Rantau Panjang

Rantau Panjang was a settlement on the Segamat River in the interior of Johor. Local tradition connects its beginnings with the retreat of Malacca's bendahara and his followers after the Portuguese captured their city in 1511. The river flows toward the Muar and provided a route between the inland settlement and the coast. The town later came to be known by the river's name, Segamat.