Merlimau is a

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and town in Jasin District,

Malacca Malacca ( ms, Melaka) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state in Malaysia located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, next to the Strait of Malacca. Its capital is Malacca City, dubbed the Historic City, which has bee ...

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. Politically, it is situated in the parliament constituency of P139 Jasin, and state constituency of N27 Merlimau, which consists of seven ballot box areas, namely Ayer Merbau, Chincin, Jasin Lalang, Merlimau Utara, Merlimau Pasir, Permatang Serai, and Pengkalan Samak.

Economy

* Merlimau Industrial Area

Education

* Merlimau Polytechnic ( ms, Politeknik Merlimau) * Universiti Teknologi MARA Malacca Branch Jasin Campus ( ms, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Melaka Kampus Jasin)

Tourist attractions

* Demang Abdul Ghani Gallery - A gallery opened in February 2011 and used to be the house of Demang Abdul Ghani, whose ancestor came from

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and his family. Built in 1831, its first known occupants were people of Abdul Majid's generation. The building, sometimes called the ''Merlimau Palace'', was the administrative centre of the village in the past and often used as a meeting place to discuss community affairs. * Portuguese Well - A

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in Kampung Pengkalan Samak which was built with

laterite Laterite is both a soil and a rock type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration, because of high iron oxide content. They develop by ...

rocks obtained from the beaches. The well was dug by the Portuguese soldiers during Portuguese rule in Malacca as their water source when they were stationed at the town to protect it from the attack which came from Muar. * Tun Teja Mausoleum - The burial place of Tun Teja Ratna Benggala, consort of

Sultan Mahmud Shah Sultan Mahmud Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah (died 1528) ruled the Sultanate of Malacca from 1488 to 1511, and again as pretender to the throne from 1513 to 1528. He was son to Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah. As a monarch, he was k ...

who ruled Malacca from 1458 to 1511. She was believed to have died on the way to Muar,

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, when the sultan was escaping the invasion of the Portuguese in 1511 and was buried at Kampung Pengkalan Samak. The mausoleum is located in the middle of a

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, with her tomb painted in white and the headstone is covered with yellow cloths. Merlimau Industrial Area

Gallery

File:Tun Teja Mausoleum.jpg, Tun Teja's Tomb

References

{{Malacca Jasin District Mukims of Malacca