Bandar Tun Abdul Razak

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For the area in Kuala Lumpur, see Bandar Tun Razak.

Bandar Tun Abdul Razak (not to be confused with Bandar Tun Razak in Kuala Lumpur) is a small town located in the west Rompin in Pahang. This town located 27 kilometres from Bandar Muadzam Shah and 127 kilometres from Kuantan, the capital city of Pahang State. The town is strategically situated between Johor Bahru and Kuantan, where the Tun Razak Highway as the main road that connected this both town.

1 History
2 Residential
3 Infrastructure
4 Education

[edit] History

Bandar Tun Abdul Razak was opened in 1979 and in the early years, the town was known as Bandar 22 due to the government's plan to name the areas around the south east Pahang that will become the future local administration and economic centre using a number for temporary purposes. Depending on the perceived potential of a town, the government changes the town's name from a number into a proper name.

[edit] Residential

Bandar Tun Abdul Razak is surrounding by a few FELDA settlements. Roughly, about 2500 families live in the FELDA settlements, mostly Malay and also a small numbers of Indian, Chinese and Orang Asli. There are five FELDA settlements in Bandar Tun Abdul Razak consists of :

Felda Keratong 1
Felda Keratong 2
Felda Keratong 3
Felda Keratong 4
Felda Keratong 5

Beside that, there are also a few Orang Asli villages located near Bandar Tun Abdul Razak likes Kg Rekoh and Bukit Serok; and also a few palm oil plantation residentials such as Melati, Kg Aur, Ladang Bukt Berembun and other.

[edit] Infrastructure

Although Bandar Tun Abdul Razak is a small town, the infrastructures of the town are mostly complete. There is a post office, police station, medical clinic, shops, bus station, mosque, bank and also multi-purpose hall. Each FELDA area also has its own shop areas, school and mosque.

[edit] Education

Primary School:

SK Bandar Melati
SK Bandar Tun Abdul Razak
SK Bukit Serok
SK Felda Keratong 1
SK Felda Keratong 2
SK Felda Keratong 3
SK Felda Keratong 4 & 5

Secondary School:

SMK Keratong
SMK Bandar Tun Abdul Razak
SMA Al-Hasanah

v • d • e Pahang Darul Makmur

Districts	Bera • Bentong • Cameron Highlands • Jerantut • Kuantan • Kuala Lipis • Maran • Pekan • Raub • Rompin • Temerloh

Towns	Bandar Bera • Bandar Pusat Jengka • Bandar Muadzam Shah • Bandar Tun Abdul Razak • Batu Talam • Belimbing • Benta • Bentong • Beserah • Brinchang • Bukit Tinggi • Ceruk Paluh • Chenor • Cheroh • Chini Lake • Cherating • FELDA Mempaga • FELDA New Zealand • Fraser's Hill • Gambang • Gebeng • Genting Highlands • Genting Sempah • Janda Baik • Jerantut • Kampung Awah • Karak • Kemayan • Ketari • Kuala Lipis • Kuala Pahang • Kuala Rompin • Kuala Tembeling • Kuantan (capital) • Lanchang • Lubuk Paku • Lurah Bilut • Maran • Mengkarak • Mengkuang • Mentakab • Merapoh • Nenasi • Paluh Hinai • Pekan • Raub • Rompin • Sempalit • Sungai Lembing • Sungai Ruan • Tanah Rata • Teluk Cempedak • Temerloh • Teriang • Tringkap

Islands	Pulau Tioman

Townships	Bandar Indera Mahkota • Gohtong Jaya

v • d • e East Coast Economic Region (ECER)

ECER Kelantan	Gua Musang • Kota Bharu • Pengkalan Chepa • Rantau Panjang • Second East-West Highway • Sultan Ismail Petra Airport • Taman Negara • University of Malaysia Kelantan

ECER Terengganu	Bandar Al-Muktafi Billah Shah • Bandar Chenih Bahru • Bandar Ketengah Jaya • Islamic Heritage Park • Kenyir Lake • Kuala Terengganu • Paka • Perhentian Islands • Rantau Abang • Redang Island • Kerteh • Kemaman • East Coast Expressway • Second East-West Highway • Sultan Mahmud Airport • University of Malaysia Terengganu • Taman Negara

ECER Pahang	Bandar Indera Mahkota • Bandar Muadzam Shah • Bandar Pusat Jengka • Bandar Tun Abdul Razak • Bera Lake • Chini Lake • Cherating • East Coast Expressway • Gambang • Gebeng • Genting Highlands • Jerantut • Kuantan • Kuantan Port • Pekan • Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport • Tioman Island • University of Malaysia Pahang • Taman Negara

ECER Johor	Endau • Mersing • Sibu Island