Taman Selatan or Southern Park is a cemetery in Precinct 20,

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Features

It is located at Precinct 20 and it occupies 192.38 hectares. The site has 570 grave plots, of these: * 331 are reserved for Muslims, * 94 for Buddhists, * 55 for Christians, * 61 for Hindus and * the final 29 plots for other religions. * Pusara Negarawan, a national cemetery for Malaysian national leaders located at the Muslim cemetery.

Notable burials

Azizan Zainul Abidin Tun Azizan bin Zainul Abidin (28 May 1935 – 14 July 2004) was a Malaysian corporate figure and president of the Putrajaya Corporation and of Petronas. Life Azizan was born on 28 May 1935, in Air Itam, Penang. He had 3 children with his wife Noo ...

– corporate figure and President of

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. ''(died 2004)'' *

Endon Mahmood Tun Endon binti Mahmood Ambak ( Jawi: هند بنت محمود أعماق ; 24 December 1940 – 20 October 2005) was the first wife of the 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. She died from breast cancer on 20 October 20 ...

– wife of former Prime Minister of Malaysia

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. ''(died 2005) *

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crash on 17 July 2014. ''(died 2014)'' * Nor Shazana Mohamed Salleh –

stewardess who perished in the

crash on 17 July 2014. ''(died 2014)'' *

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External links

Taman Selatan website
* Cemeteries in Malaysia Buildings and structures in Putrajaya Tourist attractions in Putrajaya 2003 establishments in Malaysia {{Malaysia-cemetery-stub