Johor Bahru District - Definition and Overview

This article refers to a district in the state of Johor in Malaysia. For other uses, see Johor Bahru (disambiguation)

The Johor Bahru district is located in the Southern part of Singapore, separated from Singapore by a stretch of water known as Selat Johor in the Malay language. While it formerly stretched all the way to Sedenak and Layang-Layang in the Kluang district, the northern part of the district was split off in the last few years to form the Kulai district.

Except for Johor Bahru and the other neighboring towns, which include the Pasir Gudang port, the district is covered with rich Oil Palm estates. There are two land-bridges that link the district to Singapore, the old Singapore-Johor Causeway, and the new Second Causeway, known as the Second Link. The Second Link causeway functions as an expressway as well, and goes to four places. The first one links to another expressway that stretches to Tampoi. The second one links to another flyover that leads to the Gelang Patah housing estate. The third destination is the Senai International Airport, which is where the Second Causeway ends. The fourth destination links to a flyover that links to the Malaysian North-South Expressway. Travelers, however, have to pay a price somewhere around RM 2.30 for each person in the car to travel along this expressway.

The Second Link custom, known by the name in Malay Compleks Sultan Abu Bakar (which was named after the current sultan's late great-grandfather, Sultan Abu Bakar) of the Malaysian side was also the site of a plane crash in 1977. A Malaysian airlines plane crashed into the area known as Tanjong Kupang. The plane crashed into the Mangrove swamps, and none of the people survived. All the bodies were torn apart to separate pieces; so many bodies remained unidentified and were buried in a Muslim cemetery in Johor Bahru.

Capital

• Johor Bahru

Other Towns

• Senai
• Skudai
• Masai
• Pasir Gudang