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Bestari Jaya ''(formerly Batang Berjuntai)'' is a town and a
Bestari Jaya ''(formerly Batang Berjuntai)'' is a town and a mukim
A mukim is a type of administrative division used in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The word ''mukim'' is a loanword in English. However, it was also originally a loanword in Malay from the Arabic word: (meaning ''resident''). The clo ...
in Kuala Selangor District
The Kuala Selangor District is a district in Selangor, Malaysia. It has a total landmass of 1,194.52 square kilometres (461 sq mi) separated by Selangor River into two division, Tanjung Karang and Kuala Selangor. The district boundary is shared ...
, Selangor
Selangor (; ), also known by its Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 Malaysian states. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east ...
, Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
. It is 40 km NW from Kuala Lumpur
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History
Old name "Batang Berjuntai"
"Batang Berjuntai" means a dangling branch in Malay. There used to be a railway line connecting Batang Berjuntai withBatu Arang
Batu Arang is a town in Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia, that is located about from the capital Kuala Lumpur. Coal was first discovered in the region in 1908, when British authorities found large deposits of coal reserves that could be comm ...
and onwards to the mainline of Malayan Railways
Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) (Jawi: كريتاڤي تانه ملايو برحد) or Malayan Railways Limited is the main rail operator in Peninsular Malaysia. The railway system dates back to the British colonial era, when it was firs ...
at Kuang. The line between the town and Batu Arang was dismantled by the Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
ese during World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
and never reconstructed.
New name "Bestari Jaya"
In 2007 the name Batang Berjuntai was renamed "Bestari Jaya" despite local resistance, as someone in authority rather mistakenly felt that "batang berjuntai" hadphallic
A phallus is a penis (especially when erect), an object that resembles a penis, or a mimetic image of an erect penis. In art history a figure with an erect penis is described as ithyphallic.
Any object that symbolically—or, more precisely ...
connotations (''batang'' is Malay slang for "penis
A penis (plural ''penises'' or ''penes'' () is the primary sexual organ that male animals use to inseminate females (or hermaphrodites) during copulation. Such organs occur in many animals, both vertebrate and invertebrate, but males do n ...
", and ''berjuntai'' translate directly as "dangle"). In fact the name referred to a literal "dangling branch" that was seen there when the town was first established; it was named by the resident British administrator.
Many locals continue to use the old name, and outsiders unaware of the name change are often confused by the new signage.
Education
*Sekolah Kebangsaan Bestari Jaya *Sekolah Kebangsaan Jaya Setia *SJK (Tamil) Bestari Jaya *SJK (Cina) Yuk Chih *SMK Sultan Sulaiman Shah (4S) *Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Raja Muda Musa
Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Raja Muda Musa (English: Raja Muda Musa National Secondary School) or SMKRMM, is a public secondary school located in Bestari Jaya, Kuala Selangor District, Selangorbr>It was established in 1965. It has almost 1450 ...
(SMKRMM)
*Kolej Vokasional Kuala Selangor formerly (SM Teknik Kuala Selangor)
*Universiti Industri Selangor
The University of Selangor ( abbreviation: UNISEL) is a private university in Selangor, Malaysia, wholly owned and managed by the Selangor state government independently — without funding from the Malaysian federal government (and is thus ...
(UNISEL)
Transportation
The township is served by only two buses: * Route 107 by Selangor Omnibus, connecting Bestari Jaya toMasjid Jamek
Jamek Mosque, officially Sultan Abdul Samad Jamek Mosque ( ms, Masjid Jamek Sultan Abdul Samad) is one of the oldest mosques in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is located at the confluence of the Klang and Gombak River and may be accessed via Jala ...
in downtown Kuala Lumpur
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, via MRT/KTM Sungai Buloh, KTM Kepong Sentral, Sentul, Chow Kit
Chow Kit is a suburb in central Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is located around Jalan Chow Kit (Chow Kit Road) and is enclosed by the parallel streets of Jalan Raja Laut and Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman. It is named after Loke Chow Kit (陸秋傑) a w ...
and Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman
Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman (formerly Batu Road) is a major one-way road in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The road is named after the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Abdul Rahman
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( LRT Bandaraya/ Sogo);
* Route 105 by Wawasan Sutera, connecting to Kuala Selangor
Kuala Selangor is a town in northwestern Selangor, Malaysia. It is the largest town and administrative centre of the coterminous Kuala Selangor District.
Etymology
The name ''Kuala Selangor'' means Estuary of the Selangor River.
History
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town.
References
Kuala Selangor District Mukims of Selangor Towns in Selangor {{Selangor-geo-stub