Jelebu is one of Negeri Sembilan's largest districts, consisting more than 100,000 in population to the greater county. Jelebu borders both the Nilai (KLIA) district and the nation's capital, Kuala Lumpur. Jelebu is a suburban county with semi-agricultural industry.
Jelebu has a infamous recorded history of British colonization as compared to other parts of Negeri Sembilan. In the small semi-agricultural town of Sungai Muntoh-where the booming mining era a century back was in shatter-there were already numerous valuable centuries-old objects found and kept in the state's museum. Sungai Muntoh was the most developed town of all mining sites in Jelebu.
Jelebu is the hottest (as in heat, weather) area in recorded Malaysian history. The lands in the southwestern part of Jelebu adjacent to Cheras (Kuala Lumpur) is probably the driest place there.