is the main thoroughfare serving Rembau town. Exit 223 on the

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serves Rembau.

Public transport

State railway operator KTMB has a station here (code: KB16 ). It provides

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services only.

References

Rembau District Towns in Negeri Sembilan {{NegeriSembilan-geo-stub