Pagoh ( Jawi: ڤاڬوه) is a town in

Muar District The Muar District is a Districts of Malaysia, district in Johor, Malaysia. Muar is located at the mouth of the Muar River, on the coast of the Straits of Malacca. The Muar District covers , with a population of 233,779 (2010). The district ...

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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. Pagoh is situated from Muar via Johor State Route J32 (Muar–Labis trunk road) and is accessible via one of the main interchanges on the North–South Expressway, the major expressway on the west coast of

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. There are several federal government institutions in that town, including Institut Kemahiran Belia Negara (IKBN) and

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Nasuha Camp.

History

During the

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, British and Commonwealth forces publicly displayed the corpses of

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guerrillas in Pagoh.

Education

Primary education is provided by several primary schools in Pagoh. One example is SJKC (national type Chinese school) Soon Mong which is approximately 50 years old. One of the secondary schools in Pagoh is SMK Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah I (SARS1), named after the

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who died in Pagoh. Pagoh Educational Hub (EduHub Pagoh), the largest public higher education hub area in Malaysia, is being constructed at Bandar Universiti Pagoh, a new well-planned education township in Muar, has cemented Pagoh's name as a

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, housing the branch campuses of the International Islamic University of Malaysia and Tun Hussein Onn University of Malaysia and the research centre of

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. The first phase has been launched in the middle of September 2011.

Tourist attractions

* Damai Orchard (Dusun Damai) * Kampung Raja Mosque and Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah I's tomb * Nasuha Spice Garden (Taman Rempah Ratus Nasuha)

Sports and recreation

* Pagoh

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Complex

Federal constituency

Health

* Pagoh Health Clinic (''Klinik Kesihatan Pagoh'')

References

Towns in Johor Towns, suburbs and villages in Muar {{Johor-geo-stub