Paloh is a

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

History

During the

Malayan Emergency The Malayan Emergency, also known as the Anti–British National Liberation War, was a guerrilla warfare, guerrilla war fought in Federation of Malaya, Malaya between communist pro-independence fighters of the Malayan National Liberation Arm ...

(1948–1960) the town was considered a "black area" of communist terrorists and sympathizers.

Geography

The mukim spans over an area of 429 km².

Demographics

There are 9083 males and 7337 females living in Paloh (16,420 total). There are about 5824 houses.

Economy

The town's main activity is the cultivation of

oil palm ''Elaeis'' () is a genus of palms, called oil palms, containing two species, native to Africa and the Americas. They are used in commercial agriculture in the production of palm oil. Description Mature palms are single-stemmed, and can gro ...

s and

rubber Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, ''caucho'', or ''caoutchouc'', as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds. Types of polyisoprene ...

trees.

Education

# SMK Paloh # SMK Seri Kota Paloh # SK Bandar Paloh # SK Paloh 2 # SK Bukit Paloh # SJK(C)Yu Ming # SJK(C)Paloh # SJK(C)Pei Chih, Bukit Paloh # SJK(C)Sentral Paloh # SK Kampong Chamek, Paloh # Sekolah Agama Bandar Paloh # Sekolah Agama Bandar Paloh 2 # Sekolah Agama Bukit Paloh # SJK(T)Jalan Stesen Paloh # Madrasatul Islamiya Jalan Station Paloh

Housing estates

# Taman Sri Kota Paloh # Taman Wijaya # Taman Paloh # Taman Melati # Taman Murni # Kampung Muhibbah # Kampung India # Taman Kiara # Taman Seri Palma # Kampung Merdeka # Taman Indah

Transportation

KTM Intercity KTM Intercity () are diesel-hauled intercity train services in Peninsular Malaysia, operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB). Services operate along the East Coast Line between Tumpat and Gemas and on towards JB Sentral on the Wes ...

railway station is located in this town, and it is linked to

Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (KL), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, is the capital city and a Federal Territories of Malaysia, federal territory of Malaysia. It is the largest city in the country, covering an area of with a census population ...

and

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 ...

via the North South Line.

References

External links

Profile of Paloh
* http://www.paloh.my Mukims of Kluang District {{Johor-geo-stub