Bukit Raja ( Jawi: بوكيت راج; zh, 武吉拉惹) can be referred 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 cl ...

Petaling District 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 located ...

Selangor Selangor (; ), also known by its 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, Negeri Sem ...

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Mal ...

, that contains several areas in northern

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 Selango ...

which are western part of Section 7 of Shah Alam,

Setia Alam Setia Alam ( Jawi: ستيا عالم; ) is a township located in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. It is accessible via Setia Alam Highway from the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) since the interchange was opened on 14 July 2006. Setia Alam is ...

(U13), Denai Alam, Bukit Subang, Alam Budiman,

Puncak Perdana Puncak Perdana is a main township in the northern part of Shah Alam municipal area in Selangor, Malaysia. It is located halfway between Meru and the Subang Airport, and is also adjacent to Setia Alam. Facilities Uitm The MARA Technologic ...

, Bukit Bandaraya (U11) and National Botanic Gardens Shah Alam. However, definition of Bukit Raja nowadays has shifted south away, which commonly refer to several areas in Klang, that consists of some former

oil palm ''Elaeis'' () is a genus of palms containing two species, called oil palms. They are used in commercial agriculture in the production of palm oil. The African oil palm '' Elaeis guineensis'' (the species name ''guineensis'' referring to its c ...

plantation A plantation is an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house, meant for farming that specializes in cash crops, usually mainly planted with a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. Th ...

owned by Sime Derby Plantations. The first development of Bukit Raja estate was an industrial area around

Bandar Baru Klang Klang Newtown is a modern township located just 2 km away from the Klang town centre in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. Klang Newtown is developed by the Acmar Group. The township falls under the jurisdiction of the Klang Municipal Counci ...

and Federal Highway, subsequently Bukit Raja has expanded to the border of Setia Alam with new establishment of “Bandar Bukit Raja” housing project. The main developer is

Sime Darby Sime Darby Berhad () is a Malaysian trading conglomerate. Its core businesses operate and serve in the industrial, motors and logistics sectors as well as the healthcare, and insurance segments. Background The modern Sime Darby Berhad corpo ...

Property, and total covers 4,405 acres of freehold land, first phase of Bandar Bukit Raja was launched in 2002 and has since delivered a diverse mix of residential projects comprising affordable, medium and luxurious houses as well as commercial centers. As of 2020, the township has expanded till Jalan Sungai Puloh and will further develop north till Kapar interchange (alternatively named as Bandar Bukit Raja North interchange) of West Coast Expressway (WCE). Almost half of the township will be used as industrial lands. The former Bukit Rajah estate had a

convenience store A convenience store, convenience shop, corner store or corner shop is a small retail business that stocks a range of everyday items such as coffee, groceries, snack foods, confectionery, soft drinks, ice creams, tobacco products, lottery ti ...

, temple Tamil primary school, a football field as well as a

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...

court for the workers and staff. The labourers lived in accommodation referred to as "the lines". Companies in the Bukit industrial area include Malaysian industrial gas supplier

Mox-Linde Gases Mox-Linde Gases Sdn. Bhd. (formerly known as Malaysia Oxygen Berhad or MOX) was a Malaysian industrial gases company. Established in 1960, MOX specializes in providing total gas solutions, namely manufacturing and distributing industrial, special a ...

Sdn. Bhd. and Amsteel and a TOYOTA manufacturing plant. Columbia Asia Hospital Klang also located in Bukit Raja, Klang.

UMW Toyota Motor UMW Toyota Motor Sdn. Bhd. (UMWT) is the appointed Toyota distributor, assembler and exporter of Toyota vehicles in Malaysia. The company was founded in October 1982 as Sejati Motor, prior to being renamed UMW Toyota Motor in October 1987. UMW To ...

had built a new assembly factory at Bukit Raja. The plant assembles Toyota vehicles such as the Vios, Yaris and the

Corolla Cross The is a compact crossover SUV (C-segment) produced by the Japanese automaker Toyota since 2020. Adopting the Corolla nameplate, it is positioned as a more practical and larger alternative to the C-HR and built on the same TNGA-C (GA-C) plat ...

. The 670,000 square metres new plant is part of Toyota’s plans to reorganize its production system in Malaysia. Construction of the new plant, which is 10 km away from the current ASSB plant in

and near to Port Klang.https://paultan.org/2016/05/25/toyota-confirms-new-malaysian-plant-in-klang-rm2-billion-investment-50k-capacity/

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