Rengit is a town and an autonomous sub-district in Mukim
Sungai Kluang,
Batu Pahat District
The Batu Pahat District is a district in the state of Johor, Malaysia. It lies southeast of Muar, southwest of Kluang, northwest of Pontian, south of Segamat and Tangkak District. The capital of the district is Bandar Penggaram.
Geography
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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 ...
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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 ...
. Rengit has more than 30 villages and 25 schools.
Geography
![Map of Batu Pahat District, Johor](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Map_of_Batu_Pahat_District%2C_Johor.svg)
The town spans over an area of 6.5 km
2. The area of Rengit sub-district is approximately 100.8 square miles or 64,512 hectares and divided into 3
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 ...
s namely the Kampung Bahru, Sungai Punggur and Sungai Kluang District where each mukim is governed by a Chief.
Demographic
The majority ethnics in Rengit are Malay with Chinese as the largest minority.
Languages
Main languages in this town are Bahasa Melayu, Hokkien, Mandarin and English.
Education
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SMK Tun Sardon
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SMK Rengit / SMK Permata Jaya
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S.B.R. Chong Hwa High School
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Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Chong Hwa Rengit / Chong Hwa Rengit Primary School
Religion
The majority population practice Islam, followed by Chinese folk religion (including Taoism), Buddhism and Christianity.
Place of worship
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Masjid Jamek Rengit
*Tokong Sembilan Maharaja Dewa (龍引斗母宫), founded in 1912
*Rengit Zheng Long Gong Temple (龍引鎮龍宮)
*Rengit Presbyterian Church
Notable residents
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Hasanuddin Mohd Yunus, Politician
Neighbouring towns
References
Towns in Johor
Batu Pahat District
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