Kampung Ayer Keroh

Formerly a rural village within a virgin forest, the town was established by the state government in the 1970s as a satellite town of Malacca City (then Malacca Town) with housing, industrial and recreational areas, to solve the housing issues of then-Malacca Town and to curb the state's brain drain phenomenon. It is currently the seat of the state government since 2006 and also home to the country's oldest artificial lake, originally built as a water reservoir during the British colonial era. In 2010, parts of Ayer Keroh along with parts of few neighbouring towns formed the Hang Tuah Jaya municipality.