Kempas | |
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Suburb of Johor Bahru | |
Coordinates: 1°32′20″N103°41′55″E / 1.5389566°N 103.6987167°E | |
Country | Malaysia |
State | Johor |
District | Johor Bahru |
Time zone | MST |
Kempas is a suburb in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. [1] The Kempas Medical Centre is located in Kempas. [2]
By bus, the suburb is only accessible by Bas Muafakat Johor route P113 from Larkin Sentral which operates at low frequencies.
The Johor Strait is an international strait in Southeast Asia, between Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia.
Johor Bahru, colloquially referred to as JB, is the capital city of the state of Johor, Malaysia. It is located at the southern end of Peninsular Malaysia, along the north bank of the Straits of Johor, opposite the city-state Singapore. The city has a population of 858,118 people within an area of 391.25 km2. Johor Bahru, which is the second largest GDP contributor among the first and second tier cities in Malaysia, forms the core of Johor Bahru District, the second largest district in Malaysia by population. It also forms a part of Iskandar Malaysia, the nation's largest special economic zone by investment.
Pasir Gudang is a city in Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia. The main industries are transportation and logistics, shipbuilding, petrochemicals and other heavy industries, and oil palm storage and distribution, which is located in Johor Port and Tanjung Langsat.
The Johor Bahru District is a district located in the southern part of Johor, Malaysia. The heavily suburban/suburbanizing district covers an area of 1,063.97 km2 (410.80 sq mi) and has a population of 1.71 million. The district capital is Johor Bahru City and the administrative capital is Iskandar Puteri City. The district borders Pontian District on the west, Kota Tinggi District on the east, Kulai District on the north and Straits of Johor to the south. The urban centres are divided into the cities of Johor Bahru, Iskandar Puteri and Pasir Gudang.
Skudai is a town in Johor, Malaysia. It is about 13 km northwest from Johor Bahru's central business district.
Kempas Highway or Jalan Kempas is a major highway in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. It is the only state road in Malaysia constructed as a two-lane highway by an expressway concessionaire company, PLUS Expressway Berhad as a part of the North–South Expressway project. Kempas Highway was built to provide access to Johor Bahru from North–South Expressway Southern Route via Exit 255 Kempas Interchange.
Tebrau or Teberau is a mukim and a town in Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia. It is the third largest mukim in the district.
The West Coast railway line runs from Padang Besar railway station close to the Malaysia–Thailand border in Perlis to Woodlands Train Checkpoint in Singapore. It is called the West Coast railway line because it serves the West Coast states of Peninsular Malaysia.
Sungai Abong is a main suburb in Muar District, Johor, Malaysia. It was a constituency of Johor State Legislative Assembly situated in the parliamentary constituency of Bakri. But it was renamed Simpang Jeram since the 2018 general election.
The Kempas Baru railway station is a Malaysian train station located at and named after the town of Kempas, Johor Bahru District, Johor.
Johor Bahru Sentral is an integrated transport hub in Bukit Chagar, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.
Dato' Haji Osman bin Sapian was a Malaysian politician who served as the 16th Menteri Besar of Johor from May 2018 to his resignation in April 2019. He served as Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kempas twice from November 1999 to May 2013 and from May 2018 to his death in December 2021. He was a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition.
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Pemanis is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly.
Pekan Nanas is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly.
Bukit Batu is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly.
Bentayan is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly.
Kempas is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly.
Simpang Jeram is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Johor, Malaysia started on 25 January 2020 when three Chinese tourists from Wuhan, the source of the outbreak, was tested positive in Iskandar Puteri. As of 24 October 2021, Johor confirmed more than 210,000 cases and over 3,500 deaths. Johor ranked third highest confirmed case of any state in Malaysia, just behind Selangor and Sarawak