Muar District


The Muar District is a district in Johor, Malaysia. Muar is located at the mouth of the Muar River, on the coast of the Straits of Malacca. The Muar District covers, with a population of 233,779.

History

The district was formerly divided administratively into Bandar Maharani municipality and Tangkak township. Upon upgrade of Tangkak sub-district to full-fledged Tangkak District, Bandar Maharani is now administered by Muar Municipal Council under the Muar District Office, while Tangkak of Ledang is administered by Tangkak Town Council under the Tangkak District Office.
A new administration hub and transportation hub integrated with bus terminal and market called Maharani Sentral are being planned to be built at the location near Muar Bypass in between Jalan Haji Kosai and Jalan Temenggung.

Administrative divisions

Muar District is divided into 12 mukims, which are:
List of Muar district representatives in the Federal Parliament
ParliamentSeat NameMember of ParliamentParty
P143PagohMuhyiddin YassinPN - PPBM
P145BakriYeo Bee YinPH - DAP
P146MuarSyed Saddiq Syed Abdul RahmanPH - IND

List of Muar district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly
ParliamentStateSeat NameState AssemblymanParty
P143N7Bukit KepongSahruddin JamalPN - PPBM
P143N8Bukit PasirNajib LepGS - PAS
P145N12BentayanNg Yak HowePH - DAP
P145N13Simpang JeramSalahuddin AyubPH - AMANAH
P145N14Bukit NaningMd Ysahrudin KusniPH - PKR
P146N15MaharaniNor Hayati BachokPH - AMANAH
P146N16Sungai BalangZaiton IsmailBN - UMNO

Economy

The main economy activities in the district are education, trading, furniture manufacturing, historical tourism and agritourism.