17-570: The Kulai District is a district in the state of Johor , Malaysia. Its district capital is Kulai Town . It covers Kulai Town , Ayer Bemban , Bandar Putra Kulai , Bukit Batu , Indahpura , Bandar Baru Kangkar Pulai , Kelapa Sawit , Saleng , Sedenak , Seelong , Senai , and Sengkang. Kulai is also within Iskandar Malaysia economic zone. The district was formerly a part of the Pulai Valley , which covered Mukim Pulai and
34-964: A local government area where the former deals with land administration and revenue while the latter deals with the planning and delivery of basic infrastructure to its inhabitants. Administrative district boundaries are usually congruent with local government area boundaries, but may sometimes differ especially in urbanised areas. For example, the Petaling District in Selangor is administered by three local authorities: Petaling Jaya City Council , Shah Alam City Council and Subang Jaya City Council ; conversely one local authority can administer more than one district, for example Northeast Penang Island District and Southwest Penang Island District in Penang are both administered by Penang Island City Council . Administrative district boundaries also provide
51-417: A district is a subdivision of a state . A mukim ( commune , sub-district or parish ) is a subdivision of a district. In recent years, a mukim is however of less importance with respect to the administration of land; for land administrative purposes, major cities (e.g. Petaling Jaya ) are given an equal status with mukim. The state of Perlis is not divided into districts due to its size, but straight to
68-517: A majority of the population settling in towns near Johor Bahru. These population centers, such as Kulai and Senai effectively became suburbs of the greater metropolitan area in Kulai district. The earliest settlement in Kulai is located at Sayong River, now at Bandar Tenggara, which have existed since the Srivijayan era. The Orang Asli settlement at the upstream of Sayong River was the hometown to
85-662: Is divided into 4 mukims : Malay made up 55% of the total population in Kulai. This is followed by Malaysian Chinese (33.7%) and Malaysian Indian (10.7%). List of Kulai district representatives in the Federal Parliament (Dewan Rakyat) List of Kulai district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly (Dewan Undangan Negeri) The main economy activities in the district are information and communication technology, biotechnology and logistics. Skudai Highway or Federal route 1
102-623: Is located in Senai . The airport has flights to as far as China , Saudi Arabia , and Indonesia . Districts of Malaysia Districts ( Malay : Daerah ; Jajahan in Kelantan ) are a type of administrative division below the state level in Malaysia . An administrative district is administered by a lands and district office ( pejabat daerah dan tanah ) which is headed by district officer ( pegawai daerah ). In Peninsular Malaysia ,
119-420: Is one of three landlocked districts of Johor (the other two being Kluang and Segamat ) with an area of 753.75 km (291.02 sq mi), which is slightly smaller than the size of Singapore, a sovereign country situated approximately 12 km (7.5 miles) to the south of the district. It has a population of 223,306 at the 2010 Census (provisional result). It has a mix of urban and rural settlements with
136-554: Is the most important inner link in Kulai District, with many access along the road such as Senai Airport Highway 16, Skudai–Pontian Highway 5, Jalan Kulai-Kota Tinggi 94, Diamond Interchange (access to Bandar Putra, Indahpura and proposed new NSE exit), proposed Kulai Inner Ring Road . The government proposed to open a new road, Kulai-Senai Bypass, to resolve the traffic jam problem of the Skudai Highway . Kulai
153-849: Is usually named after the main town or its administrative capital ; for example, the town of Sandakan is the capital of the Sandakan District, as well as the capital of Sandakan Division . Some larger districts are further divided into autonomous sub-districts ( daerah kecil ; literally "small district") before the mukim level. This is prevalent in Sarawak and Sabah , but also seen in Peninsular Malaysia in recent years, e.g. Lojing autonomous sub-district in Kelantan . Sub-districts in Sabah , however, are not divided into mukim. An administrative district can be distinguished from
170-615: Is within the municipality. The Second Link Expressway E3 is also an access to connect to Iskandar Puteri , Singapore ( Tuas ). The Senai–Desaru Expressway (SDE) [REDACTED] Senai–Desaru Expressway connects Senai and Desaru more quickly. The district also has one railway station run by the Malayan Railway (KTM) in Kulai Town . The district houses the Senai International Airport which
187-792: The Malay Singaporean folklore hero Badang . Badang was the Hulubalang during the reign of Sri Rana Wikrama of the Kingdom of Singapura , a city kingdom prior to the establishment of Sultanate of Malacca . This suggest that the settlement in Sungai Sayong should have been established no later than the 12th century. In 1548, after the demise of last Sultan of Melaka in exile, Mahmud Shah , his prince Alauddin Shah moved his capital from Kampar, Sumatra to Sayong and established
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#1732783187386204-718: The basis of boundaries for the parliamentary constituencies in the Malaysian Parliament . However this is not always the case; in heavily populated areas e.g. the Klang Valley and Kinta Valley there is serious overlap between district, local government and parliamentary boundaries. In the 11 states of the Peninsular Malaysia including the Federal Territories , there are townships (precinct for Putrajaya) that been administered by
221-409: The current subdistrict. The name Kulai 龟来 ( pinyin : Guīlái ), which means turtles are coming , was a Chinese mispronounciation of Pulai. Chinese Hakka peoples led by a man named Huang Guo Mao emigrated to Johor from Qing China during the late 19th century and opened a settlement in the area, and had renamed the place after the influx of turtles coming to the area after heavy flooding. Kulai
238-474: The mukim level. The Federal Territories and Labuan are also not divided into districts; however Kuala Lumpur is divided into several mukim for land administration purposes. Putrajaya is divided into precincts . In East Malaysia , a district is a subdivision of a division ( bahagian ) of a state. For example, Tuaran is a district within the West Coast Division of Sabah . A district
255-406: The new Kota Sayong Pinang. Kota Sayong was the first capital of Sultanate of Johor on the peninsular mainland. The Sultan later moved the capital city to Kota Batu at the mouth of Johor River . The modern district of Kulai was a former sub-district of Johor Bahru . The subdistrict was upgraded to the full district status on 1 January 2008 as District of Kulaijaya . The district is recognised as
272-421: The state's 9th district. On 28 August 2015, Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim Ismail ibni Sultan Iskandar decreed to revert Kulaijaya's name back to its original name. The local authorities of Kulai are Kulai Municipal Council and Iskandar Puteri City Council , the part of southern Kulai, etc.: Kangkar Pulai . Kulai Town also the administry centre of Kulai District and Kulai Municipal Council. Kulai District
289-606: Was an important stopover on the Johor Bahru-Kuala Lumpur trunk road in the 1970s and 1980s until the North–South Expressway (NSE) E2 opened in 1994, which bypassed the town. Senai North Interchange ( NSE )253 is the connection to Singapore (from the east to the west).NSE is also one of the access points to the Mount Pulai nature reserve. Senai Airport , the international airport which serves Johor
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