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Iskandar Puteri is a newly developed planned township located in Johor Bahru city, Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia.HistorySempit PuteriThis place was an old Malay and Orang Asli fishing village and fort that has existed since Srivijaya and part of the old town of Tanjung Puteri (now Johor Bahru). It is located at the mouth of Tebrau Strait and has the narrowest distance between the Johore mainland to the Island of Singapore, thus nicknamed as Sempit Puteri (literally means, Narrow Princess) in the past.Johor BahruIn 1855, when Temenggung Daeng Ibrahim bin Temenggung Daeng Abdul Rahman won his claim over the Johor mainland, he shifted the capital city of the latest divided Johore from Teluk Belanga to Tanjung Puteri and renamed it as Iskandar Puteri. The name was however short-lived, when his descendant Sir Sultan Maharaja Abu Bakar bin Temenggung Daeng Ibrahim, the 21st Sultan of Johor and the first Sultan of Modern Johor changed it into Johor Bahru upon his coronation as the Maharaja of Johor in 1868 to distinguish his dynasty from the old Sultanate of Johor. During his reign, Dato Jaafar bin Muhammad was appointed as the first chief minister of Modern Johor. According to story from Yayasan Warisan Johor, during his journey to Sempit Puteri, the paddle of the sampan that Dato Jaafar was boarding, was broken. From that event, the place is known as Gelang Patah (literally means Broken Paddle). Until 1950's, the place is still governed under the district of Johor Bahru. On 3 September 1953, Gelang Patah Town Council was founded, followed by Lima Kedai Town Council on 1 August 1954 to oversee the sanitary, welfare and facilities development at the area.