Muar
Muar is the second biggest town and district of the state of Johor, at its northeast, in southern Peninsular Malaysia. Muar is also known by its other name, Bandar Maharani, which means Empress Town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: City with 315,000 residents
- Description: town in Johor and district capital of Muar District
- Also known as: “Bandar Maharani”, “Muar town”, and “Muar Town”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sultan Ibrahim Jamek Mosque and Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital.
Sultan Ibrahim Jamek Mosque
Mosque
Photo: xshamx, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sultan Ibrahim Jamek Mosque is a historical mosque in Muar Town, Johor, Malaysia. It is situated along Jalan Petri, close to the mouth of Muar River.
Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Cerevisae, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital is a government-funded specialist hospital in Bandar Maharani, Muar, Johor, Malaysia. It is managed by the Ministry of Health of Malaysia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tanjung Agas and Parit Bunga.
Tanjung Agas
Quarter
Tanjung Agas is a small town in Tangkak District, Johor, Malaysia. It is located on the north bank of the Muar River and on the intersection between the roads to Malacca and Tangkak. It also located 1 km from Muar town.
Parit Bunga
Quarter
Parit Bunga is a small town in Mukim Kesang, Tangkak District, Johor, Malaysia. It is located on the Muar River and on the intersection between the roads to Malacca and Tangkak.
Muar
- Categories: town, administrative territorial entity, royal town, and locality
- Location: Muar District, Johor, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
2.0425° or 2° 2′ 33″ northLongitude
102.5659° or 102° 33′ 57″ eastPopulation
315,000Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 254072813OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Muar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “موار”
- Asturian: “Muar”
- Bengali: “মুয়ার”
- Bulgarian: “Муар”
- Catalan: “Muar”
- Cebuano: “Muar”
- Chinese: “蔴坡”
- Chinese: “麻坡”
- Danish: “Muar”
- Dutch: “Bandar Maharani”
- Egyptian Arabic: “موار”
- Esperanto: “Muar”
- French: “Muar”
- Galician: “Bandar Maharani”
- Georgian: “მუარი (ქალაქი)”
- Georgian: “მუარი”
- German: “Muar”
- Hebrew: “מואר”
- Hindi: “मुआर”
- Indonesian: “Muar”
- Italian: “Muar”
- Japanese: “ムアール”
- Japanese: “ムアル”
- Korean: “무아르 타운”
- Korean: “무아르”
- Latvian: “Muara”
- Lithuanian: “Muaras (Malaizija)”
- Lithuanian: “Muaras”
- Malay: “Bandar Maharani”
- Malay: “Muar”
- Malay: “موار”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Muar”
- Norwegian: “Muar”
- Persian: “موار”
- Polish: “Bandar Maharani”
- Polish: “Muar”
- Russian: “Муар”
- Spanish: “Muar”
- Tamil: “மூவார்”
- Thai: “บันดาร์มาฮารานี”
- Thai: “มัวร์”
- Urdu: “موار (قصبہ)”
- Urdu: “موار”
- Yue Chinese: “麻坡”
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