The Johore Strait is an international strait in Southeast Asia, between Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia.
Mangosteen, also known as the purple mangosteen, is a tropical evergreen tree with edible fruit native to Island Southeast Asia. Its exact origins are unknown due to its widespread cultivation since ancient times, but it is believed to have been somewhere between the Sunda Islands and the Moluccas. It grows mainly in Southeast Asia, southwest India and other tropical areas such as Colombia, Puerto Rico and Florida, where the tree has been introduced. The tree grows from 6 to 25 m tall. The fruit of the mangosteen is sweet and tangy, juicy, somewhat fibrous, with fluid-filled vesicles, with an inedible, deep reddish-purple colored rind (exocarp) when ripe. In each fruit, the fragrant edible flesh that surrounds each seed is botanically endocarp, i.e., the inner layer of the ovary. Seeds are almond-shaped and -sized.
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 and has a population of 1.33 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.
Johor Bahru, Malaysia, has the following notable landmarks.
Skudai Highway(Lebuhraya Skudai), also known as Senai Highway, Jalan Tun Abdul Razak or Jalan Skudai, Federal Route 1, is a 29 kilometre partial-access highway in Johor, Malaysia, from the town of Senai in Kulai District to Johor Bahru City in Johor Bahru District. The highway is designated as part of Federal Route 1.
Angsana Johor Bahru Mall is a shopping mall in Tampoi, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.
Pasir Gudang Highway, also known as Federal Route 17, is a highway in Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia that connects Tampoi North in the west to Pasir Gudang and Tanjung Langsat in the east. Pasir Gudang Highway is a four-laned highway, unlike the wider Skudai Highway which has six lanes. Many cargo trucks travel along the highway daily. Pasir Gudang Highway became the backbone of the road system linking Johor Bahru to Pasir Gudang before being surpassed by the Senai–Desaru Expressway, SDE 22, and the Johor Bahru East Coast Highway 35.
Johor Bahru–Kota Tinggi Highway, Federal Route 3, also known as Tebrau Highway and Jalan Kota Tinggi is a highway that encompasses Federal Route 3 in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Part of Asian Highway Route AH18, the highway stretches from its southern end at Jalan Wong Ah Fook and Jalan Tun Abdul Razak in the metropolitan area of Johor Bahru to the northern end at the underpass flyover with North–South Expressway Southern Route and Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway around Pandan. The stretch of Tebrau Highway after this continues as Jalan Pandan and Jalan Kota Tinggi respectively, beyond Pandan. The highway became the backbone of the Johor Bahru road system linking Pandan to city centre, and to the Johor–Singapore Causeway, before being surpassed by the Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway in 2012.
Syzygium jambos is a tree originating in Southeast Asia and occurring widely elsewhere, having been introduced as an ornamental and fruit tree.
The Ungku Tun Aminah Mosque is a mosque in Tampoi, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. The mosque is similar to National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur.
Keluang Man is a Malaysian comedy superhero who is based on the fruit bat. His costume and appearance is based on the ever popular Batman. The Keluang Man cartoon series was very popular since his first appearance back in 1998 through Malaysian local TV channel, TV1, however production stopped somewhere in the middle of 2002 for an unknown reason.
Jalan Tampoi, Federal Route 3374, is a dual carriageway industrial federal roads in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. Before Pasir Gudang Highway was built, Jalan Tampoi became the main road to Pasir Gudang together with Jalan Masai Lama.
Johor Bahru City Council is a local council which administrates Johor Bahru city centre and other areas of the Iskandar Malaysia area in Johor, Malaysia. This agency is under Johor state government. MBJB are responsible for public health and sanitation, waste removal and management, town planning, environmental protection and building control, social and economic development and general maintenance functions of urban infrastructure. The MBJB main headquarters is located at Jalan Dato' Onn in Johor Bahru city centre.
Tebrau or Teberau is a mukim and a suburb in Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia. It is the third largest mukim in the district.
Bandar Damansara Alif is a major townships in the city of Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. This townships is located between Tampoi and Bandar Baru UDA.
The Johor Bahru–Pasir Gudang Elevated Expressway (JOPGEX) is a new expressway under planning in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. The 50-kilometre expressway connects Tampoi, Tebrau, Plentong and Pasir Gudang. This project is part of the Iskandar Malaysia (formerly South Johor Economic Region or Iskandar Development Region ) will be built to resolve traffic jams and accident prone problems along Pasir Gudang Highway.
Perling is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly since 2004.
Pulai is a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.
