Pagoh

Pagoh
Pagoh
Town
Other transcription(s)
• Jawi	ڤاڬوه
• Simplified Chinese	巴莪
	Pagoh town centre
Country	Malaysia
State	Johor
District	Muar District

Pagoh (Jawi: ڤاڬوه) is a town in Muar District, Johor, Malaysia. Pagoh is situated 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Muar via Johor State Route J32 (Muar–Labis trunk road) and is accessible via one of the main interchanges on the North–South Expressway, the major expressway on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. There are several federal government institutions in that town, including Institut Kemahiran Belia Negara (IKBN) and Malaysian National Service Nasuha Camp.^[1]

History

During the Malayan Emergency, British and Commonwealth forces publicly displayed the corpses of communist guerrillas in Pagoh.^[2]

Education

Primary education is provided by several primary schools in Pagoh. One example is SJKC (national type Chinese school) Soon Mong which is approximately 50 years old. One of the secondary schools in Pagoh is SMK Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah I (SARS1), named after the sultan of Malacca who died in Pagoh.

Pagoh Educational Hub (EduHub Pagoh), the largest public higher education hub area in Malaysia, is being constructed at Bandar Universiti Pagoh, a new well-planned education township in Muar, has cemented Pagoh's name as a college town, housing the branch campuses of the International Islamic University of Malaysia and Tun Hussein Onn University of Malaysia and the research centre of University of Technology Malaysia. ^[3] The first phase has been launched in the middle of September 2011.^[4]

Tourist attractions

Damai Orchard (Dusun Damai)
Kampung Raja Mosque and Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah I's tomb
Nasuha Spice Garden (Taman Rempah Ratus Nasuha)

Sports and recreation

Pagoh National Sports Council Complex^[5]

Federal constituency

Health

Pagoh Health Clinic (Klinik Kesihatan Pagoh)

References

^ "The rise of Pagoh". nst.com.my. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
^ Hack, Karl (2022). The Malayan Emergency: Revolution and Counterinsurgency at the End of Empire. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 320.
^ Khairul Ashraf Kammed (16 November 2017). "The rise of Pagoh". New Straits Times. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^ Muhyiddin launches phase one of Pagoh education hub Archived 29 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Kompleks MSN Pagoh". nsc.gov.my.