The Johor Bahru district is located in the southern part of Johor, separated from Singapore by Straits of Johor. It covers an area of 1871 km² and has a population of over 1.2 million. The district borders Pontian district on the west, Kota Tinggi District on the east, Kluang District on the north and Singapore to the south. Johor Bahru metropolitan area is surrounded by rich oil palm estates. State Motto: Kepada Allah berserah (English: all hopes is to God (Allah) Capital Johor Bahru Royal Capital Pasir Pelangi Sultan Sultan Iskandar Al-Haj Chief minister Dato Abdul Ghani Othman Area 19,984 km² Population 2. ... Geography The Straits of Johor (also known as the Tebrau Strait, Johor Strait, Selat Johor, Selat Tebrau, and Tebrau Reach) is a narrow stretch of water that separates Johor state, Malaysia from Singapore. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Pontian also refers to a group of Greek people that formerly inhabited the north part of present day Turkey. ... Kota Tinggi Town Kota Tinggi is a small town located around 42 kilometers north-east of Johor Bahru, on the road to Mersing in Malaysia. ... Kluang is a town and district located roughly in the middle of the state of Johor in Malaysia. ... District Johor Bahru District Area  - Total (City) 185 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan Approx. ...

Johor Bahru district comprises four local authorities - Johor Bahru City Council (MBJB), Johor Bahru Tengah Municipal Council (MPJBT), Pasir Gudang Local Authority (PBTPG) and recently created Kulai Municipal Council with a possibly new fifth local authority covering a proposed new administrative capital of Johor in Bandar Nusajaya near the Linkedua Expressway to Singapore. Kulai town was an important stopover on the Johor Bahru-Kuala Lumpur trunk road in the 1970s and 80s until the North South Highway opened in 1994. ... State Motto: Kepada Allah berserah (English: all hopes is to God (Allah) Capital Johor Bahru Royal Capital Pasir Pelangi Sultan Sultan Iskandar Al-Haj Chief minister Dato Abdul Ghani Othman Area 19,984 km² Population 2. ... LINKEDUA View from the Second Link bridge, facing towards Malaysia. ...

The city of Johor Bahru is Malaysia's southern gateway. It receives 60% of foreign tourist to Malaysia and is a major holiday and shopping destination for neighbouring Singaporeans due to the weaker Malaysian ringgit vis-a-vis Singaporean dollar. There are also considerable number of Malaysians who study and work in Singapore, but commute on a daily basis to and fro Johor Baru and the city state. District Johor Bahru District Area  - Total (City) 185 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan Approx. ... The ringgit (unofficially known as the Malaysian dollar), is the official monetary unit of Malaysia. ...

The district has two land links to Singapore; Johor Causeway and the newer Linkedua Expressway. The customs and immigration complex of the Linkedua Expressway is named in Malay Kompleks Sultan Abu Bakar, named after the current Sultan's late great-grandfather, Sultan Abu Bakar. The Johor Causeway is a 1,056-meter causeway that that links the city of Johor Bahru in Malaysia across the Straits of Johor to the town of Woodlands in Singapore. ... LINKEDUA View from the Second Link bridge, facing towards Malaysia. ... Almarhum Sultan Sir Abu Bakar ibni Almarhum Temenggong Ibrahim (1833–1895) was the first sultan of modern Johor in Malaysia. ...

The site is also close to the crash site of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 in 1977. The Malaysia Airlines plane crashed into the swampy lands of Tanjong Kupang. There were no survivors and many bodies remained unidentified. They were subsequently buried in a Muslim cemetery in Johor Bahru. Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 (MH653), a Boeing 737-2H6 registered as 9M-MBD (delivered in September 1972 as 9M-AQO), was a flight which crashed at Tanjong Kupang, Johor, in Malaysia on the evening of December 4, 1977. ... Malaysia Airlines (Abbreviated MAS; Malay: Penerbangan Malaysia Berhad; Simplified Chinese: 马来西亚航空公司, 马航 (abb. ... District Johor Bahru District Area  - Total (City) 185 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan Approx. ...

Capital

• Johor Bahru

District Johor Bahru District Area  - Total (City) 185 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan Approx. ...

Other Towns

• Senai
• Skudai
• Sedenak
• Masai
• Pasir Gudang
• Gelang Patah
• Ulu Tiram
• Kulai

Senai is an airport town situated 25 kilometres from Johor Bahru, Malaysia. ... Skudai is a rapidly expanding suburb of Johor Bahru, the largest city in and the capital of the state of Johor in southern Malaysia. ... Masai town is in the eastern part of Johor Bahru district and is the oldest town in the area. ... Pasir Gudang is a port (Johor Port Authority) town located 35 km east of Johor Bahru. ... Ulu Tiram is a town in Johor Bahru District halfway between Johor Bahru and Kota Tinggi on the old Johor Bahru-Kuantan trunk road. ... Kulai town was an important stopover on the Johor Bahru-Kuala Lumpur trunk road in the 1970s and 80s until the North South Highway opened in 1994. ...