The Klang District is a district in

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 ...

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. It is located in the western part of Selangor. It borders the

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 share ...

to the north,

Petaling The Petaling District is a district located in the heart of Selangor in Malaysia. Petaling is not to be confused with the city of Petaling Jaya located in it, nor the '' mukim'' of Petaling under Petaling Jaya City. The district office is locate ...

to the east,

Kuala Langat The Kuala Langat District is a district of Selangor, Malaysia. It is situated in the southwestern part of Selangor. It covers an area of 858 square kilometres, and had a population of 307,787 at the 2020 Census (exclude foreign). It is bordered ...

district to the south and

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to the west. The district was further divided into two ''

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s'' which is Klang and

Kapar Kapar is a town in Klang District, Selangor, Malaysia. The Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Power Station is located not far from town. The Kapar River which flows nearby the town centre empties into the Straits of Malacca The Strait of Mala ...

that covers 626.78 square km of land with 53.75 km of coastline. The district's principal town is Klang City. Other towns in the district include

Port Klang Port Klang ( ms, Pelabuhan Klang) is a town and the main gateway by sea into Malaysia. Known during colonial times as Port Swettenham ( ms, Pelabuhan Swettenham) but renamed Port Klang in July 1972, it is the largest port in the country. It is l ...

Pandamaran Pandamaran is a town and a state constituency in Klang District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is adjacent to Port Klang and close to Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital as well as Bandar Bukit Tinggi. Pandamaran is essentially a Chinese New Village area, i ...

and

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and Bandar Sultan Sulaiman. The

Klang River The Klang River ( ms, Sungai Klang) is a river which flows through Kuala Lumpur and Selangor in Malaysia and eventually flows into the Straits of Malacca. It is approximately in length and drains a basin of about . The Klang River has 11 major t ...

flows through the Klang district and end near

and it has many islands such as Klang, Indah, Chet Mat Zin, Ketam, Tengah, Rusa, Selat Kering and Pintu Gedong Island.

Administrative divisions

Klang District is divided into 2 ''

s'', which are Kapar and Klang: Kapar is the areas north of

(Kapar itself is also the name of a town), while Klang covers the area south of the river. Klang city itself includes areas both north and south of the river. ;Kapar (Klang Utara) *KU 1 - City Centre, Bandar Baru Klang *KU 2 - Bandar Bukit Raja east *KU 3 - Batu Belah *KU 4 - Rantau Panjang *KU 5 - Bandar Bukit Raja west / Aman Perdana *KU 6 - Taman Klang Utama *KU 7 - Sungai Kapar Indah *KU 8 - Meru south *KU 9 - Taman Perindustrian Meru *KU 10 - Meru north *KU 11 – Kampung Bukit Kapar *KU 12 - Acob *KU 13 - Kapar *KU 14 - Sungai Serdang *KU 15 - Perepat *KU 16 - Sementa *KU 17 - Bandar Sultan Suleiman *KU 18 - Northport ;Klang (Klang Selatan) *KS 1 – Teluk Pulai *KS 2 - Taman Sri Andalas *KS 3 - Sungai Udang *KS 4 - Port Klang *KS 5 - Pandamaran *KS 6 - Bandar Bukit Tinggi *KS 7 - Taman Sentosa *KS 8 - Johan Setia *KS 9 - Bandar Parklands *KS 10 – Teluk Gong *KS 11 – Bandar Armada Putra *KS 12 - Westport / Port Klang Free Zone *KS 13 - Kampung Sungai Pinang (Indah Island) *Selat Klang - Ketam Island

History

In addition to its present-day territory, Klang district before 1974 also included the

s (communes or sub-districts) of

Bukit Raja Bukit Raja ( Jawi: بوكيت راج; zh, 武吉拉惹) can be referred a mukim in Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia, that contains several areas in northern Shah Alam which are western part of Section 7 of Shah Alam, Setia Alam (U13), Den ...

and Damansara, which covered what is today

Shah Alam Shah Alam () is a city and the state capital of Selangor, Malaysia and situated within the Petaling District and a small portion of the neighbouring Klang District. Shah Alam replaced Kuala Lumpur as the capital city of the state of Selangor in ...

Subang Jaya Subang Jaya is a city in Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia. It comprises the southern third district of Petaling. It consists of the neighbourhoods from SS12 to SS19, UEP Subang Jaya (USJ), Putra Heights, Batu Tiga as well as PJS7, PJS9 ...

, Bandar Sunway and

Kelana Jaya Kelana Jaya is a suburb of Petaling Jaya city, in the state of Selangor, Malaysia, comprising sections SS3, SS4, SS5, SS6, and SS7. The Damansara–Puchong Expressway cuts through this neighbourhood. The shopping mall Paradigm Mall is located here ...

. In 1974, after

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was made a

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, the subdistricts of Damansara and Bukit Raja joined with

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Puchong Puchong is a major town and a parliamentary constituency in Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is bordered by Subang Jaya in the north, Sepang and Putrajaya in the south, Serdang in the east and Putra Heights in the west. History ...

and

Sungai Buloh Sungai Buloh, or Sungei Buloh, is a town, a mukim (commune) and a parliamentary constituency in the northern part of Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia. The name itself means ''bamboo river'' in the Malay language. It is located 16 km ...

to form the Petaling District.

Demographics

In 1980, the census figures for the 3 main ethnic groups in the Klang District were: Malays 105,195, Chinese 119,186, and Indians 54,159. The following are the 2010 census figures for Klang District, which include the city of Klang,

and part of

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

List of Klang district representatives in the Federal Parliament (Dewan Rakyat) List of Klang district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly of Selangor

References

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Administrative divisions

History

Demographics

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

See also

References