Ampang Jaya, more commonly known as just Ampang, is a town, 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 language, English. However, it was also originally a loanword in Malay language, Malay from the Arabic word ...

and a

parliamentary constituency An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...

straddling parts of the

Hulu Langat District Hulu Langat District is a district of Malaysia located in the southeastern corner of Selangor, between Kuala Lumpur and Negeri Sembilan. It is bordered by the state of Pahang to the east and north, Gombak district to the north-west, Federal Terr ...

and

Gombak District The Gombak District is an administrative Districts of Malaysia, district located in the eastern-central part of the state of Selangor, Malaysia. The district was created on February 1, 1974, the same day when Kuala Lumpur was declared a Federal T ...

, in eastern

Selangor Selangor ( ; ), also known by the Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the e ...

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

. It is located just outside the eastern border of

Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (KL), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, is the capital city and a Federal Territories of Malaysia, federal territory of Malaysia. It is the largest city in the country, covering an area of with a census population ...

Federal Territory. It is administered by the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ), which is the formal name of the township as well.

History

Kuala Lumpur was founded in 1857 at the confluence of the Sungei Lumpur (now

Gombak River The Gombak River () is a river which flows through Selangor and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. It is a tributary of the Klang River. The point where it meets the Klang River is the origin of Kuala Lumpur's name. Gombak River used to be called the Su ...

) and the

Klang River The Klang River () 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 tributaries. Because the river flo ...

, which now houses the Kuala Lumpur Jamek Mosque. Before the arrival of the Chinese for

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, Kuala Lumpur was a small hamlet with only several shops and houses. Raja Abdullah, who is also the representative of the Sultan in Klang, and Raja Juma'at of

Lukut Lukut is a suburb located to the northeast of Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. It was once part of Selangor, serving as a thriving tin mining town in the early 19th-century before being ceded to Sungai Ujong domain in 1880 to wh ...

sent 87 Chinese miners from Lukut in 1857 to open tin mines in Ampang, thus beginning the development of Kuala Lumpur. Ampang was one of the earliest areas in the Klang Valley to be opened for tin mining. The name "Ampang" derives from the old spelling of the Malay word ''empangan'' (or ''ampangan''), meaning ''dam''; the place was named in reference to the miners' dams. A road was built to connect Ampang to Kuala Lumpur which is today

Jalan Ampang Jalan Ampang or Ampang Road (Selangor state route B31) is a major road in the Klang Valley region, Selangor and the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Built in the 1880s, it is one of the oldest roads in the Klang Valley. It is a main r ...

. Between colonial rule and February 1974, Ampang district was part of the greater Kuala Lumpur district in Selangor. Following the creation of the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur on 1 February 1974, Ampang district was split into two; the western part, located within the Federal Territory, became Ampang Hilir, and the eastern part, remained in Selangor, as part of Hulu Langat (Kajang) District. During the height of the

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in the 1950s, the British established the Ampang

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, which became one of the largest Chinese settlements in the

Klang Valley Klang Valley () is an urban agglomeration in Malaysia that is centered in the federal territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, and including their adjoining cities and towns in the state of Selangor. It is the urban area of the much larger Ku ...

. The Kau Ong Yah Lam Thian Kiong Temple (安邦南天宮) in Ampang New Village is famous for the

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festival, which is celebrated annually on the 9th month of the Chinese lunar calendar, between late-September and early-October. AJ Evolution

On 1 July 1992, the Gombak District Council (''Majlis Daerah Gombak'') and the Hulu Langat District Council (''Majlis Daerah Hulu Langat'') respectively ceded the districts of

Ulu Klang Ulu Kelang (alternately Hulu Kelang, Ulu Klang, or Hulu Klang), is a mukim and a state constituency in Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of contine ...

and Ampang, forming the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council. One block of the Highland Towers, located within Ampang Jaya's territory, collapsed on 11 December 1993. On 16 December 1996, Malaysia's first

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, the LRT

Ampang Line , , The LRT Ampang Line and the LRT Sri Petaling Line are medium-capacity light rapid transit (LRT) lines in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. The combined network comprises of tracks with 36 stations and was the first railway in Malaysia to us ...

, opened for service.

Geography

Situated to the east of Kuala Lumpur, Ampang Jaya covers an area of 143.5 km², covering the parliamentary constituencies of Ampang, Pandan and

Gombak The Gombak District is an administrative district located in the eastern-central part of the state of Selangor, Malaysia. The district was created on February 1, 1974, the same day when Kuala Lumpur was declared a Federal Territory. History Go ...

, and stretches from

Pandan Indah Pandan Indah (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ڤندن اينده; ) is a major township in Ampang, Selangor, Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is located between Ampang proper and Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Cheras. Pandan Indah has the basic facilities of a mo ...

from the south, through Ampang town, Hulu Klang, Melawati, and touching the

Klang Gates Dam Klang Gates Dam (Malay: ''Empangan Klang Gates'') is a dam in Ulu Klang, Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is also known as the Bukit Tabur Dam. Completed in 1958, the dam is the first dam in Malaysia for water supply. It is a concrete arch ...

in the north. Clockwise, Ampang Jaya borders the remainder of

in the east and south, the

Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (KL), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, is the capital city and a Federal Territories of Malaysia, federal territory of Malaysia. It is the largest city in the country, covering an area of with a census population ...

in the west,

in the north, and a short border with

Bentong Bentong, the seat of Bentong District, is a town located in western Pahang, Malaysia, at the border with the state of Selangor in the west and the state of Negeri Sembilan in the south. Government Bentong Municipal Council () is the local au ...

(

Pahang {{Infobox political division , name = Pahang , official_name = Pahang Darul Makmur , native_name = , settlement_type = States and federal territories of Malaysia, State , image_skyline = , imagesize ...

) in the northeast.

Demographics

Ampang is known for its diverse ethnic makeup. Data from MPAJ shows that 56.5% of Ampang Jaya's residents are Malays, while the Chinese make up about 30%. Indians make up 7%, while the remainder is made up of other ethnicities, nationalities and expatriates.

Culture

Ampang is famous for yong tau foo, a stuffed bean curd dish of

Hakka The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka-speaking Chinese, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China ...

origin.

Education

The former International School of Kuala Lumpur (ISKL) secondary campus is in Ampang. The ADNI Islamic school is also based in the town.

List of Schools in Ampang Jaya

Primary Schools

* Sekolah Kebangsaan Ampang * Sekolah Kebangsaan Ampang Campuran * Sekolah Kebangsaan Cheras Indah * Sekolah Kebangsaan (1) Kuala Ampang * Sekolah Kebangsaan (2) Kuala Ampang * Sekolah Kebangsaan Pandan Indah * Sekolah Kebangsaan Pandan Perdana * Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Bukit Indah * Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Keramat * Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Kosas * Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Melawati * Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Nirwana * Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Cina) On Pong

Secondary School

* Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Bandar Baru Ampang * Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Bukit Indah * Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Hulu Klang * Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Pandan Indah * Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Pandan Jaya * Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Pandan Mewah * Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Taman Melawati * Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Taman Keramat * Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Taman Kosas * Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Taman Seraya * Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tasek Permai

List of Higher Learning Institutions in Ampang Jaya

Public Higher Learning Institutions

Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (; ; abbreviated as USIM) is an Islamic university in Nilai, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, which is fully owned and funded by the Malaysian government. Being the 12th Public Institution of Higher Learning ( Malay ...

Ampang Campus (Pandan Indah) * Kolej Komuniti Ampang (Taman Bukit Indah) The nearest private higher learning institution to Ampang Jaya, Poly-Tech Mara University (UPTM) in Cheras is located adjacent to the boundary between Pandan Indah, Ampang and Shamelin, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.

Politics

Ampang is represented in the

Dewan Rakyat The Dewan Rakyat (; Jawi script, Jawi: ), is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Malaysia, Parliament which is the federal legislature of Malaysia. The chamber and its powers are established by Article 44 of the Constitu ...

of the

Malaysian Parliament The Parliament of Malaysia (; Jawi script, Jawi: ) is the national legislature of Malaysia, based on the Westminster system. The bicameral parliament consists of the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives, Literal translation, lit. "People's As ...

by Rodziah Ismail of PKR. She has held the seat since

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. On the state level, Ampang contributes two seats to the

Selangor State Legislative Assembly The Selangor State Legislative Assembly () is the unicameral Dewan Undangan Negeri, state legislature of the Malaysian Malay states, state of Selangor. The State Assembly is composed of 56 members representing single-member constituencies througho ...

, namely: * Lembah Jaya, represented by Syed Ahmad Syed Abdul Rahman Alhadad @ Altimet of PKR; and * Bukit Antarabangsa, represented by Mohd Kamri Kamaruddin of PKR. The Ampang Jaya municipality however also covers the Pandan parliamentary constituency and the Hulu Klang state constituency within the

parliamentary constituency.

Transportation

Car

Effectively a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, Ampang is well connected to other places by a series of federal highways, tolled highways and state routes.

is the main thoroughfare from downtown Kuala Lumpur until Taman Rimba Ampang. The AKLEH diverted some of the traffic from Jalan Ampang. 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 ...

Federal Route 28 runs through Ampang in a north–south orientation - this road is now the main route taken by Ampang motorists to get to either

due north or

Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan''), historically spelled as Negri Sembilan, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state in Malaysia which lies on the Peninsular Malaysia#Other features, wes ...

due south. The

Besraya Expressway The Sungai Besi Expressway, abbreviated as SBE, is a major controlled-access highway in the Klang Valley region of Peninsular Malaysia. The expressway runs between Serdang, Selangor, Serdang and Ampang, Selangor, Ampang, Selangor through southeast ...

extension begins in Kampung Ampang Campuran, goes through

and all the way to

Seri Kembangan Seri Kembangan, also known as Serdang, formerly known as Serdang New Village, is a town located in Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located in between Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya. The town is now a considerable city in size. It is loc ...

. Besides that, there is a state-level hill road to Hulu Langat which serves as a shortcut to

Kajang Kajang is a city in Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia, located southeast of Kuala Lumpur. Kajang, along with much of Hulu Langat District, is governed by the Kajang Municipal Council. Kajang town is located on the eastern banks of the L ...

Public transportation

is the namesake and terminus of the

, which is Malaysia's first LRT/metro system. The station, renovated in 2012, is located along Jalan Ampang. The stretch between Ampang and used to be part of

KTM Intercity KTM Intercity () are diesel-hauled intercity train services in Peninsular Malaysia, operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB). Services operate along the East Coast Line between Tumpat and Gemas and on towards JB Sentral on the Wes ...

until the 1990s. KTM presently does not serve Ampang or its surroundings. Other than the aforementioned Ampang station, the Ampang Jaya municipal district is also served by the Cahaya, Cempaka,

and Pandan Jaya stations, all on the Ampang Line. The Cempaka-Pandan Jaya stretch is however not in Ampang proper, but located in the adjacent constituency of Pandan instead. According to unofficial proposals, a

MRT Circle Line The MRT Circle Line, also known as MRT 3, is a proposed thirteenth rail transit line, the third Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit, Mass Rapid Transit line and the fifth List of automated urban metro subway systems, fully automated and driverles ...

, surrounding downtown Kuala Lumpur would be built. Ampang station was reportedly one of the possible stops, along Abdullah Hukum, Bandar Malaysia,

Segambut Segambut is a sub-district in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The federal constituency represented in the Dewan Rakyat is Segambut (federal constituency). From the high-end condominiums of Mont Kiara and Sri Hartamas to the middle-class areas of Tam ...

, Sentul Timur, Jelatek and Taman Midah. Besides the LRT, bus and taxi options are available. For example, rapidKL bus route 300 leads from the Ampang LRT station to KLCC.

Demand Responsive Transit (DRT)

Officially launched on 1 December 2023, Trek Rides is an on-demand van-hailing service that provides affordable and convenient transportation for residents of Pandan Indah, Pandan Jaya, Taman Muda, Bandar Baru Ampang, Taman Dagang, Kampung Baru Ampang and KL side Taman Maluri, currently every way fare is RM2. The service operates from 7 am to 9 pm and can be booked through the Trek Rides mobile application via the multiple payment option.

References

{{Authority control Mukims of Selangor 1992 establishments in Malaysia Towns in Selangor