Chaah

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Chaah is the southernmost town in the district of Segamat, Johor, Malaysia. Located 19 km south from Labis via Federal Route 1. Chaah consists of Kampung and Taman Chaah Town C-Block Kampung Baru (residents are mostly Chinese), Kampung Java (Malay Kampung) Taman Damai Jaya I & II, Taman Sri Chaah, Taman Orkid populations are mixed by Chinese, Malay and India.

Taman Chaah Baru(new Chaah garden) is 1-2 km far from Chaah Town.

The highest education institute in Chaah is Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Chaah, National Secondary School.

About 5 km south from Chaah, there is a village named Desa Temu Jodoh. Established in the early 1970s, Desa Temu Jodoh got its name from the grand wedding ceremony among a large number of couples of early settlers. The number of couples married during the wedding ceremony was the largest at that time in Malaysia.

1 Chaah name
2 Education Institute
3 Famous Chinese Food
4 Special Market Event
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Chaah name

The name of Chaah derived from its geographical location. Chaah is situated between mapping of three rivers. The mandarin pronunciation of Chaah is "San He Gang" (三合港).

- "San" means three - "He" means mapping - "Gang" means port

Rumours 1: It names "Chaah" because the early owner of this inner harbour named Cha Ah Kong

Rumours 2: that it is name "Chaah" because they saw a beauty girl beside the river named Cik Ah (Ms Ah)

Further, back to early 1960-ans, Chaah villagers lived along the Sungai Chaah (River Chaah). The main transportation was Sampan (small boat). The villagers shall take Sampan and travel to the nearest city called: Batu Pahat.

[edit] Education Institute

-Primary School - India Primary School x 1, Chinese Primary School x 1, Malay Primary School x 2.

-Secondary School - Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Chaah, the only secondary school.

[edit] Famous Chinese Food

-Gan Lao Mian, noodles is common and popular among Chinese and India.

-You Chai, vegetables cook with oil. A dish that attracts Singaporeans pay a visit to Chaah.

-Tian Ji, a kind of frog and cook with secret recipe.

-tosai idli

[edit] Special Market Event

Pasar Pagi(Morning Market) - Every Sunday, Chaah town street surrounding soccer field.

Pasar Malam(Evening Market) - Every Saturday, in front of Taman Sri Chaah & Taman Damai Jaya II.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Chaah BBS

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