Mersing
Sign in to saveMersing (Terengganu Malay: Merecing or Ngesing) is a town, mukim and the capital of Mersing District, Johor, Malaysia. The town is located at the southern end of the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. As of 2010, the town has an estimated population of 70,894.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Mersing
- Settlement.native_name
- Merecing/Ngesing (Terengganu Malay)
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town and district capital
- Settlement.official_name
- Mersing Town
- Settlement.image_shield
- The_Seal_of_Mersing_Municipal_Council.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Malaysia Johor#Malaysia West#Malaysia
- Settlement.map_caption
- Mersing in Johor
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Mersing
- Settlement.motto
- Perkhidmatan Untuk Rakyat"Service For The People"(motto of Mersing District Council)
- Settlement.leader_title
- President
- Settlement.leader_name
- Abdul Karim Bakar(since 16 October 2025)
- Settlement.government_type
- Local government
- Settlement.governing_body
- Mersing District Council
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 761.47
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2010
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Mersing (Terengganu Malay: Merecing or Ngesing) is a town, mukim and the capital of Mersing District, Johor, Malaysia. The town is located at the southern end of the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. As of 2010, the town has an estimated population of 70,894.
Mersing town is particularly significant for a number of reasons: it is one of only two major towns in the eastern half of Johor state (the other being Kota Tinggi); it lies on the main trunk road that connects southern as well as eastern Johor with the east coast of Pahang state including Pahang's capital Kuantan (part of Federal Route; and it is the main departure point for ferries to the nearby offshore islands such as Rawa Island of Sultan Iskandar Marine Park (Malay: Taman Laut Sultan Iskandar) and also Tioman Island, Pahang. thumb|Mersing Harbour Centre, opened by Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor|Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar in 2017. thumb|South China Sea coast in the vicinity of Mersing