Jempol District

Map of Jempol within Negeri Sembilan

The Jempol District (Chinese: 仁保) is the largest district in the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan. The district borders the other Malaysian states of Pahang to the northeast and Johor to the east. Bandar Seri Jempol and Bahau are the principal towns in Jempol.^[1]

Jempol is also the meeting point of Muar and Serting Rivers. The meeting point had played an important transportation role in ancient times. Known historically as Desa Penarikan, it connected trade posts west of the Malay Peninsula with population centers in the east coast and vice versa.

Hospital

Jempol is equipped with a hospital which is being funded by the Malaysian Ministry of Health. The hospital is the main health care provider in Jempol and its surrounding areas including Serting and Bahau. Residents of Rompin and other nearby areas in Pahang that used to use a hospital in Kuala Pilah are now visiting Jempol's hospital. Bahau is 21 km away from Kuala Pilah.

Transportation

Car

Highway is the main route serving Jempol constituency, passing through downtown Bahau and touching Bandar Seri Jempol before continuing to Temerloh, Pahang.

Bera Highway cuts through Jempol constituency in an east-west direction, beginning in Serting and ending near Bandar Tun Abdul Razak in southern Pahang.

Route links Bahau to Juasseh in Kuala Pilah constituency.

Public transportation

Bahau KTM is the principal railway station serving this constituency.

Politics

Jempol is a parliamentary constituency in the Dewan Rakyat of the Malaysian Parliament, currently represented by Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), part of the federal ruling coalition Barisan Nasional.

In turn, Jempol supplies four seats to the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly:

• Serting;
• Bahau;
• Palong; and
• Jeram Padang.

With the exception of Bahau, which is being held by the DAP, the other three seats are held by BN - Jeram Padang is held by MIC and the other two, Serting and Palong, are held by UMNO.^{[2] [3]}

See also

• Districts of Malaysia

References

1. http://www.utusan.com.my/berita/wilayah/negeri-sembilan/pasar-tani-kekal-dibina-di-jempol-hujung-tahun-1.12113
2. "Senarai ADUN Barisan Nasional". Barisan Nasional. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
3. "Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Sembilan". DAPMalaysia.org. Retrieved 24 January 2016.