The Sepang District is a district located in the southern part of the state of

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 ...

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

. Sepang District covers an area of around 600 square kilometres, and had a population of 190,889 in the 2010 Census (excluding foreigners). The district of Sepang is also famous for the township of

Cyberjaya Cyberjaya (a portmanteau of ''cyber'' and ''Putrajaya'') is a city with a science park as the core that forms a key part of the Multimedia Super Corridor in Malaysia. It is located in Sepang District, Selangor. Cyberjaya is adjacent to, and deve ...

, which is also known as the Silicon Valley of Malaysia vis-à-vis its association with the

MSC Malaysia MSC Malaysia (formerly known as the Multimedia Super Corridor, and known as the MSC in Malaysia) is a Special Economic Zone and high-technology business district in central-southern Selangor, Malaysia. Geographical definition The MSC's northern ...

. The capital of Sepang district is

Salak Tinggi Salak Tinggi (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: سالق تيڠڬي; ) is a town in Sepang District, Selangor, Malaysia. Located about 9 km north of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, it is the seat of the Sepang district's administration. Due to its p ...

, which took over from Sepang town. The remaining areas of

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 The ...

, such as Bukit Puchong 2,

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Pulau Meranti Pulau Meranti is a village in Sepang District, Selangor, Malaysia. History It has an area estimated at about more than 100 hectares, explored and founded by a Dato' Gede Biro Bin Jenangkin ('Gede' meaning big in Javanese and 'Biro', an origin fr ...

, Bandar Nusaputra, Taman Putra Perdana, Taman Putra Prima, Taman Meranti Jaya and Taman Mas, are located in this district.

History

Sepang district was formed from parts of the adjacent constituencies of

Hulu Langat Hulu Langat District is a district 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 Territory of Kual ...

(

Kajang Kajang is a town in Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia. 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 Langat River. It is surrounded by ...

) and

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 ...

on 1 January 1975; though there was already a ''Sepang'' constituency in parliament as early as 1959. Sepang gained municipal status in 2005.

Geography

Sepang district is situated in the southern part of Selangor. It shares its border with

to the west,

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 located ...

to the north,

to the northeast and the state of

Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan'') is a state in Malaysia which lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It borders Selangor on the north, Pahang in the east, and Malacca and Johor to the s ...

to the east. Sepang also completely surrounds

Putrajaya Putrajaya (), officially the Federal Territory of Putrajaya ( ms, Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya), is a planned capital city which functions as the administrative capital and the judicial capital of Malaysia. The seat of the federal government ...

which is a

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Administrative divisions

Sepang District is divided into three

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s: *

Dengkil Dengkil is a mukim in Sepang District, Selangor, Malaysia. Geography The town lies between Cyberjaya and the Multimedia Super Corridor to the north, and Salak Tinggi Salak Tinggi (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: سالق تيڠڬي; ) is a town in Sepa ...

* *

Sepang Pekan Sepang is a small border town and also a mukim in Sepang District, Selangor, Malaysia. The Sepang International Circuit in the western part of the town, where the Malaysian F1 Grand Prix was and Malaysian MotoGP Grand Prix is held. Mal ...

Demographics

Federal Parliament and State Assembly seats

List of Sepang district representatives in the Federal Parliament (Dewan Rakyat) List of Sepang district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly (Dewan Undangan Negeri)

Economy

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, a

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;

AirAsia Capital A Berhad, () operating as AirAsia (stylized as ''airasia'') is a Malaysian multinational low-cost airline headquartered near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the largest airline in Malaysia by fleet size and destinations. AirAsia operate ...

, a

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;

AirAsia X AirAsia X (previously known as ''FlyAsianXpress Sdn. Bhd.''), is a long-haul budget airline based in Malaysia, and a sister company of AirAsia. It commenced operations on 2 November 2007 with its first service flown from Kuala Lumpur Internatio ...

, a subsidiary of

;

MASkargo MAB Kargo (''Malaysia Airlines Berhad Cargo''), operating as MASkargo and stylised as maskargo, is a cargo airline with its head office in the Advanced Cargo Centre (ACC) on the grounds of Kuala Lumpur International Airport ( WMKK/ KUL) in Sepa ...

, a

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; and

Malaysia Airports Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad () is a Malaysian airport company that manages most of the airports in Malaysia. The firm was recently awarded the duty to manage airports in international destinations. It has its head office in the Malaysia ...

, the Malaysian Airport authority; are headquartered on the property of

Kuala Lumpur International Airport Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is Malaysia's main international airport. It is located in the Sepang District of Selangor, approximately south of Kuala Lumpur and serves the city's greater conurbation. KLIA is the largest and b ...

in Sepang.

also operates its Flight Management Building at

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has its headquarters in

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. Retrieved on August 29, 2015. "Level G-03, SME Technopreneur Centre 3, Block 3740, Cyber 8, Persiaran APEC, 63500 Cyberjaya, Selangor, MALAYSIA."

Tourist attractions

Sepang International Circuit The Sepang International Circuit ( ms, Litar Antarabangsa Sepang) is a motorsport race track in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located approximately south of Kuala Lumpur, and close to Kuala Lumpur International Airport. It hosted the For ...

* Bagan Lalang Beach * Avani Sepang Gold Coast * Mitsui Outlet Park KLIA *

IOI City Mall IOI City Mall is a shopping mall located in Sepang District, Selangor, Malaysia, which was developed by IOI Properties Group Berhad and opened in November 2014. It is positioned as a "mid-upper-class mall" to draw about 1.8 million people from th ...

Transportation

Air

The district houses the

Rail

KLIA Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is Malaysia's main international airport. It is located in the Sepang District of Selangor, approximately south of Kuala Lumpur and serves the city's greater conurbation. KLIA is the largest and b ...

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and

stations of and of the

Express Rail Link The Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd is a company that owns and operates the airport rail link of the same name that connects the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) with the Kuala Lumpur Sentral (KL Sentral) transportation hub, 57 kilometres apa ...

are located inside the district. In addition, three

MRT Putrajaya line The MRT Putrajaya Line is the second Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line in Klang Valley, Malaysia, and the third fully automated and driverless rail system in region. The line stretches from to Putrajaya and runs through densely populated areas ...

stations (which is opening in January 2023) are also located inside the district: 16 Sierra station (serving 16 Sierra & Pulau Meranti), Cyberjaya Utara station and Cyberjaya City Centre station (both stations serve

Bus

The most dominant bus operator for this district is Smart Selangor, operated by Handal Ceria and SKS-BUS. These free buses connect the main bus hub located in Taman Seroja, Bandar Baru Salak Tinggi to the areas in Sepang district such as

Salak Tinggi ERL station Salak Tinggi ERL station is a station on the Express Rail Link (ERL) in Salak Tinggi, Sepang District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is served by KLIA Transit. The multi-storey park-and-ride facilities at the station can cater daily commuters Bandar Sal ...

, Sungai Merab and

, as well from Tanjung Sepat to KLIA. Other bus operators also serve areas in Sepang district.

Causeway Link Causeway Link (service brands) operated by Handal Indah Sdn Bhd is a public bus operator in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. It operates cross-border services into Singapore via the Johor–Singapore Causeway and Malaysia–Singapore Second Link. They al ...

bus route 601 connects

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Taman Putra Perdana Taman Putra Perdana is a township in Dengkil sub-district, Sepang District, Selangor, Malaysia. Although the township's postcode is 47100 / 47120 / 47130, which gives it Puchong postal address, it is actually in the Sepang constituency of Selang ...

in Sepang district, while KR Travel & Tours bus route connects

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, KTM Serdang or

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- the largest mall in Malaysia & Southeast Asia.

Rapid KL Rapid KL (styled as ''rapidKL'') is a public transportation system owned by Prasarana Malaysia and operated by its subsidiaries Rapid Rail and Rapid Bus. With its coverage throughout Kuala Lumpur and Klang Valley areas, it was followed by a ...

, the dominant bus operator in Klang Valley only operates one route in Sepang district which is bus route T603 from

Puchong Prima LRT station Puchong Prima LRT station is a Light Rapid Transit station at Puchong Prima, a township in Puchong, Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is served by the LRT Sri Petaling Line, which is situated between the terminus of the line, Putra Height ...

to Taman Mas Sepang, while the upcoming MRT Putrajaya line feeder bus routes T504, T505, T506 and T507 serving Cyberjaya will begin operation in January 2023.

Education

Tertiary

Sepang is home to several institutions of higher learning, which includes: *

Xiamen University Malaysia Xiamen University Malaysia ''(abbreviated as XMUM)'' is a private university located in Bandar Sunsuria, Sepang, Selangor in Malaysia. It's the first overseas campus set up by a Chinese public university and the first Chinese university branch ...

Multimedia University Multimedia University, abbreviated as MMU, is the oldest and first ever full-fledged private research university in Malaysia and a government-linked university as it is owned by Telekom Malaysia. It was founded in 1997, so it is considered a ...

Campus *

University of Cyberjaya University of Cyberjaya (UoC) is a private university with a focus on healthcare programmes. The university has been operating since its establishment in 2005 and offers over 20 diploma, degree and postgraduate programmes in the fields of me ...

* Universiti Islam Malaysia *

Limkokwing University of Creative Technology Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (also called Limkokwing and LUCT) is a private university that has a presence across Africa, Europe, and Asia. With its main campus in Malaysia, the university has over 30,000 students from more tha ...

References

External links

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Sepang International Circuit

Kuala Lumpur International Airport

KLIA Express Rail
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