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Johor Bahru, colloquially referred to as JB, is the capital city of the state of Johor, Malaysia. It is located along the Straits of Johor at the southern end of Peninsular Malaysia, adjacent to the island city-state of Singapore. The city has a population of 1,711,191 people within an area of 220 km². Johor Bahru is adjacent to the city of Iskandar Puteri and Pasir Gudang, together with their surrounding areas anchoring Malaysia's second largest urban agglomeration, Iskandar Malaysia, with a population of 2,500,000.

Johor Bahru has the busiest international land border crossing in the world; its direct land link to Singapore through the Johor–Singapore Causeway is a key economic driver of the border city; approximately 350,000 travellers cross the border checkpoints of both Woodlands Checkpoint and Sultan Iskandar Building daily (with an annual total of 128 million travellers).

Johor Bahru was founded in 1855 as Tanjung Puteri when the Sultanate of Johor came under the influence of Temenggong Daeng Ibrahim. The area was renamed "Johore Bahru" in 1862 and became the capital of the Sultanate when the Sultanate administration centre was moved there from Telok Blangah.

During the reign of Sultan Abu Bakar, there was development and modernisation within the city; with the construction of administrative buildings, schools, religious buildings, and railways connecting to Woodlands in Singapore. The Japanese forces occupied Johor Bahru from 1942 to 1945. Johor Bahru became the cradle of Malay nationalism after the war and a major political party known as the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) was founded at the Istana Besar of Johor Bahru in 1946. After the formation of Malaysia in 1963, Johor Bahru retained its status as state capital and was granted city status in 1994.