Batang Melaka
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Batang Melaka is a small town in Malacca
Malacca
Malacca , dubbed The Historic State or Negeri Bersejarah among locals) is the third smallest Malaysian state, after Perlis and Penang. It is located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, on the Straits of Malacca. It borders Negeri Sembilan to the north and the state of Johor to the south...

, Malaysia. It is the only town in Jasin
Jasin
Jasin District is one of the three districts in the State of Malacca, Malaysia. The other two are the Central Malacca district and the Alor Gajah district. Jasin District is the southernmost of the three districts, and borders the State of Johor. Jasin is also the name of the main town in the...

 district to have a railway station. Another railway station is at Pulau Sebang, Tampin
Tampin
Tampin  is both a town and a district in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, however part of the town spills over into the neighbouring state of Malacca, as it is located along the Malacca-Negeri Sembilan border...

, Alor Gajah
Alor Gajah
Alur Gajah is a town and district in Malacca, Malaysia. Alor Gajah is also a parliamentary constituency of Melaka. It borders Tampin, Negeri Sembilan to the north. This town has a railway station at Pulau Subang about 10 kilometres from the town area...

 area. Batang Melaka has a small police station, a Chinese government school, a town hall, a Salvation Army Corps centre, and one main road.

Batang Melaka in Chinese is called 巴登马六甲. It is connected to Gemencheh
Gemencheh
- Gemencheh Bridge during Battle of Malaya :During the Battle of Malaya in the Second World War, Gemencheh Bridge near Gemas was the site of a fierce battle between the Imperial Japanese Army and the 2/30 Battalion, 8 Division, Australian Imperial Force . Commanding Officer of the Battalion was...

 which is 5 km away from another state called Negeri Sembilan
Negeri Sembilan
Negeri Sembilan, one of the 13 states that constitutes Malaysia, lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia, just south of Kuala Lumpur and borders Selangor on the north, Pahang in the east, and Malacca and Johor to the south....

. Another town it is connected to is called Selandar
Selandar
Selandar is a small town in the Malacca state of Malaysia.Kampung Bukit Senggeh is one of the villages located near Selandar. KBS has been divided into four sections namely, Ayer Keroh, Rejang, Chembong and Bukit Senggeh Hilir...

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