Malaysia
Johor
Johor Bahru District

Johor Bahru

Johor Bahru is 's second largest city, and state capital of . The city is surrounded by suburbs, industrial parks and long waterfront areas, in the southern part of Peninsular Malaysia.
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  • Type: City with 858,000 residents
  • Description: city and state capital of Johor, Malaysia
  • Also known as: “Baru”, “Bharu”, “Iskandar Puteri”, “Jahore Bahru”, “JB”, “Johor”, “Johor Baharu”, “Johor Baru”, “Johore”, “Johore Bahru”, “Johore Baru”, and “Tanjung Puteri”
  • Neighbors: and
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Johor Bahru Sentral and Woodlands Train Checkpoint.

Railway station
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is an integrated transport hub in Bukit Chagar, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. Inaugurated on 21 October 2010, it replaced the closed Johor Bahru railway station located 200m south of it.

Railway station
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is a railway station and border checkpoint in , . Located close to the Malaysia–Singapore border, the station is owned by Singapore's Immigration and Checkpoints Authority and is operated by the Malaysian railway operator Keretapi Tanah Melayu in agreement with the Singaporean authorities.

Shopping center
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is a shopping centre and office building situated close to the Johor–Singapore Causeway which borders the two countries along Wong Ah Fook Street, Johor Bahru, , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marsiling and Woodlands.

Quarter
is a suburb of , Singapore, extends from the north of Woodlands Square to the Woodlands Checkpoint, bordering . It presents the older living patterns of Singapore; it is a quieter and much denser estate, often offering a reasonable and larger alternative to other housing options, and houses a large number of elderly and heavy-duty industries.

Suburb
is a planning area and residential town located in the North Region of . As of 2019, the town has a population of 254,733. Located approximately 25 km north of the central business district, it is the densest planning area and the regional centre for the northern parts of the country.

Neighborhood
is a royal village in Johor Bahru, , . This royal village was established in the early 1900s during the reign of Sultan Ibrahim of Johor. The main attractions of are the several palaces situated here.

Johor Bahru

Latitude
1.4582° or 1° 27′ 30″ north
Longitude
103.7649° or 103° 45′ 54″ east
Population
858,000
Elevation
32 metres (105 feet)
Abbreviation
“JB”
IATA airport code
JHB
United Nations Location Code
MY JHB
Open location code
6PH5FQ57+7X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 254237831
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1732752
Wiki­data ID
Q231318
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Johor Bahru” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Johor Bahru”
  • Arabic: “جوهر بهرو”
  • Armenian: “Ջոհոր Բահրու”
  • Asturian: “Johor Bahru”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cohor Baru”
  • Balinese: “Johor Bahru”
  • Banjar: “Johor Bahru”
  • Banjar: “Juhur Bahru, Malaysia”
  • Basque: “Johor Baharu”
  • Belarusian: “Джахор-Бару”
  • Bengali: “জহর বারু”
  • Bengali: “জোহর বাহরু”
  • Bulgarian: “Джохор Бахру”
  • Burmese: “ဂျဟိုးဘာရူးမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Johor Bahru”
  • Cebuano: “Johor Bahru”
  • Chinese: “Sin-soaⁿ”
  • Chinese: “Xīnshān”
  • Chinese: “新山”
  • Chinese: “新山市”
  • Chinese: “柔佛巴鲁”
  • Czech: “Johor Baharu”
  • Czech: “Johor Bahru”
  • Danish: “Johor Bahru”
  • Dutch: “Johor Bahru”
  • Esperanto: “Johor Bahru”
  • Estonian: “Johor Baharu”
  • Estonian: “Johor Bahru”
  • Finnish: “Johor Bahru”
  • French: “Johor Bahru”
  • Georgian: “ჯოჰორ-ბარუ”
  • German: “Johor Baharu”
  • German: “Johor Bahru”
  • German: “Johore Bahru”
  • Greek: “Τζοχόρ Μπάχρου”
  • Gujarati: “જોહોર બાહરૂ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Johor Bahru”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Sîn-sân-sṳ”
  • Hebrew: “ג’והור באהרו”
  • Hebrew: “גוהור באהרו”
  • Hindi: “जोहोर बाहरू”
  • Hungarian: “Johor Bahru”
  • Iban: “Johor Bahru”
  • Indonesian: “Johor Bahru”
  • Indonesian: “Johor Baru”
  • Indonesian: “Johore Bahru”
  • Italian: “Johor Bahru”
  • Japanese: “ジョホール・バール”
  • Japanese: “ジョホール・バル”
  • Japanese: “ジョホールバール”
  • Japanese: “ジョホールバル”
  • Japanese: “ジョホールバル市”
  • Javanese: “Johor Bahru”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Johor Bahru”
  • Kannada: “ಜೋಹರ್ ಬಹ್ರು”
  • Komering: “Johor Bahru”
  • Korean: “조호 바루”
  • Korean: “조호르 바루”
  • Korean: “조호르바루”
  • Korean: “조호바루 시”
  • Korean: “조호바루”
  • Latin: “Novum Zohorum”
  • Latvian: “Džoharbarha”
  • Latvian: “Džohorbahru”
  • Lithuanian: “Džohor Bahru”
  • Lithuanian: “Džohor Baru”
  • Macedonian: “Џохор Бахру”
  • Malay: “Bandar Johor Bahru”
  • Malay: “Johor Baharu”
  • Malay: “Johor Bahru”
  • Malay: “Johor Baru”
  • Malay: “جوهر بهرو”
  • Malayalam: “ജോഹർ ബാഹ്രു”
  • Maltese: “Johor Bahru”
  • Maori: “Johor Bahru”
  • Marathi: “जोहोर बारू”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Johor Bahru”
  • Minangkabau: “Johor Bahru”
  • Northern Frisian: “Johor Bahru”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Johor Bahru”
  • Norwegian: “Johor Bahru”
  • Ossetian: “Джохор-Бару”
  • Persian: “جوهر بهرو”
  • Persian: “جوهور بارو”
  • Persian: “جوهور باهرو”
  • Persian: “جوهور بهرو”
  • Polish: “Johor Bahru”
  • Portuguese: “Johor Bahru”
  • Portuguese: “Joor Baru”
  • Portuguese: “Jor Baru”
  • Russian: “Джохор Бахру”
  • Russian: “Джохор-Бару”
  • Russian: “Джохор-Бахру”
  • Scots: “Johor Bahru”
  • Serbian: “Џохор Бахру”
  • Silesian: “Johor Bahru”
  • Sinhala: “ජෝහොර් බහරු”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جوهور باهرو”
  • Spanish: “Johor Bahru”
  • Swedish: “Johor Baharu”
  • Swedish: “Johor Bahru”
  • Swedish: “Johor Baru”
  • Swedish: “Johore Baharu”
  • Swedish: “Johore Bahru”
  • Tagalog: “Johor Bahru”
  • Tamil: “ஜொகூர் பாரு நகரம்”
  • Tamil: “ஜொகூர் பாரு”
  • Telugu: “జోహోర్ బహ్రూ”
  • Thai: “โจโฮร์บะฮ์รู”
  • Thai: “ยะโฮร์บาห์รู”
  • Turkish: “Johor Bahru”
  • Ukrainian: “Джогор-Бару”
  • Ukrainian: “Джохор-Бару”
  • Ukrainian: “Джохор-Бахру”
  • Urdu: “جوھر بھرو”
  • Uzbek: “Joxor-baru”
  • Uzbek: “Joxor-Baru”
  • Vietnamese: “Johor Bahru”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Johor Bahru”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Johore Bharu”
  • Welsh: “Johor Bahru”
  • Western Panjabi: “جوھر بھرو”
  • Wu Chinese: “新山”
  • Yue Chinese: “JB”
  • Yue Chinese: “Johor Bahru”
  • Yue Chinese: “جوهر بهارو”
  • Yue Chinese: “新山”

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