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Districts of Johor Darul Ta'zim
Johor Bahru جوهر بهرو
District office location	Johor Bahru
District officer	Malick Awang
Parliamentary seat(s)	Dewan Rakyat
State Assembly seat(s)	Dewan Undangan Negeri
Local area government(s)	MBJB 1 MPJBT 2 MPKULAI 3
Area
- Total	1817 km²
Population
- 2001 estimate	1,278,000
- Density	703.4/km²
* BN=Barisan Nasional 1 Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru 2 Majlis Perbandaran Johor Bahru Tengah 3 Pihak Berkuasa Tempatan Pasir Gudang 3 Majlis Perbandaran Kulai

This article refers to a district in the state of Johor in Malaysia. For other uses, see Johor Bahru (disambiguation)

The Johor Bahru district is located in the southern part of Johor, separated from Singapore by Straits of Johor. It covers an area of 1871 km² and has a population of over 1.2 million. The district borders Pontian district on the west, Kota Tinggi District on the east, Kluang District on the north and Singapore to the south. Johor Bahru metropolitan area is surrounded by rich oil palm estates.

Johor Bahru district comprises four local authorities - Johor Bahru City Council (MBJB), Johor Bahru Tengah Municipal Council (MPJBT), Pasir Gudang Local Authority (PBTPG) and recently created Kulai Municipal Council with a possibly new fifth local authority covering a proposed new administrative capital of Johor in Bandar Nusajaya near the Linkedua Expressway to Singapore.

The city of Johor Bahru is Malaysia's southern gateway. It receives 60% of foreign tourist to Malaysia and is a major holiday and shopping destination for neighbouring Singaporeans due to the weaker Malaysian ringgit vis-a-vis Singaporean dollar. There are also considerable number of Malaysians who study and work in Singapore, but commute on a daily basis to and fro Johor Baru and the city state.

Johor Bahru city at night

The district has two land links to Singapore; Johor Causeway and the newer Linkedua Expressway. The customs and immigration complex of the Linkedua Expressway is named in Malay Kompleks Sultan Abu Bakar, named after the current Sultan's late great-grandfather, Sultan Abu Bakar.

The site is also close to the crash site of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 in 1977. The Malaysia Airlines plane crashed into the swampy lands of Tanjong Kupang. There were no survivors and many bodies remained unidentified. They were subsequently buried in a Muslim cemetery in Johor Bahru.

Lee Kuan Yew once cited anger of Johor Bahru people when he was supposedly bemused by the high number of Singaporean visitors despite what he alleged as "high occurrences of crimes" in Johor Bahru.

• Johor Bahru

• Senai
• Skudai
• Sedenak
• Masai
• Pandan-Tebrau
• Plentong
• Pasir Gudang
• Gelang Patah
• Tampoi
• Ulu Tiram
• Kempas
• Kulai

v • d • e Johor Darul Ta'zim
Districts	Batu Pahat • Johor Bahru • Kluang • Kota Tinggi • Mersing • Muar • Pontian • Segamat
Cities	Johor Bahru (capital)
Towns	Ayer Hitam • Air Papan • Bakri • Bandar Baru UDA • Bandar Dato' Onn • Bandar Nusajaya • Bandar Penawar • Bandar Tenggara • Batu Enam • Batu Pahat • Bekok • Benut • Bukit Gambir • Bukit Kangkar • Bukit Kepong • Bukit Naning • Bukit Pasir • Buloh Kasap • Chaah • Desaru • Endau • Gelang Patah • Gemas Baharu • Jagoh • Jemaluang • Jementah • Johor Lama • Kahang • Kelapa Sawit • Kempas • Kluang • Kong Kong • Kota Tinggi • Kulai • Kukup • Labis • Layang-Layang • Lenga • Lima Kedai • Lok Heng • Lombong • Machap • Masai • Mengkibol • Mersing • Muar • Pagoh • Paloh • Parit Bakar • Parit Jawa • Parit Raja • Parit Sulong • Parit Yaani • Panchor • Pasir Gudang • Pasir Pelangi • Pendas • Pekan Air Panas • Pekan Nanas • Pengerang • Permas Jaya • Plentong • Pontian Kechil • Renggam • Rengit • Sagil • Saleng • Sedenak • Sedili • Segamat • Semerah • Senai • Senggarang • Simpang Renggam • Skudai • Sri Medan • Stulang • Sungai Balang • Sungai Karas • Sungai Mati • Sungai Rengit • Taman Universiti • Tampoi • Tangkak • Tanjung Balau • Tanjung Kupang • Tanjung Leman • Tanjung Langsat • Tanjung Piai • Tanjung Pelepas • Tanjung Pengelih • Teluk Mahkota • Teluk Ramunia • Tenggaroh • Tongkang Pechah • Ulu Tiram • Yong Peng
Islands	Pulau Aur • Pulau Batu Puteh • Pulau Besar • Pulau Pemanggil • Pulau Rawa • Pulau Sibu • Pulau Tinggi