Plentong

Plentong was an old Chinese new village that is now a busy town in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. Many hypermarkets are found here like Giant and Tesco. Surrounded by Permas Jaya, Taman Johor Jaya and Bandar Seri Alam, its main traffic junction (Jalan Masai Lama and Jalan Permas Utara) is heavily congested with traffic crawling up to 3 kilometres in each direction on some days. Plentong is the headquarters of the Malacca-Johor archdiocese, known as Majodi centre. One of the largest granite quarries in Johor is located here in Plentong. There is also a railway station on the Kempas-Pasir Gudang line which largely services cargo trains. Mukim Plentong which covers much of Johor Bahru town, Permas Jaya, Pasir Gudang etc is the most populous Mukim in Johor and one of the most populous in Malaysia with over 500,000 residents.