Subang is a township in

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 ...

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. It is located about 17 km west of downtown

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. It is home to the

Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport ( ms, Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah), (formerly Subang International Airport/Kuala Lumpur International Airport), often called Subang Airport or Subang Skypark, is an airport located in Subang, Petalin ...

(Subang Skypark), the former international airport of

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. The airport now serves domestic flights, as well as

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and

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Geography

Subang town falls within the local government area of the

Shah Alam City Council Shah Alam City Council (MBSA; ms, Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam, Jawi: مجليس بندرايا شاه عالم) is the city council for Shah Alam City, Malaysia, north of Petaling District and east of Klang District, and an agency under the ...

(MBSA), corresponding to sections ''U-3'', ''U-6'' and ''U-7''. Clockwise from west to east, it is surrounded by

Bukit Jelutong Bukit Jelutong (est. pop. 44,000)Lim, L.Y., "Pressured by housing demand", ''New Straits Times'', March 5, 2005 is an upscale suburb of Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. The suburb is a planned community, with an area of over and developed by Gut ...

(

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 Selangor in ...

Sungai Buloh Sungai Buloh, or Sungei Buloh, is a town, a mukim (commune) and a parliamentary constituency in the northern part of Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia. The name itself means ''bamboo river'' in the Malay language. It is located 16 km ...

as well as the townships of

Kwasa Damansara Kwasa Damansara is a new township located in the Sungai Buloh constituency of Selangor, Malaysia. Located 14 km northwest of Kuala Lumpur's central business district, it borders Kota Damansara to the south and Sungai Buloh to the north. Currently ...

Kota Damansara Kota Damansara is an affluent township located in Petaling Jaya, Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is a township spread across . It is also a state seat constituency which is sandwiched between Subang and Petaling Jaya. Notable landmar ...

Bandar Utama Bandar Utama Damansara is a residential township located within the Sungai Buloh mukim (subdivision) of the Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is a residential suburb and home to the popular 1 Utama Shopping Centre. Bandar Utama Damansar ...

Ara Damansara Ara Damansara is an residential township in Petaling Jaya, Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located along Jalan Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Aziz. History Ara Damansara was first developed in 1999 by Sime Pilmoor Development Sd ...

and

Kelana Jaya Kelana Jaya is a suburb of Petaling Jaya city, in the state of Selangor, Malaysia, comprising sections SS3, SS4, SS5, SS6, and SS7. The Damansara–Puchong Expressway cuts through this neighbourhood. The shopping mall Paradigm Mall is located here ...

(

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Subdivisions

Residential areas

As there are many golf courses nearby such as Glenmarie Golf and Country Club, Subang National Golf Club and it is home to the renowned

Saujana Golf and Country Club Saujana Golf and Country Club is a two 18-holes golf course in Shah Alam, Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia. The Japanese School of Kuala Lumpur is located on the grounds of the resort.Malaysia Airlines Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB; ms, Penerbangan Malaysia Berhad), formerly known as Malaysian Airline System (MAS; ), and branded as Malaysia Airlines, is the flag carrier airline of Malaysia and a member of the Oneworld airline alliance. (The ...

, the Malaysian

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, as well as its low-cost subsidiary

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. The complex is across the

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from the airport terminal.

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has a maintenance centre just south of the Malaysia Airlines compound. West of the airport runway, there is a small industrial area, along the road to the

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base. The main commercial area of Subang town is in Taman Subang Perdana, containing several shoplots, located just to the north of the airport runway.

Transportation

Air

Subang is home to the

, a.k.a. ''Subang Skypark'' . It was Malaysia's principal international airport from 1965 to 1998, when it was replaced by the

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 region. The airport still serves domestic flights and limited international flights by

and

Malindo Air Batik Air Malaysia (formerly known as Malindo Air) is a Malaysian full service carrier, an associate carrier of Indonesian Lion Air Group, with headquarters in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. The original name Malindo signifies a cooperative ...

. Private charter flights provided by

Berjaya Air Berjaya Air Sdn Bhd (doing business as Berjaya Air) is an airline with its head office in the Berjaya Hangar of the SkyPark Terminal Building on the property of Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Selangor, Malaysia. As of 2018, the airli ...

are also available. The Subang Airport is also a major

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hub, operated by

Raya Airways Raya Airways Sdn Bhd (doing business as Raya Airways) is a cargo airline with its head office in the Raya Airways Centre in the Cargo Complex of Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Selangor, Malaysia. It is an express freight and freight ...

Rail and bus

Terminal Skypark Komuter station Terminal Skypark Komuter station is a newly completed KTM Komuter limited express station located in Subang, Selangor, Malaysia. It was opened on 1 May 2018. The station serves the Subang Skypark Terminal (Terminal 3) of the Sultan Abdul Aziz S ...

, on the

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, designed to connect Subang Airport to

KL Sentral Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station (KL Sentral) is a transit-oriented development that houses the main railway station of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. Opened on 16 April 2001, KL Sentral replaced the old Kuala Lumpur railway station as the ...

, is the main railway station in the area.

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has 5 bus routes serving Subang town: * 772: Subang Suria - Subang Perdana commercial centre - Subang Airport - LRT Ara Damansara () * T772: Bukit Subang - Subang Perdana commercial centre - MRT Kwasa Sentral () * T804: Subang Airport - MRT Kwasa Sentral () * T803: Subang Suria - MRT Kwasa Sentral () * T802: Subang Bestari - MRT Kwasa Sentral ()

Car

Subang town is mainly served by the

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, which was built as a feeder road for the Subang Airport. The highway links

in the north to

Subang Jaya Subang Jaya is a city in Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia. It comprises the southern third district of Petaling. It consists of the neighbourhoods from SS12 to SS19, UEP Subang Jaya (USJ), Putra Heights, Batu Tiga as well as PJS7, PJS9 ...

in the south. The Guthrie toll road runs through the western border of Subang town. Indirectly, the PLUS toll road serves Subang town with an interchange with national highway 15 at exit 104 . The exit is next to Ara Damansara LRT station.

Education

The

Japanese School of Kuala Lumpur The Japanese School of Kuala Lumpur (JSKL; Japanese: クアラルンプール日本人学校, ''Kuararunpūru Nihonjin Gakkō'', ms, Sekolah Pelajar-Pelajar Jepun Kuala Lumpur) is a Japanese international school in Saujana Golf and Country Clu ...

is located on the grounds of the

. Retrieved on January 13, 2015. "Saujana Resort Seksyen U2, 40150, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia"

Weather

Subang is considered as the most thunderous place in Malaysi

According to Malaysian Meteorological Department:- * Subang had the highest number of days with

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in a year with 362 days in 1987. * Subang has the highest mean annual number of days with

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with 262 days. * Subang had the highest number of days with thunderstorms in a year with 269 days in 1969.

Politics

Subang town falls within the

parliamentary constituency, currently represented by

Sivarasa Rasiah Sivarasa a/l Rasiah ( ta, சிவராசா ராசையா, Civarācā rācaiyā; born 8 December 1956), or also known as R. Sivarasa is a Malaysian politician, lawyer and human rights activist of Ceylonese and Sri Lankan descent w ...

( PH- PKR). On the state level, Subang town is within the borders of the

state constituency. It is currently held by Shatiri Mansor ( PH- PKR).

References

Straight fights in all Subang constituencies
The Star, March 7, 2008. * Local Councillor is James Ng Boon Teck Zon 17 Majlis Bandaraya Shah Ala

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