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Johor

Johor, formerly Johore, is the southernmost and third largest state of Peninsular Malaysia. It also has the second largest economy among the states of Peninsular Malaysia, only behind .
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Top destinations include Johor Bahru and Iskandar Puteri.

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is 's second largest city, and state capital of Johor. The city is surrounded by suburbs, industrial parks and long waterfront areas, in the southern part of Peninsular Malaysia.

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, formerly known as Nusajaya, is a city in the state of Johor, . The southernmost city in Malaysia, the city was created essentially from scratch since the 1990s to capitalize on the nearby Second Link to and the North-South Expressway to .

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is the second biggest town and district of the state of Johor, at its northeast, in southern Peninsular . is also known by its other name, Bandar Maharani, which means Empress Town.

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is a town in District, Johor, . has become a vibrant town with all the entertainment and branded goods which a modern town should have.

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is a city in Johor, . Generally industrial in nature, holds a colourful kite festival in February, and the local track circuit is a favourite spot for gearheads in Johor.

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is a town in District, Johor, . is known as a historical town because the Sultanate of Johor was established there.

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is a coastal town in Kota Tinggi District, Johor, . The town houses the integrated beach resorts with water theme parks, golf courses, hotels and villas facing the South China Sea.

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town is on the east coast of the peninsular Malaysian state of Johor. It is 136 km northeast of the state capital . It is a gateway to nature and traditional culture.

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, also sometimes known as Bandar Penggaram or by its initials as BP, is a town and capital of District, Johor, Malaysia. It lies south-east of , south-west of , north-west of Pontian and south of Segamat.

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The District or simply is a district in the state of Johor. is also the name of the district's primary town. district is one of the three landlocked districts in Johor, the other being Kluang and Kulai.

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is a town and the capital of District, Johor, Malaysia. It is administered by the Municipal Council, which was earlier known as the District Council.

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is a protected tropical rainforest situated within a massif in the southern foothills of the Tenasserim Hills, straddling and Mersing Districts in northeastern Johor and in southern .

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is a town and the capital of District in Johor, Malaysia. The town is nicknamed "Fabric Town" or "Syurga Kain" in honour of its many textile shops.

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is a peninsula at the southeastern end of Johor in . Officially a part of Kota Tinggi district, the name is usually used to cover everything south of , notably including the dock and immigration post at Tanjung Pengelih, the village of Kampong Pengelih and the nearby town of Sungai Rengit.

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also known as Pontian Town is a town and the administrative centre of , Johor, , with a fishing as its main economy. It has an area of 6.6 km2. Pontian Plaza is the town's principal shopping centre.

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is a town in Mukim Tanjung Semberong, Batu Pahat District, Johor, . It has an area of 1911.6 hectares with an estimated population of 29,046.

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is a town located in , Johor, famous for its Pineapple plantation industry. It was Malaysia's largest production base for pineapple planting area.

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is a town and a mukim in in northern Johor, . A main trunk road that runs north-south Peninsular Malaysia passes through it, as well as the KTM railway line that connects it with the state's capital in the south, .

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is a town in Kluang region in central Johor, Malaysia. It is 75 km from via Federal route 1.

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is a town and mukim in Kulai District, Johor, . It is the base for several major multinational electronics manufacturers. This sprawl town is one of the flagship zones of the Iskandar Malaysia.

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is a town in Batu Pahat District, Johor, . The main population of this town and its surrounding areas has been resided by Malay with Javanese descent, besides the Chinese population.

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is a mukim in Kota Tinggi District, Johor, . It is situated on the banks of Johor River. It was once a thriving port and the old capital of the Johor Sultanate.
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Johor

Latitude of center
2.0229° or 2° 1′ 22″ north
Longitude of center
103.3115° or 103° 18′ 41″ east
Population
4,010,000
Elevation
90 metres (295 feet)
Abbreviation
“JHR”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2609539356
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1733049
Wiki­data ID
Q183032
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Johor” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Johor”
  • Arabic: “جوهر دار التعظيم”
  • Arabic: “جوهر”
  • Armenian: “Ջոհոր”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cohor”
  • Banjar: “Johor, Malaysia”
  • Banjar: “Johor”
  • Bashkir: “Джохор”
  • Basque: “Johor”
  • Belarusian: “Джахор”
  • Bengali: “জহর”
  • Bengali: “জোহর”
  • Bengali: “জোহোর”
  • Betawi: “Johor”
  • Bulgarian: “Джохор”
  • Catalan: “Johor”
  • Catalan: “Johore”
  • Cebuano: “Johor (estado)”
  • Cebuano: “Johor”
  • Chinese: “Jiû-hu̍t”
  • Chinese: “柔佛”
  • Chinese: “柔佛州”
  • Czech: “Džehor”
  • Czech: “Johor”
  • Czech: “Johore”
  • Danish: “Johor”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Cohor”
  • Dutch: “Djohore”
  • Dutch: “Johor”
  • Dutch: “Johore”
  • Esperanto: “Ĝohoro”
  • Estonian: “Johori osariik”
  • Finnish: “Johor”
  • French: “Johor”
  • French: “Johore”
  • Galician: “Johor”
  • Georgian: “ჯოჰორი”
  • German: “Dschohor”
  • German: “Johor”
  • German: “Johore”
  • German: “MY-01”
  • Greek: “Τζαχόρη”
  • Greek: “Τζοχόρ”
  • Gujarati: “જોહોર”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Johor”
  • Hebrew: “ג’והור”
  • Hindi: “जोहोर”
  • Hungarian: “Johor”
  • Iban: “Johor”
  • Indonesian: “Johor Darul Takzim”
  • Indonesian: “Johor”
  • Inupiaq: “Johor”
  • Italian: “Johor”
  • Japanese: “ジョホール”
  • Japanese: “ジョホール州”
  • Japanese: “柔仏”
  • Javanese: “Johor”
  • Kannada: “ಜಹೋರ್”
  • Kannada: “ಜೊಹೊರ್”
  • Komering: “Johor”
  • Korean: “조호르주”
  • Latvian: “Džohora”
  • Lithuanian: “Džiohoras”
  • Lithuanian: “Džohoras”
  • Lithuanian: “Johor”
  • Macedonian: “Џохор”
  • Malay: “Johor Darul Takzim”
  • Malay: “Johor”
  • Malay: “Negeri Johor”
  • Malay: “جوهر دار التعظيم”
  • Malay: “جوهر”
  • Marathi: “जोहोर”
  • Mazanderani: “جوهر”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Johor”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Johor”
  • Minangkabau: “Johor”
  • Mingrelian: “ჯოჰორი”
  • Northern Frisian: “Johor (Bundesstoot)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Johor”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Johor”
  • Norwegian: “Johor”
  • Ossetian: “Джохор”
  • Persian: “ایالت جوهر”
  • Persian: “جوهر”
  • Persian: “جوهور”
  • Piemontese: “Johor”
  • Polish: “Johor”
  • Portuguese: “Johor”
  • Portuguese: “Joor”
  • Portuguese: “Jor”
  • Quechua: “Johor suyu”
  • Romanian: “Johor”
  • Russian: “Джохор”
  • Serbian: “Џохор”
  • Sinhala: “ජොහොර්”
  • Slovenian: “Džohor”
  • Slovenian: “MY-01”
  • Spanish: “Johor”
  • Spanish: “Johore”
  • Swedish: “Johor”
  • Swedish: “Johore”
  • Tagalog: “Johor”
  • Tamil: “ஜொகூர்”
  • Tamil: “ஜோஹோர்”
  • Telugu: “జోహోర్”
  • Thai: “ยะโฮร์”
  • Thai: “รัฐยะโฮร์”
  • Turkish: “Cohar”
  • Turkish: “Jahor”
  • Turkish: “Johor”
  • Turkish: “Johore”
  • Ukrainian: “Джохор”
  • Urdu: “جوھر”
  • Uzbek: “Johor”
  • Vietnamese: “Johor”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Johor”
  • Western Panjabi: “جوھر”
  • Wu Chinese: “柔佛”
  • Yue Chinese: “柔佛”
  • Yue Chinese: “柔佛州”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Johor”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.