Tanjung Kupang

Tanjung Kupang is a mukim in Iskandar Puteri, Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia.[1]

Tanjung Kupang
Tanjung Kupang in Johor Bahru District
Tanjung Kupang
Tanjung Kupang in Johor Bahru District
Coordinates: 1°22′35.87″N 103°35′30.5″E
CountryMalaysia
StateJohor
DistrictJohor Bahru

Geography

The mukim has an area of 283 km2 with a population of 10,702 people.[2]

Malaysia Airlines Flight 653

Tanjung Kupang was the crash site of Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 on December 4, 1977. The flight was hijacked and crashed near Kampong Ladang, Tanjung Kupang. All 93 passengers and 7 crew perished and no recognisable bodies were found. The remains were buried in a common grave known as Tanjung Kupang Memorial at Jalan Kebun Teh.

Transportation
Sultan Abu Bakar Check point, Tanjung Kupang

The Malaysia–Singapore Second Link was built between Sultan Abu Bakar Complex in Kampong Ladang at Tanjung Kupang, Johor and Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim at Tuas, Singapore. The bridge was built to reduce the traffic congestion at the Johor–Singapore Causeway, and was opened to traffic on 2 January 1998. The twin-deck bridge supports a dual-three lane carriageway and its total length over water is 1,920 m.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-04. Retrieved 2016-02-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://apps.water.gov.my/jpskomuniti/dokumen/Johor%20Bahru%20Profil%20(Rev1).pdf
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