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Kempas

Kempas is a suburb and administrative zone in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.

Kempas
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The place

Kempas is a suburb and administrative zone in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. It is bordered by six other planning zones: Tampoi to the southwest, Bandar Baru Uda to the south, Larkin to the southeast, Kangkar Tebrau to the east, Bandar Dato' Onn to the northeast and Impian Emas to the northwest.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Kempas

6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Sultan Iskandar Mosque

    The Sultan Iskandar Mosque is a mosque located at Bandar Dato' Onn, Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia. The mosque was named after the late 24th and fourth Sultan of Johor, Almarhum Sultan Iskandar ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail.

    5 km · mosque in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Masjid Jamek Larkin

    Tun Hussein Onn Jamek Mosque or Larkin Jamek Mosque is a mosque in Larkin Sentral, Larkin, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.

    4.8 km · mosque in Malaysia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Ungku Tun Aminah Mosque

    The Ungku Tun Aminah Mosque is a mosque in Tampoi, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. The mosque is similar to National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur.

    3.7 km · mosque in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Bandar Baru UDA Jamek Mosque

    The Bandar Baru UDA Jamek Mosque is a main mosque in Bandar Baru UDA in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.

    3.6 km · Mosque in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Southern University College

    Southern University College is a non-profit, private university college in Skudai, Johor, Malaysia. It is the first non-profit higher education institute and private university college in Skudai, Johor.

    2.7 km · private university college in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Glulam Gallery

    The Glulam Gallery is a gallery in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.

    4 km · Gallery in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Kempas

Airports
Senai (JHB), 13 km · Singapore Changi (SIN), 38 km · Hang Nadim (BTH), 65 km
Stations
Kempas Baru railway station, 1.9 km
  • Sepang → Kempas
    251 km · quickest by road, 4h 23m · RM55–75
    GuideToday
  • Subang → Kempas
    1009 km · quickest by air, 10h 14m · Rp2,364,670–3,639,390
    GuideToday
  • Ipoh → Kempas
    445 km · quickest by road, 7h 49m · RM105–140
    GuideToday
  • From anywhere
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Kempas

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kempas. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThere are shared taxis departing from Larkin Sentral terminal to various destinations (only as far as Genting Highlands) in West Malaysia.
  • Get inThe fare per person for the shared taxis is at least three times the coach fare per person for the further destinations.
  • Get inThe shared taxis, unlike the intercity buses, do not depart at set times.
  • Get inThey only depart when the shared taxi has reached a maximum of four passengers or if the passengers are willing to pay for the remaining seats.
  • Get inShared taxi fares per person in RM: Genting Highlands 120, Kuala Lumpur 95, Kuala Lumpur International Airport 95, Malacca 65, Mersing 40, Senai International Airport 10, Kota Tinggi 10.

From Wikivoyage: Johor Bahru, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Tanjung Balai KarimunID

    11 ways of moving, 14 sources

    65 km
  2. 02
    Tanjung Pinang and BintanID

    9 ways of moving, 49 sources

    107 km
  3. 03
    SelatpanjangID

    7 ways of moving, 12 sources

    125 km
  4. 04
    TiomanMY

    9 ways of moving, 33 sources

    153 km
  5. 05
    Anambas IslandsID

    10 ways of moving, 23 sources

    312 km

If you know how people move in Kempas – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Kempas

Kempas is 4 km from Mukim Pulai, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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