Johor Bahru

Johor Bahru
City
Bandaraya Johor Bahru
Clockwise from top left: Night view of Johor Bahru, Sultan Ibrahim Building, Tebrau Highway & Johor–Singapore Causeway
Nickname(s):  JB, Bandaraya Selatan (Southern City)
Motto(s):  Berkhidmat, Berbudaya, Berwawasan (English: "Servicing, Cultured, Visionary")
Johor Bahru Location of Johor Bahru in Peninsular Malaysia
Coordinates: 1°29′00″N 103°44′00″E
Country	Malaysia
State	Johor
Administrative Areas	List Daerah Sentral Kangkar Tebrau Kawasan Tebrau Kempas Larkin Majidee Maju Jaya Mount Austin Pandan Pasir Pelangi Pelangi Permas Jaya Rinting Tampoi Tasek Utama
Establishment	10 March 1855 (as Tanjung Puteri)
Granted city status	1 January 1994
Founded by	Temenggong Daeng Ibrahim
Government
• Mayor	Amran bin A. Rahman
• Council	Johor Bahru City Council
• Council Members	List Hajah Salmah Bte Saffar Tan Hong Hua Abd Rashid bin Kasman S Balakrishnan Abdul Latiff bin Ismail Haji Ahmad bin Daud Tan Lian Chang Mei Kee Ramlee bin Bohani Wong Kwee Eng Ang Boon Heng Azman bin Haji Dawam Neo Khai Beng Khalid bin Mohamed Yap Chen Heng Haji Abdullah bin Md Yusof Haji Mohd Sunawan bin Md Som Yahya bin Jaafar Md Ali bin Alwee Leow Kam Choy Ng Puay Wah Teo Boon Keong Pannir Selvam Abd Aziz bin Tohak
Area
• Total	185 km2 (71 sq mi)
Elevation	36.88 m (121.00 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,334,188
• Density	7,409/km2 (19,190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	Not observed
Website	mbjb.gov.my

Johor Bahru (also spelled Johor Baharu, Johor Baru, or Johore Bahru; shortly as JB) is the capital city of Johor, Malaysia. Pasir Pelangi, the royal village, is located in Johor Bahru.

The city in itself has a population of 1,334,188 as of 2010. The metropolitan area of Johor Bahru, also known as Iskandar Malaysia, has a population of 1,730,000.

Bibliography

• Guinness, Patrick (1992). On the Margin of Capitalism: People and development in Mukim Plentong, Johor, Malaysia. South-East Asian social monographs. Singapore: Oxford University Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-19-588556-9. OCLC 231412873.
• Lim, Patricia Pui Huen (2002). Wong Ah Fook: Immigrant, Builder and Entrepreneur. Singapore: Times Editions. ISBN 978-981-232-369-9. OCLC 52054305.
• Oakley, Mat; Brown, Joshua Samuel (2009). Singapore: city guide. Footscray, Victoria, Australia: Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-1-74104-664-9. OCLC 440970648.
• Winstedt, Richard Olof; Kim, Khoo Kay (1992). A History of Johore, 1365–1941. M. B. R. A. S. Reprints (6) (Reprint ed.). Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. ISBN 978-983-99614-6-1. OCLC 255968795.

Other websites

• Official site of Johor Bahru City Council
• Johor Bahru travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Johor Bahru Community Portal Archived 2013-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
• Johor Bahru Events Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine