Kulai District

Kulai District
District of Malaysia
Malay transcription(s)
• Rumi	Daerah Kulai
• Jawi	دايره كولاي‎
Chinese transcription(s)
• Traditional	古來縣
• Simplified	古来县
• Mandarin	Gǔláixiàn (Pinyin)
Flag
Country	Malaysia
State	Johor Darul Ta'zim
Seat	Kulai Town
Government
• District officer	Kamarudin Abdullah
Area
• Total	753.45 km2 (290.91 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	246,721
• Density	330/km2 (850/sq mi)
Area code(s)	7

The Kulai District is a district in the state of Johor, Malaysia. It covers Kulai Town, Ayer Bemban, Bandar Putra Kulai, Bukit Batu, Indahpura, Kangkar Pulai, Kelapa Sawit, Saleng, Sedenak, Seelong, Senai and Sengkang and Taman Putri.

History

Kulai sub-district was upgraded to a full-fledged district on 1 January 2008 and renamed as Kulaijaya District.^[1] The district is recognised as the state's 9th district.^[2]

On 28 August 2015, Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim Ismail ibni Sultan Iskandar ordered the state government to change Kulaijaya's name back to its original Kulai name.^[3][4]

Government

Kulai District and the capital Kulai Town

The local authorities of Kulai are Kulai Municipal Council and Johor Bahru Tengah Municipal Council, the part of southern Kulai, etc.: Kangkar Pulai. Kulai Town also the administry centre of Kulai District and Kulai Municipal Council.

Administrative divisions

Kulai District is divided into 4 mukims:^[5]

• Bukit Batu
• Kulai Town
• Sedenak
• Senai

Demography

The Chinese (65.4%) are concentrated in Kulai and Senai Town while the Malay population (26.5%) mostly on FELDA settlements and on some traditional Malay villages along the old trunk road. The Indians (7.8%) are mostly working in rubber estates, factories or run their businesses.^[6]

The Chinese community in Kulai are mainly of the Hakka dialect group.

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

List of Kulai district representatives in the Federal Parliament (Dewan Rakyat)

List of Kulai district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly (Dewan Undangan Negeri)

Transport

Roads

Skudai Highway or Federal route 1 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 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)EXIT 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 is within the municipality.

The Second Link Expressway E3 is also a new access to connect to Iskandar Puteri, Singapore (Tuas). The Senai–Desaru Expressway (SDE) connects Senai and Desaru more quickly.

Rails

The district also has one railway station run by the Malayan Railway (KTM) in Kulai Town.

Airport

Senai International Airport

Senai International Airport is located in Senai, with a structured highway and a proposed railway network, which will eventually stretch to China and provide easy access to the modern port facilities of the Tanjung Pelepas Port and Johor Port.

Other Towns

• Kulai Town
• Ayer Bemban
• Bukit Batu
• Kangkar Pulai
• Kelapa Sawit
• Saleng
• Sedenak
• Seelong
• Senai

Places of interest

Hutan Bandar Putra

• Mount Pulai
• Hutan Bandar Putra Kulai (Putra Recreation Forest)
• Nanyan Aquarium Centre, Ayer Bemban
• Hua Guo Shan Temple, Sedenak

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kulai.

• Kulai

References

External links

• Kulai District Education Department's Website

Coordinates: 1°40′N 103°36′E / 1.667°N 103.600°E / 1.667; 103.600