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Batu Pahat

South-eastern Asia

Batu Pahat, also sometimes known as Bandar Penggaram or by its initials as BP, is a town and the capital of Batu Pahat District in Johor, Malaysia. It lies south-east of the royal town of Muar, south-west of Kluang, north-west of Pontian and south of Segamat, and it stands in the Simpang Kanan parish. In 2006 Batu Pahat surpassed Muar to become the second largest urban area in Johor, and by 2012 it was the 16th largest urban area in Malaysia by population. Chinese make up the majority of its people at 62 percent, followed by Malays at 36 percent and Indians at 2 percent.

Facts
Population
156,236 1
Elevation (m)
7 2
Elevation Band
Sea Level 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 4
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1. GeoNames: Batu Pahat, Malaysia
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population 156,236
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2. Opentopodata (SRTM): SRTM 90 m elevation at 1.8522,102.9372
Opentopodata (SRTM)Elevation of the place coordinates 1.8522,102.9372, band assigned from the figure (up to 10 m sea level, otherwise lowland)
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"elevation": 7.0
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3. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Malaysia
CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)Geography.Climate.text
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tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons
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4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseComment above the Malaysia zone lines
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# For peninsular Malaysia see Asia/Singapore.
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Batu Pahat (town) (Wikipedia)
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is a town and capital of Batu Pahat District, Johor, Malaysia
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Malaysia (Wikipedia)
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Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.
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