MUAR, Royal Town of Johor [4K]

Muar or Bandar Maharani is a historical town and the capital of Muar District in Johor, Malaysia. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Malaysia to be visited and explored for its food, especially “elephant” coffee and historical prewar buildings. It was recently declared as the royal town of Johor by Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar and is the fourth largest city after Johor Bahru, Batu Pahat and Kluang in Johor. It is the main and biggest town of the bigger entity region or area of the same name, Muar which is sub-divided into the Muar district and the new Tangkak district, which was upgraded into a full-fledged district from the Tangkak sub-district earlier. Muar district as the only district covering the whole area formerly borders Malacca in the northern part. Upon the upgrading of Tangkak (formerly Ledang) district, the Muar district now covers only the area south of Sungai Muar, whilst the northern area beyond the river is in within Tangkak district. Muar is one of the cleanest cities in South East Asia, being awarded with Asean Clean Tourist City Standard Award 2017. Muar district formerly covers 2346.12 km2, with a population of nearly 330,000. The town of Muar is located at the mouth of Muar River. The flat terrain of Muar's geographical ground and areas has enable the extensive use of bicycle and tricycle vehicles as the main and major mode of transportation in Muar in the early days. This believe to be the main factor and reason Muar was once the town with the most bicycles and the only town that requires valid license issued by the town council to own and use a bicycle in the country. Muar is internationally well known as the hub of the furniture industry of Malaysia. Industrial estates within Muar district are located at Tanjung Agas, Bukit Bakri, Jorak, Parit Bakar, Pagoh and Tangkak. There are notably three big factories of multinational companies, i.e. STMicroelectronics, Micron Technology and Pioneer Corporation at Tanjung Agas. The town is robust of business and trading activities, with many old traditional Chinese shops offering variety of products at reasonable and attractive prices. Muar agriculture is mainly made up of the major crops of rubber and oil palm beside some coconut, cocoa, durian, rambutan, duku, mangosteen, banana, papaya, pineapple, dragon fruit, vegetables and livestock, poultry and fish farming. Fishing is the major economy of some fishing villages like Parit Jawa, Parit Raja, Parit Tiram, and Kesang. There are many cafes that are being open in Muar around the Bakri area to attract tourists and for local enjoyment. Click “SUBSCRIBE” to follow latest video here: https://www.youtube.com/southerncorri... Like and Follow our FB:   / southerncorridormalaysia   Follow our IG:   / scm_southern_corridor_malaysia   Please email SouthernCorridorMalaysia [at] gmail dot com to grant a written consent to use our video’s contents. Download to re-posting of our video contents are prohibited. Website: http://scmlink.com.my/ #muar #muarjohor