Bandar Tun Abdul Razak

Bandar Tun Abdul Razak "(not to be confused with Bandar Tun Razak in Kuala Lumpur)" is a small town located in the west Rompin in Pahang. This town located 27 kilometres from Bandar Muadzam Shah and 127 kilometres from Kuantan, the capital city of Pahang State. The town is strategically situated between Johor Bahru and Kuantan, where the Tun 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 east Pahang that will become the future local administration and economic centre using a number 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 the FELDA settlements, mostly Malay and also a small numbers of Indian, Chinese and Orang Asli. There are five FELDA settlements in Bandar Tun Abdul Razak consists of :

*Felda Keratong 1
*Felda Keratong 2
*Felda Keratong 3
*Felda Keratong 4
*Felda Keratong 5

Beside 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 Aziz

Infrastructure

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 & 5

Secondary School:
*SMK Keratong
*SMK Bandar Tun Abdul Razak
*SMA Al-Hasanah