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28-514: Jempol is also the meeting point of Muar and Serting rivers. The meeting point had played an important transportation role in ancient times. Known historically as Jalan Penarikan , it connected trade posts west of the Malay Peninsula with population centres in the east coast and vice versa. Jempol is equipped with a hospital funded by the Malaysian Ministry of Health . The hospital is

56-634: Is a river which flows through the states of Negeri Sembilan and Johor in Malaysia . Its drainage basin encompasses the states aforementioned, as well as Pahang and Malacca . Measuring around 250 km (155 mi) in length, the Muar is the third longest river in Peninsular Malaysia after the rivers of Pahang and Perak , slightly longer than the Kelantan River . It is one of the two major Negri rivers,

84-454: Is also the biggest mosque in town. The second mosque's design is similar to the earlier mosque. Both mosques offer a breathtaking scenery when viewed from the mouth of the Muar River. Going further upstream, the hamlet of Bukit Kepong is infamous for being the site of the tragic Bukit Kepong incident , where the ill-fated old Bukit Kepong Police Station witnessed a gruesome guerilla between

112-556: Is bridged by two bridges in Muar town. The old bridge, Sultan Ismail Bridge , was built in 1967 to replace the ferry service. An auxiliary bridge, the Muar Second Bridge , was completed in 2005, connecting Parit Bunga on the Tangkak side with the eastern outskirts of Muar town. Further upstream, there are many minor bridges along the river in Pagoh , Segamat and Negeri Sembilan . One of

140-532: Is situated in Muar town, on the southern bank of the Muar River. Its design incorporated many British influences due to its construction during the British colonial period. It has a prominent four-storey minaret in its backyard. The newer Second Sultan Ismail Jamek Mosque, which is located at the northern bank of the Muar River in Tanjung Agas , is the latest icon of Muar town as well as the river. Completed in 2002, it

168-554: Is the principal railway station serving this constituency. List of Jempol district representatives in the Federal Parliament (Dewan Rakyat) List of Jempol district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly (Dewan Undangan Negeri) This Negeri Sembilan location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Muar River The Muar River ( Malay : Sungai Muar )

196-902: The Titiwangsa Range . It was impounded by the Talang Dam, becoming Talang Lake, to meet the needs of water supply in Kuala Pilah and the entire state. From the dam , the river then flows south into the town centre and Juasseh within the same district, the west side of Bahau and Rompin in Jempol District and Pasir Besar in Tampin District , and flows all the way into the border with Johor . The Johorean portion starts from FELDA Palong Timur to Buloh Kasap (both in Segamat District ). Its course then shift westwards, subsequently demarcating

224-642: The Federation of Malaya Police and the Malayan National Liberation Army of the Malayan Communist Party . The incident ended with victory being on the latter's side, and rendered around 66 people KIA . The Emergency Gallery ( Malay : Galeri Darurat ) was built next to the rebuilt Bukit Kepong Police Station and the cemetery of the fallen, to commemorate the incident. On the Negri stretch of

252-709: The Kra Isthmus , the peninsula's narrowest point, into the Malay Peninsula. The Strait of Malacca separates the Malay Peninsula from the Indonesian island of Sumatra , and the south coast is separated from the island of Singapore by the Straits of Johor . The Malay term Tanah Melayu is derived from the word Tanah (land) and Melayu ( Malays ), thus it means "the Malay land". The term can be found in various Malay texts, of which

280-545: The Asian continental mainland. The area contains Peninsular Malaysia , Southern Thailand , and the southernmost tip of Myanmar ( Kawthaung ). The island country of Singapore also has historical and cultural ties with the region. The Titiwangsa Mountains are part of the Tenasserim Hills system and form the backbone of the peninsula and the southernmost section of the central cordillera , which runs from Tibet through

308-905: The administration of an Undang , the other being Jelebu , Sungai Ujong and Rembau . Jempol Municipal Council ( Malay : Majlis Perbandaran Jempol ), formerly known as the Jempol District Council from 1 August 1980 until 29 January 2019, is the local authority of Jempol District. Federal Route 10 is the main route serving Jempol constituency, passing through downtown Bahau and touching Bandar Seri Jempol before continuing to Temerloh , Pahang . Bera Highway Federal Route 11 cuts through Jempol constituency in an east-west direction, beginning in Serting and ending near Bandar Tun Abdul Razak in southern Pahang. Federal Route 13 links Bahau to Juasseh in Kuala Pilah constituency. Bahau KTM

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336-456: The attractions of the Muar River is Taman Tanjung Emas, the Muar town 's recreational park, which is located at the estuary of the Muar River. It is outlined by a picturesque esplanade overlooking the scenic river. Oyster catchers can be seen daily at low tide collecting oysters for making o-chien at the local food stalls. The park also houses a nine-hole golf course , which is much visited during

364-593: The beech family ( Fagaceae ), Myrtle family ( Myrtaceae ), laurel family ( Lauraceae ), tropical conifers , and other plant families. The peninsula's forests are home to thousands of species of animals and plants. Several large endangered mammals inhabit the peninsula – Asian elephant ( Elephas maximus ), gaur ( Bos gaurus ), tiger ( Panthera tigris ), sun bear ( Helarctos malayanus ), Malayan tapir ( Tapirus indicus ), clouded leopard ( Neofelis nebulosa ), and siamang ( Symphalangus syndactylus ). The Sumatran rhinoceros ( Dicerorhinus sumatrensis ) once inhabited

392-560: The border between Tangkak and Muar Districts . The Muar River is an excellent example of a meander in the last 12 miles of its length before entering the sea. From the source to its mouth, including tributaries, the Muar River basin covers the states of Negeri Sembilan ( Kuala Pilah , Jempol and Tampin Districts ), Pahang ( Bera District ), Malacca ( Jasin District ) and Johor ( Segamat , Tangkak and Muar Districts ). The river

420-491: The east. Prior to the foundation of Malacca, ancient and medieval references to a Malay peninsula exist in various foreign sources. According to several Indian scholars, the word Malayadvipa ("mountain-insular continent"), mentioned in the ancient Indian text, Vayu Purana , may possibly refer to the Malay Peninsula. Another Indian source, an inscription on the south wall of the Brihadeeswarar Temple , recorded

448-532: The forests, but Malaysia's last rhinoceroses died in 2019, and the species' few remaining members survive only in Sumatra . The peninsula is home to several distinct ecoregions . The Tenasserim–South Thailand semi-evergreen rain forests cover the northern peninsula, including the Tenasserim Hills and the Isthmus of Kra, and extend to the coast on both sides of the isthmus. The Kangar-Pattani floristic boundary crosses

476-522: The main health care provider in Jempol and its surrounding areas including Serting and Bahau . Residents of Rompin and other nearby areas in Pahang that used to seek treatment in Kuala Pilah have started to visit the hospital. Bahau is 21 km away from Kuala Pilah. Jempol District is divided into 5 mukims , which are: From a traditional adat perspective, Serting Ulu, Serting Ilir and Kuala Jempol and

504-520: The mountains above 1,000 meters elevation. The lowlands and hills are in the Peninsular Malaysian rain forests ecoregion. The Peninsular Malaysian peat swamp forests include distinctive waterlogged forests in the lowlands on both sides of the peninsula. Extensive mangroves line both coasts. The Myanmar Coast mangroves are on the western shore of the peninsula, and the Indochina mangroves on

532-593: The oldest dating back to the early 17th century. It is frequently mentioned in the Hikayat Hang Tuah , a well-known classic tale associated with the legendary heroes of Malacca Sultanate . Tanah Melayu in the text is consistently employed to refer to the area under Malaccan dominance. In the early 16th century, Tomé Pires , a Portuguese apothecary who stayed in Malacca from 1512 to 1515, uses an almost identical term, Terra de Tana Malaio , with which he referred to

560-731: The other being the Linggi , as well as the second most significantly important river in Johor after the Johor River . The Muar River formed part of the Penarikan , an ancient overland trade route, which was a short-cut from the west to the east coast of the Malay Peninsula . The source of the Muar River is located in Talang, Kuala Pilah District , Negeri Sembilan , deep in the Telapak Buruk –Berembun massif in

588-549: The peninsula in southern Thailand and northernmost Malaysia, marking the boundary between the large biogeographic regions of Indochina to the north and Sundaland and Malesia to the south. The forests north of the boundary are characterized by seasonally-deciduous trees, while the Sundaland forests have more year-round rainfall and the trees are mostly evergreen. Peninsular Malaysia is home to three terrestrial ecoregions. The Peninsular Malaysian montane rain forests ecoregion covers

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616-650: The river, the town of Bahau is located at the midpoint of the Laluan Penarikan , where traders will have to pull their boats off the Muar heading to the Serting River (a tributary of the Pahang ) to get to the east coast . Malay Peninsula The Malay Peninsula is located in Mainland Southeast Asia . The landmass runs approximately north–south, and at its terminus, it is the southernmost point of

644-463: The southeastern part of Sumatra, where the deposed sultan of Malacca, Mahmud Shah , established his exiled government. The 17th century's account of Portuguese historian, Emanuel Godinho de Erédia , noted on the region of Malaios surrounded by the Andaman Sea in the north, the entire Strait of Malacca in the centre, a part of Sunda Strait in the south, and the western part of South China Sea in

672-559: The term Tanah Melayu was generally used by the Malays of the peninsula during the rise of Malay nationalism to describe uniting all Malay states on the peninsula under one Malay nation, and this ambition was largely realised with the formation of Persekutuan Tanah Melayu ( Malay for " Federation of Malaya ") in 1948. The Malay Peninsula is covered with tropical moist broadleaf forests . Lowland forests are dominated by dipterocarp trees, while montane forests are home to evergreen trees in

700-444: The weekends. Tanjung Emas is also houses the main jetty of Muar River Cruise, where tourists will embark a trip along the river on a passenger boat . The river cruise operates every weekend, school and public holidays, except Wednesdays. There are two Jamek Mosques along the Muar River. The older Sultan Ibrahim Jamek Mosque , which was built in 1927, has been a major landmark of the town for many years. The Sultan Ibrahim Jamek Mosque

728-620: The western portion of Rompin form the Luak of Jempol, which is part of the Luak Tanah Mengandung – peripheral luaks that surround the royal territory of Seri Menanti and under the governance of the Yamtuan Besar . On the other hand, the eastern portion of Rompin, as well as Jelai in the district's southern salient are part of the Luak of Johol , a Luak Berundang – a set of four luaks under

756-575: The word Malaiur , referring to a kingdom in the Malay Peninsula that had "a strong mountain for its rampart". Ptolemy 's Geographia named a geographical region of the Golden Chersonese as Maleu-kolon , a term thought to derive from Sanskrit malayakolam or malaikurram . While the Chinese chronicle of the Yuan dynasty mentioned the word Ma-li-yu-er , referring to a nation of the Malay Peninsula that

784-521: Was threatened by the southward expansion of the Sukhothai Kingdom under King Ram Khamhaeng . During the same era, Marco Polo made a reference to Malauir in his travelogue , as a kingdom located in the Malay Peninsula, possibly similar to the one mentioned in the Yuan chronicle. The Malay Peninsula was conflated with Persia in old Japan, and was known by the same name. In the early 20th century,

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