The Muar District is a
district
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
in
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 ...
,
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 ...
. 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 borders
Tangkak District to the west,
Segamat District to the north, and
Batu Pahat District to the east.
History
The district was formerly divided administratively into
Bandar Maharani municipality and
Tangkak township. Upon upgrade of Tangkak sub-district to full-fledged
Tangkak District (initially Ledang), Bandar Maharani is now administered by
Muar Municipal Council (formerly South Muar Town Council, later Muar Town Council) under the Muar District Office, while Tangkak of Ledang is administered by Tangkak Town Council (formerly North Muar Town Council) under the Tangkak (formerly Ledang) District Office.
A new administration hub and transportation hub integrated with bus terminal and market called Maharani Sentral are being planned to be built at the location near
Muar Bypass in between Jalan Haji Kosai and Jalan Temenggung.
Administrative divisions
Muar District is divided into 12
mukim
A mukim is a type of administrative division used in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The word ''mukim'' is a loanword in English language, English. However, it was also originally a loanword in Malay language, Malay from the Arabic word ...
s, which are:
*
Ayer Hitam
*
Bukit Kepong
* Jalan Bakri
* Jorak
*
Lenga
*
Muar Town
*
Parit Bakar
*
Parit Jawa
* Seri Menanti
*
Sungai Balang
* Sungai Raya
* Sungai Terap
Towns
*
Muar
*
Pagoh
*
Parit Jawa
*
Sungai Balang
*
Bukit Kepong
*
Bukit Pasir
*
Panchor
*
Lenga
*
Pekan Bakri, Jalan Bakri
*
Bukit Naning
Demographics
Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats
List of Muar district representatives in the Federal Parliament (Dewan Rakyat)
List of Muar district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly (Dewan Negeri)
Economy
The main economy activities in the district are education, trading, furniture manufacturing, historical tourism and
agritourism.
See also
*
Districts of Malaysia
Districts (; ''Jajahan'' in Kelantan) are a type of subdivision below the States and federal territories of Malaysia, state level in Malaysia. An administrative district is administered by a lands and district office () which is headed by distr ...
Notes
References
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