Pekan Air Panas


Pekan Air Panas is a small town in Labis, Segamat District, Johor, Malaysia, which is named after the hot springs available there. It is located about 14 km from Labis town via Jalan Ayer Panas. The town is also known as Tenang. A majority of the residents of the town are Chinese and Malay communities.
Pekan Air Panas is famed for its hot springs. Besides the hot springs, the town also houses several aborigine settlements including Bekok and also has mata kucing farms. Mata kucing is a small lychee-like local fruit with brown skin.
Taka Melor waterfall is situated around 7km from Pekan Air Panas and is a popular weekend getaway for the locals to observe the nature and spend quality time with their family and friends.

Name

Pekan Air Panas is named after the hot springs available near the town. The town is also known as Bukit. Most of the business and facilities is located at Pekan Air Panas. The settlement was opened on Thursday, 3 December 1806. The name Tenang comes from settler who first opened the settlement, Tuan Haji Muhammad Arifin bin Aladin aka Syed Kamarul Ariffin bin Syed Allauddin of Pagaruyung when he found the new settlement area, which was so serene. After he perform his prayer, he decided to name this place with name Kampung Tenang, he also known as Tok Tenang. Most of Tok Tenang descendants still living in this area and also Labis town.

Education

Educational institutions in Pekan Air Panas encompass only primary education.
There are 1 national primary schools whose medium of instruction is Malay language and 1 Chinese primary schools.