Kota (
Negeri Sembilan Malay
Negeri Sembilan Malay ( or ; ; Jawi: بهاس ملايو نڬري سمبيلن) is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan, including parts of Hulu Langat District in southeastern Selangor, Alor Gajah ...
: ,
Jawi: كوتا) is a small town in
Rembau District
The Rembau District () is a Districts of Malaysia, 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 Mi ...
,
Negeri Sembilan
Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan''), historically spelled as Negri Sembilan, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state in Malaysia which lies on the Peninsular Malaysia#Other features, wes ...
,
Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...
, situated along
Federal Route 1. The postcode for this small town is 71350. This small town contains a few villages (''
kampung
A kampong (this term is in Za'aba Spelling, ''kampung'' in both modern Malay and Indonesian) is a term for a type of village in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore and a "dock" in Cambodia. The term applies to traditional villages, especi ...
'') such as Kampung Legong Ulu, Kampung Gadong, Kampung Sri Kendong, Kampung Sawah Raja and a few others.
There was a train station in the 1960s but the train station was destroyed by a group of communists during the "darurat 13 hari" (the 13 days of terror). A new train station has been built at the site of the former train station and will be operating soon.
Kota is the closest town to
Mount Datuk of the
Titiwangsa Mountains
The Titiwangsa Mountains ( Malay: ''Banjaran Titiwangsa'', ), also known as ''Banjaran Besar'' (lit. 'main range') by locals, is the chain of mountains that forms the backbone of the Malay Peninsula. The northern section of the range is in sout ...
, which is one of Negeri Sembilan's best known hiking spots.
References
Towns in Negeri Sembilan
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