Kampung Gudang Garam - Segamat, Johor

Mention Gudang Garam and images of the cigarette springs to mind. The origins of the village’s name, however, began 100 years ago, when a group of people from Kampung Tenang, in Labis, Segamat, entered the dense Tanjung Sengkawang forest in search of new territory and got lost.

They wandered until night fell and got caught in a heavy storm.They finally stumbled upon a salt lick, a water source for animals. When they finally managed to find their way out of the forest, they decided to name the newly found territory after the salt lick,” said by Muda, a descendant of the people who discovered the village.

They cleared the land and built a kampung which has about 100 houses today.