Wangsa Maju is a township and a constituency in

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, Malaysia. This area is surrounded by

Setapak Setapak is a mukim in Gombak District, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Formerly a tin-mining and rubber estate area, in Malay ''tapak'' means 'step' so ''Setapak'' means 'one step', probably referring to the close proximity of the suburb to Kuala Lu ...

Taman Melati Taman Melati is a Malay majority township in Wangsa Maju, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is located between Gombak, Klang Gates, Wangsa Maju city centre and Taman Melawati. The Kelana Jaya Line's Taman Melati LRT station is situated in this area. The ...

and

Gombak 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 capi ...

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 ...

. Wangsa Maju is one of the largest townships in Kuala Lumpur and consists of many sections — Section 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 10.

History

The present site of Wangsa Maju was previously occupied by Setapak rubber estates named as “Hawthornden” from the 1900s until the 1980s, when the township was formed in 1984. Following the opening of

Tunku Abdul Rahman University College Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management & Technology, abbreviated TAR UMT, is a non-profit, private university in Malaysia. Named after the country's first prime minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, the school was founded in 1969 as Tunku Abd ...

(TARC) &

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (abbreviated as UTAR; ) is a non-profit private research university in Malaysia. It is ranked top 100 in the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2018 and top 1200 in the Times Higher Education Wor ...

(UTAR), Wangsa Maju has since become a major residential area for the students of TARC & UTAR. Most residents are from the low to middle income group.

Facilities

* Sections 1 through 10 * Various housing area such as Wangsa Melawati, Desa Setapak, Taman Sri Rampai, Taman Bunga Raya * Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan Wangsa Maju (Known for ''W'' and ''V'' Number plate registration issuance) *Bangunan ZETRO (currently houses the headquarters of PLKN. Formerly known as Akademi TV3, later became ''SAL College''.)

Shopping

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Wangsa Maju (also known as ''Jusco or Alpha Angle Shopping Centre'') * AEON Big Wangsa Maju (used to be known as Carrefour) * Wangsa Walk Mall * Giant *

Setapak Central Setapak Central, previously known as KL Festival City, is a shopping mall located along Jalan Genting Klang in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is situated in Danau Kota, a township in Setapak. History KL Festival City was constructed on an land at ...

– Formerly KL Festival City * KL east

Education

(TARUC) *

Institute CECE TAR EC College, abbreviated as TAR EC, is a non-profit, private early childhood education college in Malaysia, registered with Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE). It is located in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur, adjacent to Tunku Abdul Rahman Univ ...

VTAR Institute VTAR Institute, abbreviated as VTAR, is a private vocational college located at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. VTAR Institute was formerly known as Institute Jayadiri which was founded in 1992 as a community project of Koperasi Jayadiri Malaysia Ber ...

Others

Wangsa Maju Teleport Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) is a Malaysian telecommunications company founded in 1984. Beginning as the national telecommunications company for fixed line, radio and television broadcasting services, it has evolved to become the country's larg ...

Wangsa Maju LRT station Wangsa Maju LRT station is an elevated rapid transit station in Wangsa Maju, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, forming part of the Kelana Jaya Line (formerly known as PUTRA). The station was opened on June 1, 1999, as part of the line's second segment encom ...

* P. Ramlee Memorial

Transport

Public transport

Wangsa Maju LRT Station signboard (211031)

Wangsa Maju is home to two

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LRT stations,

Wangsa Maju LRT Station Wangsa Maju LRT station is an elevated rapid transit station in Wangsa Maju, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, forming part of the Kelana Jaya Line (formerly known as PUTRA). The station was opened on June 1, 1999, as part of the line's second segment encom ...

and

Sri Rampai LRT Station Sri Rampai LRT station is a rapid transit station in northern Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, forming part of the Kelana Jaya Line (formerly known as PUTRA). The station, named after the nearby ''Taman Sri Rampai'' housing estate to the west, is located al ...

Road networks

Wangsa Maju is well served by federal routes and expressways. Jalan Genting Klang links downtown Kuala Lumpur with Wangsa Maju and Setapak areas. Motorists from Ampang and

Pandan Indah Pandan Indah ( Jawi: ڤندان اينده; ) is a major township in Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is located between Ampang proper and Cheras. Pandan Indah has the basic facilities of a modern Malaysian township - it has a police station, ...

will instead opt for 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 ...

. The

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cuts through the southern part of Wangsa Maju. The old road to Gombak and Bentong (road ) also begins nearby.

Wangsa Maju Member of Parliament

The area was carved out of Setiawangsa Parliementary seat (P115) in 2004, resulting an independent Wangsa Maju Parliementary seat (P116). The area was represented by Datuk Yew Teong Loke (MCA) in 2004. In 2008 he lost to

Wee Choo Keong Wee Choo Keong (; born 26 June 1953) is a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Bukit Bintang from 1990 to 1995 and for Wangsa Maju from 2008 to 2013. Wee had been a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) before be ...

(PKR) by merely 151 votes. The incumbent MP is Datin Paduka Dr

Tan Yee Kew Datin Paduka Dr. Tan Yee Kew () (born 1953) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wangsa Maju from May 2018 to November 2022, for Klang from April 1995 to March 2008 and Parliamentary Secretary of Internati ...

Pakatan Harapan The Alliance of Hope ( ms, Pakatan Harapan; abbrev: PH; stylized as HARAPAN) is a Malaysian political coalition consisting of centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has been the ...

- PKR (former MCA member) who won with majority of 24,238 votes in the 14th general elections, she was the MP for before 2008.

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