Batu Caves (

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: 黑风洞、峇都喼,

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: பத்துமலை) is a mukim and town in

Gombak District The Gombak District is an administrative district located in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. The district was created on February 1, 1974, the same day when Kuala Lumpur was declared a Federal Territory. Until 1997, Rawang was the district cap ...

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. The town is experiencing an increase in residences due to a housing boom in the center of the city.

Townships and villages

*Taman Jasa *Taman Pinggiran Batu Caves *Taman Industri Bolton *Kampung Indian Settlement *Taman Amaniah *Taman Batu Caves *Taman Selasih *Taman Samudera *Taman Desa Bakti * Taman Desa Minang *Taman Ehsan *Taman Koperasi Polis *Astana Gemilang *Perkampungan Melayu Seri Gombak *Taman Selayang *Taman Seri Selayang *Kampung Melayu *Kampung Baru Batu Caves *Kampung Laksamana *Kampung Nakhoda *Kampung Bendahara *Kampung Lalat *Kampung Sungai Kertas *Kampung Datuk Karim *Taman Gombak Permai *Selayang Mulia *Selayang Mutiara *Kampung Melayu Sri Wira Damai

Places of Worships

Batu Caves Batu Caves ( ta, பத்து மலை : Pathumalai) is a mogote (a type of karst landform) that has a series of caves and cave temples in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia. It takes its name from the Malay word ''batu'', meaning 'rock'. The hill ...

temple *Tiong Yee Temple (忠义庙) *Chee Choy Kong Temple (自在宫) *Xian Fa Shi Gong Temple (仙法师公古庙) * Al-Amaniah Mosque *Surau Al-Kahfi *Surau Al-Ubudiah
Masjid Al-Khairiyah
*Surau Al-Ikhwan

Education

The housing boom in the town has led more residents to move into the town and led to the need for more new schools.

Kindergartens

* Private ** Tadika Setia Kasih ** Tadika Disney ** Tadika Islam Sayidina Abu-Bakar As-Siddiq ** 3Q MRC Junior Taman Sri Gombak * Public ** Tabika Kemas Perkampungan Melayu ** Tabika Kemas Taman Seri Gombak

Primary schools

Currently, there are only six primary schools in the town. * Public ** Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Seri Gombak ** Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Seri Gombak 2 ** Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Samudera ** Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Selasih ** Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Tamil) Batu Caves ** Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Taman Selayang (1) ** Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Taman Selayang (2) ** Sekolah Rendah Islam Saidina Abu Bakar As-Siddiq

Secondary schools

* Public ** Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Seri Gombak **

Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Hillcrest , logo = , logo_size=225px , motto = , motto_translation = en, Knowledge; Guidance in life , city = Batu Caves , state = Selangor , country = Malaysia , type = Public School, Secondary School , established = , founder = Tan Sri ...

** Sekolah Menengah Taman Selayang ** Sekolah Menengah Seri Selayang

Current Development

Several new business centre have opened at the town heart and have raises the overall land-value. The development of the new-mosque have boost the land-value of the surrounding area at Taman Sri Gombak near the Tasik Taman Seri Gombak besides simplify the citizens and students to go to mosque for pray.

Gallery

Image:Bantu Caves Malaysia 2006-02-11.jpg, Batu Caves temple as seen from Lord Murugan statue Image:Batu Caves station artist impression.jpg, Batu Caves train station that are expected to be developed soon

Transportation

Public transport

The main rail station serving Batu Caves is the

Batu Caves Komuter station Batu Caves Komuter station is a Malaysian commuter railway station formerly known as Batu Caves Railway station at Batu Caves, Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia. After redevelopment, the station was reopened in August 2010. The station was ...

, opened in 2010 as part of the refurbishment of the Sentul-Batu Caves branch line. The station is on the .

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and Selangor Omnibus buses serve this town.

Car

Batu Caves is located right next to the

MRR2 Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2 or Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 Scheme), Federal Route 28, is a ring road built by the Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) to connect neighborhoods near the boundary of Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur ...

Federal Route 28. The interchanges to

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(which goes to

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and

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) and

Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway (DUKE, E33), is the main expressway network in Klang Valley, Malaysia. The expressway connects New Klang Valley Expressway's Jalan Duta Interchange (E1) to Taman Hillview Interchange on Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 ...

(which leads to

Mont Kiara Mont Kiara, often stylized as Mont' Kiara and MK, is an affluent suburb at the northwest of downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in the constituency of Segambut. It consists mainly of high-rise residential condominiums and office complexes which we ...

and

Segambut Segambut is a sub-district and a parliamentary constituency in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. From the high-end condominiums of Mont Kiara and Sri Hartamas to the middle-class areas of Taman Sri Segambut and Bandar Manjalara, and the rural areas ...

) are located nearby.

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Batu Caves is part of the Gombak

parliamentary constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other poli ...

, currently represented by

Amirudin Shari Dato' Seri Amirudin bin Shari ( ms, أمير الدين بن شاعري, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; born 8 February 1980) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 16th Menteri Besar of Selangor since June 2018, Member of ...

Parti Keadilan Rakyat The People's Justice Party ( ms, Parti Keadilan Rakyat , often known simply as KEADILAN or PKR) is a reformist political party in Malaysia, formed in 2003 by a merger of the National Justice Party and the older Malaysian People's Party. The ...

. Batu Caves is covered by the Sungai Tua constituency in the

Selangor State Legislative Assembly The Selangor State Legislative Assembly ( ms, Dewan Negeri Selangor) is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Selangor. The State Assembly is composed of 56 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the sta ...

, currently represented by

. He is also the current

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of Selangor.

References

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