Linggi, Negri Sembilan

Pengkalan Kempas Megaliths, in Linggi, Negeri Sembilan (29 December, 2006)


Linggi (GPS: 2.48381, 102.01155) is a small town in Port Dickson District, Negri Sembilan. The town is near to Rembau District, and also close to the border with Malacca. As with many of the towns on the west coast of the Malay peninsula, Linggi was first settled by people of the Malay stock from other parts of the archipelago.

In the case of Linggi, the earliest settlers were Bugis seafarers who are said to have been ejected from their homeland following Dutch conquest of Sulawesi. They settled in groups along the west coast of Malaya, in parts of present-day Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Selangor and southern Perak. Their presence is strongest in Selangor, where they established themselves as the ruling class.

In Linggi, in southern Negri Sembilan, they established a settlement. The name Linggi means settlement in Bugis. The settlement is beside a river of the same name. It forms the border between Malacca and Negri Sembilan for part of the way before discharging into the Straits of Malacca. On the Negri Sembilan side of the estuary is a headland called Tanjung Agas while on the Malacca side is Kuala Linggi.

Today Linggi remains a semi-rural part of Negeri Sembilan. Outside the town centre, the land is covered with palm oil plantations.

Location of sights in Linggi on the map

Sights in Linggi

Categories of sights in Linggi

Visiting Linggi

To reach Linggi, exit the North South Expressway Southern Route at Exit 223 (Pedas-Linggi Interchange), then head south on State Route 9 to reach Linggi. If you are going to Port Dickson, continue south on Route 5. You will pass the junction to the Pengkalan Kempas Historical Complex on the left side on the road towards Port Dickson.

Linggi is on the Map of Towns in Negeri Sembilan

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