Simpang Renggam

Simpang Renggam, whose name means harvest junction, is a town and municipality in Kluang District in central Johor, Malaysia. The area spans 1,002.47 square kilometres, with its town centre in Ulu Benut Mukim. Its local authority, the Simpang Renggam District Council, was known as the Kluang South District Council until 1 January 2001 and covers the southern half of the Kluang region, including Renggam and Layang-Layang. It was formed on 1 September 1979 by merging six local councils and moved into its present administrative complex in 2021. The town is home to the Johor Prison, built from 1982 to 1986, with a capacity of 2,500 inmates and a moral rehabilitation centre, a special rehabilitation centre and a special detention centre. Renggam is a separate town about 12 kilometres to the northeast.