Klang Valley ( Malay : Lembah Klang ) is an urban agglomeration in Malaysia that is centered in the federal territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya , and including their adjoining cities and towns in the state of Selangor . It is the urban area of the much larger Kuala Lumpur metropolitan area, known as Greater Kuala Lumpur .
13-692: Samarahan is a district , in Samarahan Division , Sarawak , Malaysia . Samarahan is heart of Malays and known as Town of Knowledge. This Sarawak location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . List of districts in Malaysia Districts ( Malay : Daerah ; Jajahan in Kelantan ) are a type of administrative division below the state level in Malaysia . An administrative district
26-546: A district within the West Coast Division of Sabah . A district is usually named after the main town or its administrative capital ; for example, the town of Sandakan is the capital of the Sandakan District, as well as the capital of Sandakan Division . Some larger districts are further divided into autonomous sub-districts ( daerah kecil ; literally "small district") before the mukim level. This
39-482: A superproject. The Klang Valley Integrated Transit System , as of now, is currently being upgraded to include a new MRT line and LRT line, as well as a monorail serving Putrajaya . Buses that operate around Klang Valley are also extensive. In 2024, National Defence University of Malaysia associate professor Wu Chai Bin believed that the traffic jams in Klang Valley would be relieved in 10 years by improving
52-513: Is administered by a lands and district office ( pejabat daerah dan tanah ) which is headed by district officer ( pegawai daerah ). In Peninsular Malaysia , a district is a subdivision of a state . A mukim ( commune , sub-district or parish ) is a subdivision of a district. In recent years, a mukim is however of less importance with respect to the administration of land; for land administrative purposes, major cities (e.g. Petaling Jaya ) are given an equal status with mukim. The state of Perlis
65-464: Is closely linked to the early development of the area as a cluster of tin mining towns in the late 19th century. Development of the region took place largely in the East-West direction (between Gombak and Port Klang ) but the urban areas surrounding Kuala Lumpur have since grown north and south towards the border with Perak and Negeri Sembilan respectively. There is no official designation of
78-400: Is not divided into districts due to its size, but straight to the mukim level. The Federal Territories and Labuan are also not divided into districts; however Kuala Lumpur is divided into several mukim for land administration purposes. Putrajaya is divided into precincts . In East Malaysia , a district is a subdivision of a division ( bahagian ) of a state. For example, Tuaran is
91-788: Is prevalent in Sarawak and Sabah , but also seen in Peninsular Malaysia in recent years, e.g. Lojing autonomous sub-district in Kelantan . Sub-districts in Sabah , however, are not divided into mukim. An administrative district can be distinguished from a local government area where the former deals with land administration and revenue while the latter deals with the planning and delivery of basic infrastructure to its inhabitants. Administrative district boundaries are usually congruent with local government area boundaries, but may sometimes differ especially in urbanised areas. For example,
104-615: The Petaling District in Selangor is administered by three local authorities: Petaling Jaya City Council , Shah Alam City Council and Subang Jaya City Council ; conversely one local authority can administer more than one district, for example Northeast Penang Island District and Southwest Penang Island District in Penang are both administered by Penang Island City Council . Administrative district boundaries also provide
117-718: The basis of boundaries for the parliamentary constituencies in the Malaysian Parliament . However this is not always the case; in heavily populated areas e.g. the Klang Valley and Kinta Valley there is serious overlap between district, local government and parliamentary boundaries. In the 11 states of the Peninsular Malaysia including the Federal Territories , there are townships (precinct for Putrajaya) that been administered by
130-415: The boundaries that make up the Klang Valley but it is often assumed to comprise the following areas and their corresponding local authorities: Even though the Klang Valley officially consists of separate cities and suburbs, integration between these cities is very high, with a highly developed road network and an expanding integrated rail transit system. Many expressways criss-cross the metropolis making cars
143-580: The district office and also the state government . For a list, see Category:Mukims of Malaysia . However, two states and one federal territory in Malaysia is not divided into any townships. Klang Valley The Klang Valley is geographically delineated by the Titiwangsa Mountains to the east and the Strait of Malacca to the west. It extends to Rawang in the northwest, Semenyih in
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#1732787811665156-449: The most convenient way to get around. However, this has led to the Klang Valley's notorious traffic jams which span whole kilometres of expressways and make driving during peak hours exhausting. Since the 1990s, new rail systems, such as Rapid KL's light rapid transit (LRT), mass rapid transit (MRT), KTM Komuter , ERL's airport rail links and a monorail have been developed. Most of these systems have gone through extensive expansion as
169-635: The southeast, and Klang and Port Klang in the southwest. The conurbation is the heartland of Malaysia's industry and commerce. As of 2022, the Klang Valley is home to roughly 9 million people. The valley is named after the Klang River , the principal river that flows through it that starts at Klang Gates Quartz Ridge in Gombak and flows into the Straits of Malacca in Port Klang , The river
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