Klang District

The Klang District is a district in Selangor, Malaysia. It is located in the western part of Selangor. It borders the Kuala Selangor District to the north, Petaling to the east, Kuala Langat district to the south and Malacca Straits to the west. The district was further divided into two mukims which is Klang and Kapar that covers 626.78 square km of land with 53.75 km of coastline.^[3]

Klang District
District of Malaysia
Daerah Klang
Other transcription(s)
• Jawi	کلڠ ‎
• Chinese	巴生县
• Tamil	கிள்ளான்
Location of Klang District in Selangor
Klang District Location of Klang District in Malaysia
Coordinates: 3°05′N 101°25′E
Country	Malaysia
State	Selangor
Seat	Klang
Local area government(s)	Klang Royal City Council (West) Shah Alam City Council (East)
Government
• District officer	Zainal Nor[1]
• Sultan's Representative	Abdul Ghani Pateh Akhir[2]
Area [3]
• Total	626.78 km2 (242.00 sq mi)
Population  (2010)[4]
• Total	861,189
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+8 (Not observed)
Postcode	40xxx-42xxx
Calling code	+6-03-3, +6-03-51
Vehicle registration plates	B

The district's principal town is Klang City. Other towns in the district include Port Klang, Pandamaran, Kapar and Meru and Bandar Sultan Sulaiman.

The Klang River flows through the Klang district and end near Port Klang and it has many islands such as Klang, Indah, Chet Mat Zin, Ketam, Tengah, Rusa, Selat Kering and Pintu Gedong Island.^[3]

Administrative divisions

Klang District is divided into 2 mukims, which are Kapar and Klang: Kapar is the areas north of Klang River (Kapar itself is also the name of a town), while Klang covers the area south of the river. Klang city itself includes areas both north and south of the river.^[5]

Subsections of Klang Municipal Council that reflects into the suffix of the street names

Kapar (Klang Utara)

KU 1 - City Centre, Bandar Baru Klang KU 2 - Bandar Bukit Raja East KU 3 - Batu Belah KU 4 - Rantau Panjang KU 5 - Bandar Bukit Raja West, Aman Perdana KU 6 - Taman Klang Utama KU 7 - Sungai Kapar Indah KU 8 - Meru South KU 9 - Taman Perindustrian Meru

KU 10 - Meru North KU 11 – Kampung Bukit Kapar KU 12 - Acob KU 13 - Kapar KU 14 - Sungai Serdang KU 15 - Perepat KU 16 - Sementa KU 17 - Bandar Sultan Suleiman KU 18 - Northport

Klang (Klang Selatan)

KS 1 – Teluk Pulai KS 2 - Taman Sri Andalas, Kampung Jawa KS 3 - Sungai Udang KS 4 - Port Klang KS 5 - Pandamaran KS 6 - Bandar Bukit Tinggi KS 7 - Taman Sentosa

KS 8 - Johan Setia KS 9 - Bandar Parklands, Sijangkang Sempadan KS 10 – Teluk Gong KS 11 – Bandar Armada Putra KS 12 - Westport / Port Klang Free Zone KS 13 - Kampung Sungai Pinang (Indah Island) Selat Klang - Ketam Island

History

In addition to its present-day territory, Klang district before 1974 also included the mukims (communes or sub-districts) of Bukit Raja and Damansara which covered what is today Shah Alam, Subang Jaya, Bandar Sunway and Kelana Jaya. In 1974, after Kuala Lumpur was made a Federal Territory, the subdistricts of Damansara and Bukit Raja joined with Petaling Jaya, Puchong and Sungai Buloh to form the Petaling District.^[6][7]

Demographics

In 1980, the census figures for the 3 main ethnic groups in the Klang District were: Malays 105,195, Chinese 119,186, and Indians 54,159.^[8] The following are the 2010 census figures for Klang District, which include the city of Klang, Port Klang and part of Shah Alam.^[4]

Ethnic composition of Klang District (2010)
Ethnicities / Nationality			Percentage
Malays			43.73%
Other Bumiputeras			1.47%
Chinese			26.18%
Indians			19.2%
Others			0.49%
Non-Malaysians			8.94%

Ethnicity	2010
	Pop.	%
Malays	376606	43.73%
Other Bumiputeras	12620	1.47%
Chinese	225425	26.18%
Indians	165382	19.2%
Others	4179	0.49%
Malaysian total	784212	91.06%
Non-Malaysian	76977	8.94%
Total	861189	100.00%

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1970	233,524	—
1980	279,349	+19.6%
1991	406,994	+45.7%
2000	643,436	+58.1%
2010	842,146	+30.9%
2020	1,088,942	+29.3%
Data includes parts of Petaling District before 1974. Source: Department of Statistics Malaysia

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

Klang District and Land Office

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

Parliament	Seat Name	Member of Parliament	Party
P108	Shah Alam	Azli Yusof	Pakatan Harapan (AMANAH)
P109	Kapar	Halimah Ali	Perikatan Nasional (PAS)
P110	Klang	Ganabatirau Veraman	Pakatan Harapan (DAP)
P111	Kota Raja	Mohamad Sabu	Pakatan Harapan (AMANAH)

List of Klang district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly of Selangor

Parliament	State	Seat Name	State Assemblyman	Party
P108	N40	Kota Anggerik	Najwan Halimi	Pakatan Harapan (PKR)
P108	N41	Batu Tiga	Danial Al Rashid	Pakatan Harapan (AMANAH)
P109	N42	Meru	Mariam Abdul Rashid	Pakatan Harapan (AMANAH)
P109	N43	Sementa	Noor Najhan Mohamad Salleh	Perikatan Nasional (PAS)
P109	N44	Selat Klang	Abdul Rashid Asari	Perikatan Nasional (BERSATU)
P110	N45	Bandar Baru Klang	Quah Perng Fei	Pakatan Harapan (DAP)
P110	N46	Pelabuhan Klang	Azmizam Zaman Huri	Pakatan Harapan (PKR)
P110	N47	Pandamaran	Leong Tuck Chee	Pakatan Harapan (DAP)
P111	N48	Sentosa	Gunarajah a/l R George	Pakatan Harapan (PKR)
P111	N49	Sungai Kandis	Wan Dzahanurin Ahmad	Perikatan Nasional (BERSATU)
P111	N50	Kota Kemuning	Preakas Sampunathan	Pakatan Harapan (DAP)

See also

• Districts of Malaysia

References

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3. "BACKGROUND". luas.gov.my.
4. "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.
5. "Persempadanan Mukim". Pejabat Daerah / Tanah Klang.
6. "Peta Mukim Negeri Selangor". Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
7. "Soil Maps of the World - Peninsular Malaysia". Retrieved 31 August 2016.
8. Katiman Rostam. "Population Change of the Klang-Langat Extended Metropolitan Region, Maalaysia, 1957-2000" (PDF). Akademika. 79 (1): 1–18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2015-06-10.