Tanjung Sepat ( Jawi: تنجوڠ سڤات; zh, 丹绒士拔) is a town in

Kuala Langat District 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 ...

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 on the

Strait of Malacca The Strait of Malacca is a narrow stretch of water, long and from wide, between the Malay Peninsula to the northeast and the Indonesian island of Sumatra to the southwest, connecting the Andaman Sea (Indian Ocean) and the South China Sea (Pa ...

. It is administered by the Zone 24 of the

Kuala Langat Municipal Council Kuala Langat Municipal Council () is the municipal council which administers Kuala Langat District. This agency is under the purview of Selangor state government. History Established on January 1, 1977, under the Local Government Act 1976 by a com ...

. Kampung Kundang is a village located nearby. Tanjung Sepat is primarily a fishing town. Most of the inhabitants have some kind of connection to the

fishing industry The fishing industry includes any industry or activity that takes, cultures, processes, preserves, stores, transports, markets or sells fish or fish products. It is defined by the Food and Agriculture Organization as including recreational, sub ...

, although the relative importance of fishing to the economy is dwindling due to pollution in the Straits of Malacca. Many locals believe this is caused by the high amounts of pig-farming in the surrounding areas of the state. The uncontrollable waste flowing to the sea produces not only stench but hardship for the fishing industry participants. Tanjung Sepat is well known locally for its many seafood restaurants. The most famous dish is the seafood steamboat. Steamed buns, known as

Baozi Baozi (), or simply bao, is a type of yeast-leavened filled bun in various Chinese cuisines. There are many variations in fillings (meat or vegetarian) and preparations, though the buns are most often steaming, steamed. They are a variation of ...

, are also well known in Tanjung Sepat. Many people visit Tanjung Sepat to buy buns during the holidays. People also visit the Gano Farm mushroom farm to view the various types of the mushrooms cultivated there. There is a couple's bridge in Tanjung Sepat, but it collapsed in 2013 and the rebuilding process was eventually completed 5 years later, in 2018.

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Kuala Langat District Towns in Selangor {{Selangor-geo-stub