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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.
The official 2010 census recorded the population of Petaling as 1,660,869 people, excluding foreigners. [4] Petaling is 484.32 km 2 in area. [ 3 ] The urban centres are divided into the cities of Shah Alam , Petaling Jaya and Subang Jaya .
Ampang Jaya C: 1156585: 829: 1,395.2 Hulu Selangor District: Kuala Kubu Bharu: Hulu Selangor M: 198132: 1740: 113.9 Klang District: Klang: Klang M Shah Alam C: 861189: 627: 1,373.5 Kuala Langat District: Teluk Datok: Kuala Langat M: 224648: 858: 261.8 Kuala Selangor District: Kuala Selangor: Kuala Selangor M: 209590: 1195: 175.4 Petaling ...
The Petaling Jaya City Council (Malay: Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya, abbreviated MBPJ) is the city council which administers the city of Petaling Jaya in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. This council was established after the city was officially granted city status on 20 June 2006. Their jurisdiction covers an area of 97.2 square kilometres.
Along with Subang Jaya, Klang, Petaling Jaya, Shah Alam, Kajang-Sungai Chua, Ampang Jaya and Selayang it forms the country's largest and most important urban area, the Klang Valley. George Town, the capital city of Penang used to be Malaysia's largest and only city until the 1970s when Kuala Lumpur was granted city status.
Until 1991, the Bandar Utama Damansara area was originally consisted of palm oil estates with a population fewer than 100 people. Development of Bandar Utama Damansara began in the early 1990s under the company named See Hoy Chan Holdings Sdn. Bhd., and an attempt to modernise the area was made, with the opening of Sri Pentas, TV3's broadcast centre was officially opened on 22 October 1996, as ...
Damansara was originally a small harbour-like settlement that was located near the mouth of the Damansara River along the Klang River.In the mid-1870s, it was the final destination for steamboats used by the British to travel to Kuala Lumpur from Klang as the steam boats used cannot go as far as the center of Kuala Lumpur near the junction of Gombak River and Klang River.
Developments has been ongoing out of the city border long before it as Petaling Jaya was made a new township just beside Kuala Lumpur, converted from Effingham rubber estate on 1952 to accommodate the growing population of the capital and road infrastructures like newly opened Jalan Klang Lama spurs the growth of towns around the original Klang ...