COORDINATES / KOORDINAT
2.583333° N, 102.1° E (2° 35' 0" N; 102° 6' 0" E)
LOCATION
Rembau is a town within a district that shares the same name (i.e. Rembau). It is located in the state of Negeri Sembilan. The district is a stronghold of the matrilineal system known as “adat perpatih”, a customary practice inherited from the people of Minangkabau in Sumatera. Politically, the district is the Parliament Constituency of Rembau with two State Assembly seats, namely Kotaand Chembong. Rembau still maintains the old district ruling system, and the head holds the title Yang Teramat Mulia Undang Luak Rembau.
LOKASI
Rembau terletak 28.1km Tenggara Seremban melalui Jalan Persekutuan 1, dan 22.4km Barat Laut Tampin melalui Jalan Persekutuan 1. Ianya merupakan sebuah pekan dalam sebuah daerah yang menggunakan nama yang sama. Penduduk daerah ini memegang kuat kepada adat perpatih – adat yang memberi keutamaan kepada kaum wanita yang dibawa oleh masyarakat Minangkabau dari Sumatra. Dari segi politik, Parlimen Rembau mempunyai dua Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN), iaitu DUN Kota dan DUN Chembong. Rembau masih mengekalkan sistem pemerintahan lama yang diketuai oleh Yang Teramat Mulia Undang Luak Rembau.
TOPONYMY
“Rembau” is named after a “Merbau Tua” tree. This tree is significant to the people once upon a time due to its extraordinary size. The tree was so huge that it was able to act as a canopy to 10 villages. To illustrate how huge the Merbau Tua tree was, the locals described that it took the villagers a month to cut down the tree; and the base of the tree was as big as 12 food trays. The fallen tree trunk was so long that it could reach Sungai Ujung. This version of Rembau’s toponymy was obtained from http://halaqah.net/v10/index.php?topic=1387.0. There was no mention on how the phrase “Merbau Tua” changed to become “Rembau”.
TOPONOMI
Nama “Rembau” diambil dari nama sebatang pokok “Merbau Tua”. Pokok ini menjadi signifikan kepada penduduknya suatu masa dahulu kerana saiznya yang amat besar, seolah-olah mampu menaungi 10 buah kampung. Bagi memberi gambaran betapa besarnya pokok Merbau Tua tersebut, penduduk mengatakan bahawa proses penebangan pokok tersebut mengambil masa hampir satu bulan dan pada tapak pokok tersebut pula, 12 dulang makanan boleh dihidangkan. Pokok itu, setelah ditebang, jika dititi, boleh sampai ke Sungai Ujung http://halaqah.net/v10/index.php?topic=1387.0. Tiada cerita pula bagaimana “Merbau” ditukar menjadi “Rembau”.
TARIKAN
ATTRACTION
REFERENCE
http://halaqah.net/v10/index.php?topic=1387.0
http://ibnuzurhaini.blogspot.com/2012/09/btn-di-us-aka-ulu-sepri-n9.html
Kutik, U. (2011, January 10). kampung ku di pedalaman,............kg.chengkau ulu. Retrieved August 22, 2014, from Ujang Kutik: http://ujangchengkau.blogspot.com/2011/01/kampung-ku-di-pedalamankgchengkau-ulu.html
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