Kuala Sungai Baru | |
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| Country | Malaysia |
| State | Malacca |
| District | Alor Gajah |
Kuala Sungai Baru is a mukim and town in Alor Gajah District, Malacca, Malaysia, with fishing as main economic activity. It is situated midway between Kuala Linggi and Pengkalan Balak and is approximately 15 kilometers from Masjid Tanah. [1]
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 | Universiti Melaka (UniMEL) | The state government's private college which focused on Islamic Science, Psychology and Technology disciplines. It was established in 1996 as Melaka International Islamic Technology College (Malay : Kolej Teknologi Islam Antarabangsa Melaka, KTIAM) under the Act of Private Higher Educational Institutions 1996, upgraded by the Ministry of Higher Education to University College of Islam Melaka (Malay : Kolej Universiti Islam Melaka, KUIM) in 2009 and upgraded again to a fully fledged University on 8 April 2021. [2] |
 | Malaysian Maritime Academy (Malay : Akademi Laut Malaysia, MMA or ALAM) | A maritime training academy in Malaysia wholly owned by MISC Berhad with a 30 hectares campus in the town, which provides training for seagoing personnel. [3] |
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 | Port of Kuala Sungai Linggi | Commercially known as Linggi International Floating Transshipment & Trading HUB (LIFT-HUB), it is a transshipment area for liquid bulk transshipments and break-bulking located offshore of Linggi River in the Strait of Malacca. [4] [5] |
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| Konet Island (Malay : Pulau Konet) | An islet located 100 metres off the shores of Telok Gong, it is connected to the mainland by a tombolo and is accessible by foot at low tide. [6] | |
 | Kuala Linggi Mangrove Recreational Forest (Malay : Hutan Rekreasi Paya Laut Kuala Linggi) | Mangrove recreational forest at the mouth of the Linggi River, near the border between Negeri Sembilan and Malacca. [7] |
| Kuala Linggi Fort (Malay : Kota Kuala Linggi) | A fort that was built at Kampung Kuala Linggi and atop the Bukit Supai (Sepoy’s Hill). It was erected by the Dutch and Bugis soldiers as a sign of friendship after a war which took place from 1756 until 1757, strategically located in an area capable of monitoring the incoming and outgoing river traffic in the past. Besides being known as "Supai Fort", it was also known as Fort Filiphina, after the name of the Dutch Governor’s daughter at that time. According to local history, the agreement between the Dutch and Bugis soldiers took place on 1 January 1758. This agreement empowered the Dutch control over the Linggi area and the tin trading. The square shaped fort was erected from an arrangement of laterite stones. For defense, a semi circle was made at each corner of the fort where cannons were placed. [8] | |
 | Cape Rachado Lighthouse | A lighthouse located in Tanjung Tuan, believed to be the oldest in the country, with its history allegedly dating back to Portuguese rule of Malacca during the 16th century. [9] [10] |
Selangor, also known by the Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east, Negeri Sembilan to the south, and the Strait of Malacca to the west. Selangor surrounds the federal territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, both of which were previously part of it. Selangor has diverse tropical rainforests and an equatorial climate. The state's mountain ranges belong to the Titiwangsa Mountains, which is part of the Tenasserim Hills that covers southern Myanmar, southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia, with Mount Semangkok as the highest point in the state.
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Alor Gajah District is one of the three administrative districts in Malacca, Malaysia. It borders Tampin District, Rembau District and Port Dickson District in Negeri Sembilan to the north and borders Jasin District and Melaka Tengah District in the east and south respectively.
Masjid Tanah is a town and parliamentary constituency in northwestern Malacca, Malaysia, bordering Negeri Sembilan across the Linggi River.
The Selangor River is a major river in Selangor, Malaysia. It runs from Kuala Kubu Bharu in the east and empties into the Straits of Malacca at Kuala Selangor in the west.
The Bandar Baharu District is a district containing a town of the same name and a state assembly constituency at the southernmost end of Kedah, Malaysia. The Bandar Baharu District is located along the Kedah-Penang-Perak border tripoint, 37 km (23 mi) southeast of George Town, Penang's capital city.
Federal Route 138 is a federal road in Malacca, Malaysia, connecting Masjid Tanah and Kuala Linggi. It was originally known as Jalan Kuala Sungai Baru-Sungai Udang and Jalan Lubuk Redan-Masjid Tanah. Federal Route FT 138 features Sungai Linggi Bridge and was built to provide a shorter, less-winding alternative to Federal Route 5 for journeys from Malacca City to Port Dickson. Kilometre Zero of Federal Route 138 is at Kampung Jeram near Masjid Tanah.
Malaysian Maritime Academy is a maritime training academy with a 30 hectares campus located in Kuala Sungai Baru, Malacca, Malaysia which provides training for seagoing personnel. It was established in 1976 by MISC Berhad, International Shipping Carriers Hong Kong and the Malaysian Ministry of Transport as the MATES Foundation. In the beginning, only male cadets are enrolled into the academy.
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The Linggi River is a river in Malaysia which flows through the states of Negeri Sembilan and Malacca. It is one of two major rivers that serve as water sources for most of Negeri Sembilan's population, the other being the Muar River, which constitutes the state's eastern half.
Malacca, officially the Historic State of Malacca, is a state in Malaysia located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, facing the Strait of Malacca. The state is bordered by Negeri Sembilan to the north and west and Johor to the south. The exclave of Tanjung Tuan also borders Negeri Sembilan to the north. Its capital is Malacca City, which has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 7 July 2008.
The Port of Kuala Sungai Linggi, or Sungai Linggi commercially known as Linggi International Floating Transshipment and Trading Hub (LIFT-HUB), is a transshipment area for liquid bulk transshipments and break-bulking from western regions such as the Middle East to eastern regions or Australia located offshore of the Linggi River in the Malacca Strait. It is among the largest designated ship-to-ship cargo transfer area in Malaysia. Gazetted in 2006, Port of Sungai Linggi covers an area of 154 km² and has catered over 1000 tankers including ULCC and VLCC's since its beginning. The name "Kuala Linggi" was named after the name of the nearby river, Linggi River. Linggi means 'stem' in Buginese and refers to the strongest vertical plate at the bow of a ship.
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The Kuala Linggi Mangrove Recreational Forest is a mangrove forest located in Kuala Linggi near Kuala Sungai Baru, Alor Gajah District, Malacca, Malaysia, on the south bank of the Linggi River estuary.
Kuala Linggi is a state constituency in Malacca, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Malacca State Legislative Assembly. The state constituency was first contested in 1986 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Malacca State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2021, the State Assemblyman for Kuala Linggi is Rosli Abdullah from United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional (BN).
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