Johol

2°36′N 102°16′E / 2.600°N 102.267°E / 2.600; 102.267Country MalaysiaState Negeri SembilanDistrictKuala PilahLuak JoholTime zoneUTC+8 (MYT)Postal code

Johol
Luak Berundang
Luak Johol لواق جوهول
Luak of Johol relative to other luaks in Negeri Sembilan
Country	Malaysia
State	Negeri Sembilan
Adat institution	Undang Luak Johol
Government
• Undang Luak Johol	Muhammed Abdullah
• Penghulu Pusaka Luak Gemencheh	Mohd Kamil Abdul Aziz
• Penghulu Pusaka Luak Ayer Kuning	Mohamad Ghazali Abdul Jalil
• Penghulu Pusaka Luak Kecil Pasir Besar	Norhamzaz Buyong

Johol (Jawi: جوهول) is a town, a mukim and a state assembly constituency in Kuala Pilah District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.^[1] It is roughly halfway between Tampin and Kuala Pilah, along FT 9.

Features

Johol town houses one of the oldest surviving Shell service stations in the country, dating back to the 1930s. It is located along Jalan Besar FT 9.^[2]

Politics

Johol is one of the constituent Minangkabau states, known as luaks, that formed Negeri Sembilan. The reigning Undang of the Luak of Johol is Datuk Johan Pahlawan Lela Perkasa Setiawan Muhammad Abdullah (The 15th Undang).^[3] He is one of the four Undangs that will participate in the election of the Yamtuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan; the other three are from Sungai Ujong (which included the capital Seremban and Port Dickson), Jelebu and Rembau.

Johol is part of the parliamentary constituency of Kuala Pilah. Johol is also a constituency of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly.

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