Kluang District

For the federal constituency represented in the Dewan Rakyat, see Kluang (federal constituency).

Kluang District
District of Johor
Daerah Kluang
Flag
Location of Kluang District in Johor
Kluang District Location of Kluang District in Malaysia
Coordinates: 2°2′1″N103°19′10″E / 2.03361°N 103.31944°E / 2.03361; 103.31944
Country	Malaysia
State	Johor
Seat	Kluang
Local area government(s)	Kluang Municipal Council (Kluang North) Simpang Renggam District Council (Kluang South)
Government
• District officer	Haji Ismail bin Abu
Area [1]
• Total	2,864.53 km2 (1,106.00 sq mi)
Population  (2020) [2]
• Total	323,762
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+8 (Not observed)
Postcode	86xxx
Calling code	+6-07
Vehicle registration plates	J

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. ^{[1] [3]}

Kluang District is bordered by Segamat in the north, Batu Pahat in the west and Mersing in the east. The southern border of Kluang district meets Pontian, Kulai and Kota Tinggi. As the central district, it borders the most districts in Johor.

Administrative divisions

Kluang District is divided into eight mukims, which are: ^{[4] [5] [1]}

Type	UPI Code	Name	Population (2020 Census [6] )	Area (km2)	Density (km2 per person)
Mukim	010301	Ulu Benut	32,226	104.3	308.9
	010302	Kahang	11,411	551.5	20.69
	010303	Kluang	178,773	617.4	289.6
	010304	Layang-Layang	12,564	229.3	54.79
	010305	Machap	5,770	120.6	47.84
	010306	Niyor	6,092	251.9	24.18
	010307	Paloh	12,677	430.1	29.48
	010308	Renggam	36,477	556.8	65.52
Town (Bandar)	010340	Kluang	26,191	10.92	2,398
	010341	Paloh	571	0.2427	2,353
	010342	Renggam	1,010	0.5657	1,785

Kluang Municipal Council

• Kahang
• Kluang Town
• Niyor
• Paloh

Simpang Renggam District Council

• Layang-Layang
• Machap
• Renggam
• Ulu Benut

Government

Kluang is divided into two local councils namely Simpang Renggam District Council (Malay : Majlis Daerah Simpang Renggam) based at Simpang Renggam Town and Kluang Municipal Council (Malay : Majlis Perbandaran Kluang) based at Kluang Town which is also the district capital.

Kluang Municipal Council

Simpang Renggam District Council

Towns

• Paloh
• Kahang
• Renggam
• Machap
• Simpang Renggam
• Layang-Layang

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

List of Kluang district representatives in the Federal Parliament (Dewan Rakyat)

Parliament	Seat Name	Member of Parliament	Party
P151	Simpang Renggam	Hasni Mohammad	Barisan Nasional (UMNO)
P152	Kluang	Wong Shu Qi	Pakatan Harapan (DAP)
P153	Sembrong	Hishammuddin Hussein	Barisan Nasional (UMNO)

List of Kluang district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly (Dewan Undangan Negeri)

Parliament	State	Seat Name	State Assemblyman	Party
P151	N26	Machap	Onn Hafiz Ghazi	Barisan Nasional (UMNO)
P151	N27	Layang-Layang	Abd Mutalip Abd Rahim	Barisan Nasional (UMNO)
P152	N28	Mengkibol	Chew Chong Sin	Pakatan Harapan (DAP)
P152	N29	Mahkota	Sharifah Azizah Syed Zain	Barisan Nasional (UMNO)
P153	N30	Paloh	Lee Ting Han	Barisan Nasional (MCA)
P153	N31	Kahang	Vidyananthan Ramanadhan	Barisan Nasional (MIC)

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1991	224,424	—
2000	255,601	+13.9%
2010	288,364	+12.8%
2020	323,762	+12.3%
Source: [7]

As of 2020, total population of Kluang District is 323,762 people. In 2000, the population growth was 1.48%. ^[3]

Economy

The main economy activities in the district are agriculture and ecotourism. ^[8] Main industrial areas are located in Kluang Town, Paloh, Renggam, Simpang Renggam, Machap, Kahang, Ulu Benut, and Layang-Layang. ^[3]

Education

Kluang district has 28 Malay primary schools, 21 Chinese primary schools, 17 Tamil primary schools, and 20 secondary schools for a total of 86 schools. In 2014, there were more than 38,000 students and 3,300 teachers.

Transportation

• Kluang Airport

See also

• List of districts in Malaysia

References

1. Kluang Profile apps.water.gov.my February 2011 Archived 18 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Population Distribution and Basic Demographic Characteristics, 2010" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
3. "Handbook" (PDF). johor.gov.my (in Malay). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
4. "Kod dan Nama Sempadan Pentadbiran Tanah, Unique Parcel Identifier (UPI) JOHOR" (PDF). Jawatankuasa Teknikal Standard MyGDI (JTSM). 2023.
5. "Kluang (District, Malaysia) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
6. BANCI MALAYSIA 2020: MUKIM/BANDAR/PEKAN [MyCENSUS 2020: MUKIM/TOWN/PEKAN]. Putrajaya: Jabatan Perangkaan Malaysia. 2024. ISBN   978-967-253-706-9.
7. "Key Findings of Population and Housing Census of Malaysia 2020" (pdf) (in Malay and English). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. ISBN   978-967-2000-85-3.
8. "Muafakat ke Arah #Johor Berkemajuan" (PDF). Muafakat Johor (in Malay). Retrieved 17 March 2018.