Kulai | |
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| Nicknames: Kulaijaya, The Turtle Town | |
| Motto: Cemerlang, Sejahtera (English:Excellence, Peaceful) | |
  Kulai | |
| Coordinates:1°40′00″N103°36′00″E / 1.66667°N 103.60000°E /1.66667; 103.60000 | |
| Country | Malaysia |
| State | Johor |
| District | Kulai |
| Establishment | 1890 |
| Municipality status | 21 April 2004 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local Government |
| • Body | Kulai Municipal Council |
| • President | Haji Abdul Rahman Salleh |
| • Kulai Member of Parliament | Teo Nie Ching (DAP) |
| Population (within MPKu Control Area) | |
• Total | 230,000 |
| • Rank | 29th |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | Not observed |
| Website | www |
Kulai is a town and the capital ofKulai District, Johor, Malaysia. It is administered by theKulai Municipal Council (MPKu), which was earlier known as the Kulai District Council.
Kulai was a forest until Huang Guo Mao conducted explorations and established a settlement in 1892. The shophouses were destroyed by the British as theEmpire of Japan advanced into the area in 1941.[1]
Kulai was surveyed as one of the happiest cities in Malaysia in June 2020.[2]
The Kulai Local Council was formed in 1950. TheLabour Party of Malaya won in the city during the 1950s and 1960s.[3]
In 1947, there was a dispute between the pro-Kuomintang forces led by Tang Zhu Bo and the pro-Chinese Communist Party forces led by Chen Xiu Ying. Chen and his supporters went into the forrest to fight a guerilla campaign. Chen led around 100 men to attack Kulai in 1948, and killed Tan Go Kim, chair of the Kuomintang Kulai. Chen was killed in 1951.[4]
TheColonial Development Corporation conducted the Kulai Oil Palm Estate (KOPE), a 1,772 acre plantation that was abandoned by its Chinese owner duringWorld War II, in 1950. The CDC initially sought 10,000 acres, but the low cost and the large amount ofelaeis made KOPE desirable.[5] In 1954, KOPE had 1,283 acres in production that produced 650 tonnes of oil and 3,083 acres were planned for the future.[6] A palm oil factory for KOPE was completed in 1957.[7] A 5,000 acre extension was launched in 1962.[8] There were 26,000 acres dedicated to oil palm in Kulai by 1965.[9]
The Chinese community in Kulai mainly communicate inHakka Chinese dialects. There are quite a number of Chinese temples to fulfill the religious needs of the local Chinese community, like Wan Xian Miao Temple (古来萬仙廟) (founded in 1913),[10] Hong Sen Tai Tee Old Temple (古来新港洪仙大帝古廟) (founded in 1891),[11] Yuen Sun Kung Temple (古来云山宫)[12] (founded in 1933) and several other temples.(士年纳路口花果山)[13]
Transportation betweenJohor Bahru and Kulai was conducted through a bus service until 1933. There was one taxi in Kulai in 1936.[14]
Kulai has atropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Kulai | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.1 (88.0) | 31.5 (88.7) | 31.8 (89.2) | 31.8 (89.2) | 31.8 (89.2) | 31.9 (89.4) | 31.6 (88.9) | 31.6 (88.9) | 31.5 (88.7) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.3 (88.3) | 31.1 (88.0) | 31.5 (88.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.3 (79.3) | 26.8 (80.2) | 27.1 (80.8) | 27.1 (80.8) | 27.1 (80.8) | 27.2 (81.0) | 26.9 (80.4) | 26.9 (80.4) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.9 (80.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) | 22.1 (71.8) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.1 (71.8) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.1 (71.8) | 22.2 (72.0) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 252 (9.9) | 189 (7.4) | 246 (9.7) | 260 (10.2) | 241 (9.5) | 170 (6.7) | 173 (6.8) | 228 (9.0) | 218 (8.6) | 246 (9.7) | 273 (10.7) | 289 (11.4) | 2,785 (109.6) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[15] | |||||||||||||
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