Petaling, Selangor

For other uses, see Petaling (disambiguation).

Petaling
District of Selangor
Country	Malaysia
State	Selangor Darul Ehsan
Seat	Subang Jaya
Government
• Sultan's Representative	Emran Kadir
• District Officer	Mohd. Misri Idris
Area
• Total	484.32 km2 (187.00 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,782,375
• Density	3,700/km2 (9,500/sq mi)
Area code(s)	03

Petaling is a district (daerah in Malay) located in the state of Selangor in Malaysia, not to be confused with the city of Petaling Jaya located in it, nor the subdistrict (mukim) of Petaling within Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya within Petaling district.

The district of Petaling was established on 1 February 1974, the same day Kuala Lumpur was declared a Federal Territory. This district is located in the middle of the Klang Valley adjacent the capital, and thus has experienced tremendous urbanization. During the 1991 census, it recorded 633,165 people. In the official 2010 census, it recorded 1,782,375 people. It covers some 484.32 km² in area, The urban centres are divided into the cities of Shah Alam, Petaling Jaya and Subang Jaya (district capital). However, there are numerous town subdivisions, old subdistrict administrations (mukim), all of which share the same names like Damansara, Subang, and Petaling, which add much to the administrative confusion along with the rapid growth. Some five types of subdivisions exist for Petaling District, namely the re-organized municipal council majlis, the majlis subdivisions, the community names (aka townships), electoral constituencies, and the subdivisions ("mukim").

It is host to many thriving townships such as the Damansara area, which hosts several shopping malls including a Tesco outlet, and the largest Ikea outlet in Southeast Asia. Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport is situated in Subang.

The district office (Pejabat Daerah) is located in Bukit Subang.

Mukim

The district is further divided into 4 mukim (district subdivisions). However, this definition is for historic administrative purpose only and does not reflect modern rapid growth and subsequent reorganization in 1997.

Bukit Raja Sungai Buloh Damansara Petaling

Local Area Government

3 local government jurisdictions of Petaling District, red is Petaling Jaya, Upper white is Shah Alam (there is spillover to Klang District not shown), and lower white is Subang Jaya.

The district is highly urbanized and as such the actual administration and maintenance of the public facilities in the district have been divided and delegated to the three local area governments.

Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam

The city council of Shah Alam, state capital. It also exercises jurisdiction over some parts of the district of Klang (Shah Alam Selatan). The Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport and the Royal Malaysian Air Force base at Subang are also under this local area government.

Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya

The city council administers the area of the city of Petaling Jaya ("PJ") which includes Damansara (Petaling Jaya Utara), Petaling Jaya centre and Bandar Sunway (Petaling Jaya Selatan)

Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya

The municipal council of Subang Jaya (formerly Majlis Daerah Petaling (MDP)) governs the southern parts of the district with the main populated areas such as Subang Jaya, USJ, Putra Heights, Batu Tiga, Puchong and Seri Kembangan under its jurisdiction.

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

Petaling, Selangor Parliament and State Assembly Electoral Districts

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

Parliament	Seat Name	Member of Parliament	Party
P102	Serdang	Ong Kian Ming	DAP (PR)
P103	Puchong	Gobind Singh Deo	DAP (PR)
P104	Kelana Jaya	Wong Chen	PKR (PR)
P105	Petaling Jaya Selatan	Hee Loy Sian	PKR (PR)
P106	Petaling Jaya Utara	Tony Pua Kiam Wee	DAP (PR)
P107	Subang	Sivarasa K. Rasiah	PKR (PR)
P108	Shah Alam	Khalid Abd Samad	PAS (PR)
P109	Kapar	Manivannan Gowindasamy	PKR (PR)
P111	Kota Raja	Siti Mariah Mahmud	PAS (PR)

List of Petaling district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly (Dewan Undangan Negeri)

Parliament	State	Seat Name	State Assemblyman	Party
P102	N28	Sri Kembangan	Ean Yong Hian Wah	DAP (PR)
P103	N29	Sri Serdang	Noor Hanim Binti ISmail	PAS (PR)
P103	N30	Kinrara	Ng Sze Han	DAP (PR)
P104	N31	Subang Jaya	Yeoh Tseow Suan	DAP (PR)
P104	N32	Seri Setia	Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad	PKR (PR)
P105	N33	Taman Medan	Haniza Binti Mohamed Talha	PKR (PR)
P105	N34	Bukit Gasing	Rajiv Rishyakaran	DAP (PR)
P106	N35	Kampung Tunku	Lau Weng San	DAP (PR)
P106	N36	Damansara Utama	Yeo Bee Yin	DAP (PR)
P107	N37	Bukit Lanjan	Wong Keat Ping	PKR (PR)
P107	N38	Paya Jaras	Mohd Khairuddin Bin Othman	PAS (PKR)
P107	N39	Kota Damansara	Halimaton Saadiah Bohan	Barisan Nasional (BN)
P108	N40	Kota Anggerik	Yaakob Sapari	PKR (PR)
P108	N41	Batu Tiga	Rodziah Ismail	PKR (PR)
P108	N42	Meru	Abd Rani Osman	PAS (PR)
P111	N50	Sri Muda	Mat Shuhaimi Shafiei	PKR (PR)

Education

National education is under the purview of the Petaling District Education Office. As of 2005, there were 99 national type primary schools, 16 national type (Chinese) primary schools, 16 national type (Tamil) primary schools, 65 national type secondary schools, one technical secondary school and one special education school.