Seremban
Coordinates: 2 ° 43 ' N , 101 ° 57' E
Seremban is the capital of the Malaysian state Negeri Sembilan with 372,931 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2005). The city is located in the District of Seremban, one of seven districts in Negeri Sembilan. Seremban should be officially declared a city on September 9, 2009. However, due to the lack of clarity in the legal situation, this did not happen. The city is administered by the Municipal Council ( Majlis Perbandaran Seremban ).
In the 1840s, during the discovery of tin in the area, the city was founded on the Linggi River and was then called "Sungai Ujong". It is a commercial center for rubber production and is well connected to the rail network and communications network in Malaysia.
The Singapore - Kuala Lumpur railway line was completed in the 1890s and stops in Seremban. It also serves the Keretapi Tanah Melayu railway company .
The first Rotary club in Southeast Asia was founded in the city. It forms the center of the Minangkabau culture in the region. There is a Minangkabau Museum in the city, which is dedicated to Minangkabau architecture.
sons and daughters of the town
- Mazlan Othman (* 1951), astrophysicist
- Julian Leow Beng Kim (* 1964), Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur
Town twinning
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Dongguan , People's Republic of China -
Bandung , Indonesia -
Bukittinggi , Indonesia
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Padang , Indonesia
