Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Established Title: | Established |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Settlement Type: | Town in Malaysia |
Translit Lang1: | Other |
Translit Lang1 Type1: | Jawi |
Translit Lang1 Info2: | Chinese: 圣模那 |
Translit Lang1 Type2: | Chinese |
Translit Lang1 Type3: | Tamil |
Pushpin Map: | Malaysia Johor#Malaysia West#Malaysia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Semerah in Johor, Malay Peninsular and Malaysia |
Timezone1: | MYT |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Official Name: | Semerah |
Semerah (Jawi; سميره;) is a town in both Batu Pahat District and Muar District in Johor, Malaysia.[1]
This town is basically a main street with old shophouses and a road to Semerah wet market (Pasar Semerah). They are mainly wooden structures with little or no civil foundation; some were rebuilt into concrete structures after fire damage or own effort. The east part of Semereh is within Muar town. There is a prominent Chinese Temple known as Tokong Kwang Yim Keng which was established before 1938, it is a prominent landmark and tourist attraction for the town.