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Town in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

Johol

Johol

Key facts

instance oftown
countryMalaysia
located in the administrative territorial entityNegeri Sembilan
All data from the card 10
Country
Malaysia
State
Negeri Sembilan
District
Kuala Pilah
Luak
Johol
• Body
Kuala Pilah District Council
• President
Nawal Mohamed Amin
• MP
Adnan Abu Hassan (BN–UMNO)
• MLA
Saiful Yazan Sulaiman (BN–UMNO)
Time zone
UTC+8 (MYT)
Postal code
73100
Johol in Kuala Pilah District
Johol in Kuala Pilah District

Johol (Negeri Sembilan Malay: Joho) is a town, a mukim and a state assembly constituency in Kuala Pilah District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. It is roughly halfway between Tampin and Kuala Pilah, along FT 9.

Features

Johol town houses one of the oldest surviving Shell service stations in the country, dating back to the 1930s. It is located along Jalan Besar FT 9.

Politics

Johol is one of the constituent Minangkabau states, known as luaks, that formed Negeri Sembilan. The reigning Undang of the Luak of Johol (Undang of Johol) is Datuk Johan Pahlawan Lela Perkasa Setiawan Muhammad Abdullah (the 15th Undang). He is one of the four Undangs that participate in the election of the Yamtuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan; the other three are from Sungai Ujong (which included the capital Seremban and Port Dickson), Jelebu and Rembau.

Johol is part of the parliamentary constituency of Kuala Pilah. Johol is also a constituency of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly.

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