Kuala Selangor District

Kuala Selangor District
District of Malaysia
Daerah Kuala Selangor
Other transcription(s)
 • Jawiدايره کوالا سلاڠور
 • Chinese瓜拉雪兰莪县 (Simplified)
瓜拉雪蘭莪縣 (Traditional)
Guālā Xuělán'é xiàn (Hanyu Pinyin)
 • Tamilகோலா சிலாங்கூர் மாவட்டம்
Kōlā Cilāṅkūr māvaṭṭam (Transliteration)
Flag of Kuala Selangor District
Flag
Official seal of Kuala Selangor District
Seal
Location of Kuala Selangor District in Selangor
Location of Kuala Selangor District in Selangor
Kuala Selangor District is located in Malaysia
Kuala Selangor District
Kuala Selangor District
Location of Kuala Selangor District in Malaysia
Coordinates: 3°24′N 101°20′E / 3.400°N 101.333°E / 3.400; 101.333
Country Malaysia
State Selangor
Granted
Municipal Status		7 August 2021
SeatKuala Selangor
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • BodyKuala Selangor Municipal Council
 • District officerShamsul Shahril Badliza Noor[1]
 • Sultan's RepresentativeYaacob Ismail[2]
 • PresidentMohamad Hanafe Bin Basri[3]
Area
[4]
 • Total1,194.52 km2 (461.21 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[5]
 • Total273,728
 • Density230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+8 (Not observed)
Postcode
45xxx
Calling code+6-03
Vehicle registration platesB

The Kuala Selangor District is a district in Selangor, Malaysia. It has a total landmass of 1,194.52 square kilometres (461 sq mi) separated by Selangor River into two division, Tanjung Karang and Kuala Selangor. The district boundary is shared with Sabak Bernam at the north, Hulu Selangor and Gombak at the west, Petaling at the southwest and Klang at the south.

Geography

The geography of Kuala Selangor is characterised by a flat land in Tanjung Karang and Jeram. Bordered in Kapar in South and some hills at Southeast. The district's name was from a town that named when Selangor River meets the sea.

Administrative divisions

Kuala Selangor District is divided into 9 mukims, which are:[4]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1991 123,052—    
2000 161,168+31.0%
2010 205,257+27.4%
2020 281,753+37.3%
Source: [6]

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

Kuala Selangor, Selangor Parliament and State Assembly Electoral Districts

List of Kuala Selangor district representatives in the Federal Parliament (Dewan Rakyat)

Parliament Seat Name Member of Parliament Party
P95 Tanjong Karang Zulkafperi Hanapi Perikatan Nasional (BERSATU)
P96 Kuala Selangor Dzulkefly Ahmad Pakatan Harapan (AMANAH)
P107 Sungai Buloh Ramanan Ramakrishnan Pakatan Harapan (PKR)

List of Kuala Selangor district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly (Dewan Undangan Negeri)

Parliament State Seat Name State Assemblyman Party
P95 N8 Sungai Burong Mohammad Zamri Mohamad Zainuddin Perikatan Nasional (PAS)
P95 N9 Permatang Nurul Syazwani Noh Perikatan Nasional (BERSATU)
P96 N10 Bukit Melawati Noorazley Yahya Perikatan National (BERSATU)
P96 N11 Ijok Jefri Mejan Perikatan Nasional (PAS)
P96 N12 Jeram Harrison Hassan Perikatann Nasional (BERSATU)
P107 N38 Paya Jaras Abdul Halim Tamuri Perikatan Nasional (PAS)

The Kuala Selangor District Council is seeking for the area to become declared as a municipality.[7]

Transportation

Road construction

Currently there is an expressway named Kuala Lumpur–Kuala Selangor Expressway E25 (LATAR) linked Ijok, Kuala Selangor and Templer Park, Rawang. It is also connected with Guthrie Corridor Expressway (GCE) to Shah Alam and North–South Expressway Central Link to northern Peninsular Malaysia. Another expressway which is under construction named West Coast Expressway (WCE) in Tanjung Karang only have small amount of them which only provided in the township of Tanjung Karang and some sub-roads in some villages. The town is usually accessed via Klang–Teluk Intan Road FT5 (coastal route), Kuala Selangor–Kepong Road FT54 (to Kuala Lumpur) and Kuala Selangor–Bestari Jaya Road B33 (to Bestari Jaya & Rawang).

Public Transport

There are 6 bus lines by Selangor Omnibus, Wawasan Sutera and rapidKL bus currently serving the Kuala Selangor District which is:

Two free bus services provided by MDKS (Kuala Selangor District Council) are available:

Taxi services and Grab Car also available in the Kuala Selangor town.

The Local Planning Masterplan for the year 2015 released by MDKS envision the addition of a Light Rail Transit facility (linking Bestari Jaya, Puncak Alam and Shah Alam) in the future.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kuala Selangor.

References

  1. ^ "Portal Rasmi PDT Kuala Selangor Senarai Pegawai PDTKS". www2.selangor.gov.my. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Portal Rasmi PDT Kuala Selangor Orang Besar Daerah". www2.selangor.gov.my. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Portal Rasmi Majlis Perbandaran Kuala Selangor". www.mpks.gov.my/ms. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  4. ^ a b "JPS Komuniti Kuala Selangor" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Population Distribution and Basic Demographic Characteristics, 2010" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  6. ^ "Key Findings of Population and Housing Census of Malaysia 2020" (pdf) (in Malay and English). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. ISBN 978-967-2000-85-3.
  7. ^ Ch'ng, Brenda (6 August 2020). "Documentation issues delay Kuala Selangor's elevation to municipality". The Star. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
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