Rembau (

Negeri Sembilan Malay Negeri Sembilan Malay ( or ; ; Jawi: بهاس ملايو نڬري سمبيلن) is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan, including parts of Hulu Langat District in southeastern Selangor, Alor Gajah ...

: ''Ghombau'') is a town that is located in

Rembau District The Rembau District () is a Districts of Malaysia, district that is located in the state of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. The district is a stronghold of the matrilineal system known as ''adat perpatih'', a customary practice inherited from the Mi ...

Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan''), historically spelled as Negri Sembilan, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state in Malaysia which lies on the Peninsular Malaysia#Other features, wes ...

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. The township is situated about 25 km south from the state capital,

Seremban Seremban (Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Somban'') is a city in the Seremban District and the capital of the state of Negeri Sembilan in Peninsular Malaysia. The city's administration is run by the Seremban Municipal Council, Seremban City Council. ...

, accessible through Federal Route 1. Most of the population are farmers, traders, government servants, factory workers and most of the young join the army and police force.

Politics

Politically, only two out of four state assembly seats in the

parliamentary In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...

constituency of Rembau, namely Kota and Chembong are administered by Rembau. The other two seats, Rantau and Paroi are instead administered by the

Seremban City Council Seremban City Council (, abbreviated MBS) is the city council in Malaysia which administers Seremban, the state capital of Negeri Sembilan and the surrounding areas in the Seremban District since 1 January 2020. This agency is under the Negeri ...

Gallery

File:Map of Rembau District, Negeri Sembilan.svg, Location of Rembau in Rembau District Balai Undang Luak Rembau 02.jpg, Sri Rama, the official residence of the ''

Undang The Undang Yang Empat (Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Undang Nan Ompek''; Jawi script, Jawi: أوندڠ يڠ امڤت) are the ruling chiefs or territorial chiefs who play an important role in the election of a new Yamtuan Besar, Yang di-Pertuan Besar ...

'' of Rembau Balai Seri Andika, Rembau.jpg, Seri Andika, the former residence of the ''Undang'' File:Rembau pekan.jpg, Shophouses at the town's main commercial centre in Taman Sri Rembau File:Taman Sri Rembau.jpg, The

Titiwangsa Mountains The Titiwangsa Mountains ( Malay: ''Banjaran Titiwangsa'', ), also known as ''Banjaran Besar'' (lit. 'main range') by locals, is the chain of mountains that forms the backbone of the Malay Peninsula. The northern section of the range is in sout ...

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, seen from Taman Sri Rembau File:Jalan Seremban-Tampin.jpg, Jalan Seremban–Tampin, a section of Federal Route 1 in Rembau.

Transportation

Car

Federal Route 1 is the main thoroughfare serving Rembau town. Exit 223 on the

North–South Expressway Southern Route The North–South Expressway Southern Route () is an interstate controlled-access highway running parallel to the southwestern coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The expressway forms the south section of the North–South Expressway (Malaysia), North ...

serves Rembau.

Public transport

State railway operator KTMB has a

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here (code: KB16 ). It provides

KTM Komuter KTM Komuter is a commuter rail system in Malaysia operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM). It was introduced in 1995 to provide local rail services in Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding Klang Valley suburban areas. Services were later expanded to o ...

services only.

References

Rembau District Towns in Negeri Sembilan {{NegeriSembilan-geo-stub