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The origin of the name Selangor is uncertain. A common suggestion is that the name refers to the Malay word langau, a large fly or blowfly that is found in the marshes along the Selangor River (Sungai Selangor) in the state's north-west. According to local lore, a warrior who escaped from Malacca after the Portuguese conquest, took a break from ...
Shah Alam (/ ʃɑː ˈɑːləm /, from Arabic meaning "king of the world" [3]) 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. [4] Shah Alam replaced Kuala Lumpur as the capital city of the state of Selangor in 1978 due to Kuala Lumpur's ...
Arts & Culture: The unique culture and lifestyle of various ethnic groups in Selangor especially its native Malay population who belong to subethnicities such as Bugis, Javanese, Minangkabau, Banjar, Mandailing and Rawa as well as the dominant minority Malaysian Chinese who belong to different dialect groups such as the state's dominant Cantonese majority, Hakkas (second largest), Teochew ...
The Malay tricolour embodies the philosophy of Kemelayuan. Malays (/ məˈleɪ / mə-LAY; Malay: Orang Melayu, Jawi: أورڠ ملايو ) are an Austronesian ethnoreligious group native to eastern Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and coastal Borneo, as well as the smaller islands that lie between these locations. These locations are today part ...
Location. Kuala Selangor town is located at the estuary of the Selangor River, where it drains into the Strait of Malacca. It is located 55 km north-west of downtown Kuala Lumpur, and 42 km north-west of Shah Alam, the capital of Selangor. Kuala Selangor town is the largest town of the coterminous Kuala Selangor District, which also contains ...
Selangor Museum was the de facto national museum pre-independence. [4] Selangor Museum was established in 1887 as an amateur affair by colonial civil servants. [5] It was taken over by the colonial government, and following the formation of the Federated Malay States in 1896, in 1904 it was administratively merged with the Perak Museum in Taiping as the Federated Malay States Museums under ...
Petaling Jaya (Malaysian: [pətalɪŋ dʒaja]), colloquially referred to as "PJ", is a city in Petaling District, in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. Originally developed as a satellite township for Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, it is part of the Greater Kuala Lumpur area. Petaling Jaya was granted city status on 20 June 2006.
Bukit Malawati (Malawati Hill in English) is a fort located in Kuala Selangor, Selangor, Malaysia. [1] Managed by the Kuala Selangor Municipal Council, Bukit Malawati is a popular local tourist attraction. [2] It has strategic importance because of its position at the mouth of the Selangor River which drains into the Strait of Malacca, with ...