Kulai

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Kulai

Total population

294,156

Founded

1890

Elevation42 m

Coordinates1.66°, 103.61°

Demographic figures from Department of Statistics Malaysia. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Kulai is a town and the capital of Kulai District, Johor, Malaysia. It is administered by the Kulai Municipal Council (MPKu), which covers an administrative planning area of 747.00 square kilometres and had an estimated population of 352,290 across 26 planning action zones in 2023.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Mawi

Malaysian singer, actress, director, screenwriter, producer and radio presenter (born 1981)

A

Ashraf Garda

Television personality

Jep Sepahtu

Comedian, actor, singer, TV host and radio presenter (born 1985)

Q

Que Haidar

Malaysian actor (born 1979)

M

Mardiana Alwi

Malaysian actress

Bkay Nair

M

Mamat Sepah

Malaysian comedian, actress and radio presenter (born 1985)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Johor

• Kukup
  25.5 mi away
• Pasir Panjang Village
  55.8 mi away
• Sagil
  81.8 mi away
• Kan Hồ
  1426.7 mi away
• Ad Dawadimi
  4248 mi away · pop. 61,834
• Nifi
  4290.2 mi away
• Arusha
  4634.6 mi away · pop. 617,631
• Karatu
  4704.3 mi away
• Gahengeri
  5072.4 mi away
• Kinyinya
  5083.1 mi away
• Marenge
  5085.1 mi away
• Munkuye
  5477.8 mi away

Browse all places in Johor →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Kulai

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

House Crow

Corvus splendens

Seen 2026-09-17

Red-breasted Parakeet

Psittacula alexandri

Seen 2026-09-16

Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle

Oryctes rhinoceros

Seen 2026-09-12

Lesser Adjutant

Leptoptilos javanicus

Seen 2026-09-12

Milky Stork

Mycteria cinerea

Seen 2026-09-10

Sailfin Catfishes

Pterygoplichthys

Seen 2026-09-10

Oriental Magpie-Robin

Copsychus saularis

Seen 2026-09-07

Sambar

Rusa unicolor

Seen 2026-09-07

Gray Wall Jumping Spider

Menemerus bivittatus

Seen 2026-09-03

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Kulai, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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