Layang-Layang is a town in

Kluang District Kluang 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 in size. Klua ...

Johor Johor, also spelled Johore,'' is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. It borders with Pahang, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the north. Johor has maritime borders with Singapore ...

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. It is situated within the parliamentary constituency of Simpang Renggam. It is located approximately 72 km north of

Johor Bahru Johor Bahru, abbreviated as JB, is the capital city of the Malaysian state of Johor. It is the core city of Johor Bahru District, Malaysia's second-largest district by population and the second-largest district economy. Covering an area of ...

and 32 km south of Kluang. It was developed in the early 20th century and became one of the Chinese

new village New villages (; ), also known as Chinese new villages (, ), were Internment, internment camps created during the waning days of British Empire, British British Malaya, rule in Malaysia. They were originally created as part of the Briggs Plan, fi ...

s during the military conflict between Malayan Communists and the Britain colonial government.

Etymology

Layang-layang is the Malay word for "kite".

Transportation

Layang-Layang is served by the Layang-Layang railway station. Kluang District Towns in Johor {{Johor-geo-stub