Iskandar Puteri
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Iskandar Puteri | ||
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Kota Iskandar Mosque, and the Sultan Ismail Building | ||
Postal code 79xxx | ||
Area code(s) | +607 | |
Website | www |
Iskandar Puteri (formerly known as Nusajaya) is a
Together with the adjacent cities of Johor Bahru (the official state capital of Johor) and Pasir Gudang, it is located within the Johor Bahru District. They anchor Malaysia's third largest urban agglomeration, Iskandar Malaysia, with a population of 2.2 million (As of August 2020[update]).[5]
History
Sempit Puteri
Historically, the area surrounding present-day Iskandar Puteri consisted mostly of fishing villages, populated by
In 1855, when
During Maharaja Abu Bakar's reign, Jaafar Muhammad was appointed as the first Menteri Besar of Johor. According to a story from Yayasan Warisan Johor, during his journey to Sempit Puteri, the paddle of the sampan that Dato Jaafar was boarding broke. That event gave the place its new name Gelang Patah (broken paddle).
As many as eight local councils (majlis tempatan) were set up in the 1950s and 1960s to oversee municipal works in the area.[8] The smaller local councils were merged in March 1978 and replaced by the Central Johor Bahru District Council (Majlis Daerah Johor Bahru Tengah, MDJBT), as the local authority in Johor Bahru's western and northern suburban areas, while Johor Bahru City Council (MBJB) administers downtown Johor Bahru. MDJBT was granted municipal status in 2001.
Nusajaya
In 1993, during the leadership of the fourth Prime Minister
UEM Group through its subsidiary UEM Land (now UEM Sunrise) continue to develop Nusajaya as the new city centre of Johor. A new administrative centre,
Iskandar Puteri
In January 2016, Nusajaya was renamed to its former name, Iskandar Puteri by
Government
Iskandar Puteri is Johor's second city, and Malaysia's 14th.
Due to electoral division by Election Commission of Malaysia, there are four parliamentary and eight state constituencies (DUN) dividing the Iskandar Puteri area. There are (P161) Pulai parliamentary seat, (N46) and (P162) Iskandar Puteri parliamentary seat. Eight state seats are Perling state seat;(N48) Skudai state seat and (N49) Kota Iskandar state seat along with partial Kulai (Bukit Batu for Ulu Choh and Senai for UTM) and Tebrau (Puteri Wangsa for Maju Jaya).
Administrative divisions
Iskandar Puteri consists of 11 administrative zones:[11]
- Iskandar Puteri
- Pulai
- Taman Universiti
- Taman Impian Emas
- Taman Mutiara Rini
- Taman Ungku Tun Aminah
- Bandar Uda Utama
- Taman Bukit Indah
- Gelang Patah
- Leisure Farm
- Tanjung Kupang[12]
Demographics
Iskander Puteri is the second largest city in Johor. As of 2020, the municipal area of Iskandar Puteri has a population of 447697.
The following is based on Department of Statistics Malaysia 2020 census.[13]
Ethnic groups in Iskandar Puteri, 2020 | ||
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Ethnicity | Population | Percentage |
Malaysian Bumiputera (Malays and Other Natives) | 199,031 | 44.46% |
Malaysian Chinese | 164,815 | 36.81% |
Malaysian Indian |
51,739 | 12.4% |
Other Malaysian | 1,669 | 0.37% |
Non-Malaysian | 30,443 | 6.80% |
Education
Medical
Afiat Healthpark was initially developed as the medical hub for Iskandar Puteri. Columbia Asia Iskandar Puteri was the first hospital to be built in the city. This was followed by Gleneagles Medini and Kensington Specialist Centre.[15]
Industry
Concurrent with the development of Iskandar Puteri, a new proposal was brought forward by the then State Secretary, Dato Ayob Mion, to build a new port at the west coast of Johor. The new port, Port of Tanjung Pelepas was developed near the Second Link and become the catalyst for industrial development at the Tanjung Kupang area in the west of Iskandar Puteri.
Later, UEM also developed Southern Industry and Logistic Cluster (SiLC) which hosts i-Park SiLC, IBP, Bio-excell and iTech Valley. SILC also hosts the largest insulin producer in the world, Biocon and Insulet. This is followed by Nusa Cemerlang and Nusajaya Techpark at the adjacent land at Gelang Patah.
Tourist attractions
Puteri Harbour (with a land area of 278 hectares or 688 arces) & Forest City is a marina development that spans 687 acres (2.8 km2) on the Straits of Johor. Sanrio Hello Kitty Town and Thomas Town were also located at Puteri Harbour.[16]
Shopping malls in the city are Paradigm Mall JB, B5 Johor Street Market, ÆON Bukit Indah, AEON Taman Universiti, GP Mall, Mall of Medini, Perling Mall, Sunway Big Box, Sutera Mall, Tasek Central and many more.
FASTrack City will open in 2019.[18]
In March 2019, works on a new marina in Puteri Harbour kicked off, as a joint venture between SUTL Enterprise and UEM Sunrise.[19][20] The first phase of the ONE°15 Marina Puteri Harbour[21] membership was launched in November 2020, with the opening of ONE°15 Estuari Sports Centre.[22][23] Johor Tourism, Youth and Sports Committee chairman, Datuk Onn Hafiz Bin Ghazi was the guest of honour at the opening launch. The integrated sports complex was launched with the intent to introduce a world-class sporting venue in Johor with the potential to host national and international sporting events.[24][25]
Iskandar Puteri residences
Townships such as Nusa Bayu, Gerbang Nusajaya, Setia Eco Gardens, Casa Almyra, Nusa Sentral, Taman Universiti, Nusa Indah, Taman Nusa Bestari Jaya, Bestari Heights, East Ledang, Estuari, Ledang Heights, Nusa Idaman, Nusa Bayu, Nusa Bestari, Nusa Bestari 2, Nusa Duta, Bukit Indah, Horizon Hills and Sunway Iskandar are located within this zone.[26]
Transportation
Sea
The
Rail
HSR High Speed Rail
The planned
Road
Within Johor, the Iskandar Coastal Highway and Pasir Gudang Highway links the city to Johor Bahru City, while the Tanjung Kupang Road links the city to Pontian District. The Second Link Expressway and North–South Expressway connect the city to the other states in Peninsular Malaysia.
The Malaysia–Singapore Second Link was built between Kampong Ladang at Tanjung Kupang, Johor and Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim at Tuas, Singapore. The bridge was built to reduce the traffic congestion at the Johor–Singapore Causeway and was opened to traffic on 2 January 1998. The twin-deck bridge supports a dual-three lane carriageway and its total length over water is 1,920 m.[32]
See also
- Cahaya Jauhar, the Developer of Kota Iskandar
- UEM Land (now UEM Sunrise), Master Developer of Iskandar Puteri
- Kota Iskandar, Johor, the Johor State administrative center
- Medini Iskandar Malaysia, the capital city of Iskandar Puteri
- Nusa Bayu
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