Jugra (Jawi: جوڬرا, zh, 蚶山) is a

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, historical town and former royal town in Kuala Langat District,

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. It is separated from Pulau Carey by the Langat River. The town is administered by the Zone 16 of the

Kuala Langat Municipal Council Kuala Langat Municipal Council ( ms, Majlis Perbandaran Kuala Langat) is the municipal council which administers Kuala Langat District. This agency is under the purview of Selangor state government. History Established on January 1, 1977, under th ...

History

Jugra was the royal capital of

when the then ruling monarch,

Sultan Abdul Samad Sultan Abdul Samad ibni Almarhum Raja Abdullah ( Jawi: سلطان عبد الصمد ابن المرحوم راج عبد الله ; born Raja Abdul Samad bin Raja Abdullah, 1804 - 6 February 1898) was the fourth Sultan of Selangor. Raja Abdul ...

built Istana Jugra (Jugra Palace) and moved there in 1875. It was situated in a strategic location, not exactly at the river mouth but easily accessible from the

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, and protected by a hill,

Bukit Jugra Bukit, the Indonesian or Malay word for hill, may refer to: * Bukit Peninsula, area in Bali, Indonesia * Kampong Bukit Kampong Bukit is a remote village in Tutong District, Brunei, about from the district town Pekan Tutong. The population was 6 ...

; which stands clearly out above the low-lying mangrove swamps. For centuries it served as a familiar landmark to navigators of the Straits of Malacca. Chinese, Arab and European mariners marked it in their charts; Bukit Jugra was also known to many foreign navigators as Parcelar Hill, derived from the Arabic name for it, ''balasar''. It was during this time that Jugra also briefly became the centre of British administration in Selangor, although this was soon moved to Klang, and a decade later to

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. The

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continued to live at Jugra until he died in 1898, and the new Sultan, Sultan Alauddin Sulaiman Shah also known as Sultan Sulaiman was proclaimed there. This was the last important occasion in Jugra. Sultan Alauddin Sulaiman subsequently moved his official residence to the Istana Alam Shah in Klang further north in 1905, where he lived in for the next 35 years. After that, Jugra quickly shrank to become a backwater, as even the Kuala Langat constituency's administration was relocated to

Banting Banting is a town and the seat of Kuala Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia. Banting has a population of 93,497. The postal code for Banting is 42700 and is administered by the Zone of 15 and 19 of the Kuala Langat Municipal Council. It is situa ...

Places of interest

Among places of interest in this quaint town are royal palaces such as Istana Bandar, Makam Sultan Abdul Samad, a royal mausoleum, and mosques such as

Masjid Alaeddin Alaeddin Mosque is a historical mosque in Jugra, Kuala Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia. In 2008, the mosque was gazetted as a National Heritage Site (Tapak Warisan Negara). Also known as Masjid Alaeddin and Masjid Bandar, the mosque was b ...

. The nearby Bukit Jugra is used for paragliding.

Access

Car

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from Klang or Port Dickson, and

SKVE The South Klang Valley Expressway, or SKVE ( Malay: ''Lebuhraya Lembah Klang Selatan''), is an expressway in the southern part of Klang Valley, Malaysia's most densely populated region. This dual-carriageway provides links to the booming towns i ...

from Kajang or

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Public transportation

Rail transit services are unavailable in Jugra, and

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buses do not ply this area, but ''Smart Selangor'' buses (route BTG2), a free bus service subsidized by the Selangor state government, connects the nearby hamlet of Permatang Pasir (about 2 km east) to

town. From Banting town, passengers can then switch to another ''Smart Selangor'' route (route BTG1) which goes to

KLIA 2 Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is Busiest airports in Malaysia, Malaysia's main international airport. It is located in the Sepang District of Selangor, approximately south of Kuala Lumpur and serves the Greater Kuala Lumpur, city ...

and ERL Salak Tinggi.

References

Kuala Langat District Mukims of Selangor {{Selangor-geo-stub