Kuala Selangor

Kuala Selangor
District of Malaysia
Flag Official seal of Kuala Selangor Seal
Nickname(s): Kuala Selangor, Beautiful and historic
Country	Malaysia
State	Selangor Darul Ehsan
Seat	Kuala Selangor
Government
• Sultan's Representative	Mohamad Yaacob Ismail
• District Officer	Shamsul Shahril Badliza Mohd. Noor
• Council President	Noraini Roslan
Area
• Total	1,194.55 km2 (461.22 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	205,257
• Density	170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Website	http://www.mdks.gov.my/

Kuala Selangor (Jawi: کوالا سلاڠور) is one of the nine districts in Selangor, Malaysia. The district is located in the state of Selangor in Malaysia. It has a total landmass of 1,194 square kilometers (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.

Majlis Daerah Kuala Selangor (MDKS), the local municipal council of Kuala Selangor, exercises jurisdiction for the Kuala Selangor District. It was established in 1978 with the combination of five local authorities.

Places of interest

Kampung Kuantan fireflies

Kampung Kuantan is well known for its fireflies. Lots of the fireflies nest only available here. Moreover, there has been opinion that magical fireflies are only available at two places in the world and one of it is in Kampung Kuantan.

The adventure of the fireflies' area began in the early 1970s by a local businessman who saw the commercial potential of this miracle. Now, the adventure has been entrusted to the Kuala Selangor District Council and has expanded rapidly with the addition of 27 small boats that are provided for the visitors.

Kuala Selangor Nature Park

Kuala Selangor Nature Park was opened in 1987. With a width of 296 hectare that is divided to 2 main parts that is a 201 hectare wide Tropical Rainforest and the balance is Swamp Forest . The park is under the management of the Malaysia Nature Lovers Association. Because of that, the natural beauties of the park are preserved without any habitat damage that has been the loyal tenants here.

Geography

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

City development

There are some township and village at Tanjung Karang which most of the land were turned into agriculture forest and fields like paddy and oil palm. The district main city is located at Selangor River and its named Kuala Selangor. The most city development is located there and the population is estimated in 46,000 people. Some township also located in Southeast of Kuala Selangor which located between three district border, Klang, Gombak, Petaling which the township name is Puncak Alam.

Transport

Road construction

There is only one highway named KL-Kuala Selangor Expressway (LATAR) linked Kuala Selnagor and Templer Park, Rawang. It is also connected with Guthrie Corridor Expressway (GCE) to Shah Alam and Lebuhraya Utara Selatan(PLUS) to northern Peninsular Malaysia. Another highway which is in planning named West Coast Highway(WCE) Roads 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.

Public transportation

There are only buses and taxis in Kuala Selangor. Terminal buses is only located at Terminal Bus Kuala Selangor. The main transport in Kuala Selangor is cars because lack of public transport and a good road infrastructure. A Light Rail Transport which connecting Bestari Jaya - Puncak Alam - Shah Alam which is in planning had been discontinued since 2012.

Governance

Federal Parliament and State Assembly seats in 2013–2018

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	Noh Omar	Barisan Nasional (BN)
P96	Kuala Selangor	Irmohizam Ibrahim	Barisan Nasional (BN)

• 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	Mohd Shamsudin Lias	Barisan Nasional (BN)
P95	N9	Permatang	Sulaiman Abdul Razak	Barisan Nasional (BN)
P96	N10	Bukit Melawati	Jakiran Bin Jacomah	Barisan Nasional (BN)
P96	N11	Ijok	Idris Ahmad	Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
P96	N12	Jeram	Amiruddin Setro	Barisan Nasional (BN)

In popular culture

Movies

• Mukhsin (2007)
• Ngangkung (2010)

See also

• 2005 Malaysian haze
• Tamil population by cities
• 2009 Jelajah Malaysia