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Batu Pahat
Johor, Malaysia · Asia
About Batu Pahat
Batu Pahat sits on the route: 15 minutes from Kampung Minyak Beku.
Batu Pahat is in Johor, Malaysia, with about 160,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Kampung Minyak Beku, about 8 km away.
Batu Pahat, also sometimes known as Bandar Penggaram or by its initials as BP, is a town and capital of Batu Pahat District, Johor, Malaysia. It lies south-east of Muar (a royal town), south-west of Kluang, north-west of Pontian and south of Segamat. The town is in Simpang Kanan parish.
As of 2009, Batu Pahat town isRead more
the 20th largest urban area in Malaysia in population. In 2006, Batu Pahat surpassed Muar to become the second largest urban area in Johor and by 2012 Batu Pahat was the 16th largest urban area in Malaysia in population. Chinese make up the majority of the population at 62% followed by Malays at 36% and Indians at 2%.
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Batu Pahat is in Johor, Malaysia, about 8 km from Kampung Minyak Beku.
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- Population
- 156,236
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Malaysia
- Region
- Johor
- Timezone
- Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
- Coordinates
- 1.8548, 102.9325
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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