- Bandar Tun Abdul Razak
Bandar Tun Abdul Razak "(not to be confused with
Bandar Tun Razak inKuala Lumpur )" is a small town located in the westRompin inPahang . This town located 27 kilometres fromBandar Muadzam Shah and 127 kilometres fromKuantan , the capital city ofPahang State. The town is strategically situated between Johor Bahru and Kuantan, where theTun Razak Highway as the main road that connected this both town.History
Bandar Tun Abdul Razak was opened in
1979 and in the early years, the town was known as Bandar 22 due to the government's plan to name the areas around the south eastPahang that will become the future local administration and economic centre using anumber for temporary purposes. Depending on the perceived potential of a town, the government changes the town's name from a number into a proper name.Residential
Bandar Tun Abdul Razak is surrounding by a few
FELDA settlements. Roughly, about 2500 families live in theFELDA settlements, mostly Malay and also a small numbers of Indian, Chinese andOrang Asli . There are fiveFELDA settlements inBandar Tun Abdul Razak consists of :*Felda Keratong 1
*Felda Keratong 2
*Felda Keratong 3
*Felda Keratong 4
*Felda Keratong 5Beside that, there are also a few
Orang Asli villages located near Bandar Tun Abdul Razak likes Kg Rekoh and Bukit Serok; and also a few palm oil plantation residentials such as Melati, Kg Aur, Ladang Bukt Berembun and other.Under DUN Ibam and the latest ADUN is YAB Dato' Seri Mohammad Shafri Bin AzizInfrastructure
Although Bandar Tun Abdul Razak is a small town, the infrastructures of the town are mostly complete. There is a post office, police station, medical clinic, shops, bus station, mosque, bank and also multi-purpose hall. Each FELDA area also has its own shop areas, school and mosque.
Education
Primary School:
*SK Bandar Melati
*SK Bandar Tun Abdul Razak
*SK Bukit Serok
*SK Felda Keratong 1
*SK Felda Keratong 2
*SK Felda Keratong 3
*SK Felda Keratong 4 & 5Secondary School:
*SMK Keratong
*SMK Bandar Tun Abdul Razak
*SMA Al-Hasanah
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