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Petaling District

Petaling District

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map_captionLocation of Petaling District in Selangor
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seatShah Alam
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partsPetaling Jaya City Council
(East)
Shah Alam City Council
(West)
Subang Jaya City Council
(South)
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leader_nameMisri Idris
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(East) Shah Alam City Council (West) Subang Jaya City Council (South)

The Petaling District is a district located in the heart of Selangor in Malaysia. Petaling is not to be confused with the city of Petaling Jaya located in it, nor the mukim of Petaling under Subang Jaya City. The district office is located in Subang.

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 to the capital and thus has experienced tremendous urbanisation. Some of the original forests remain in the Bukit Cherakah Forest Reserve (including the National Botanic Gardens), Kota Damansara Community Forest Park and Bukit Gasing. During the 1991 census, it recorded 633,165 people.

The official 2010 census recorded the population of Petaling as 1,660,869 people, excluding foreigners. Petaling is 484.32 km2 in area. The urban centres are divided into the cities of Shah Alam, Petaling Jaya and Subang Jaya. 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 (also known as 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 and an IKEA outlet. Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport is situated in Subang.

Population

| 1991 |633165 | 2000 |1184180 | 2010 |1765495 | 2020 |2298123 | graph-pos = bottom The following is based on Department of Statistics Malaysia 2010 census.

Ethnic groups in Petaling, 2010 censusEthnicityPopulationPercentageTotal1,812,633100%
Bumiputera873,78748.20%
Chinese580,63932.03%
Indian193,04410.65%
Others13,3990.74%

Administrative divisions

Petaling District is divided into 4 mukims. It was formed in 1974 by incorporating mukim Bukit Raja and Damansara (Klang District) with mukim Sungai Buloh and Petaling which was part of Kuala Lumpur district. However, this definition is for historic administrative purposes only and does not reflect the modern rapid growth and subsequent reorganisation in 1997.

[[Image:District of Petaling, Selangor.pngcenter]]

Government

Petaling District and Land Office
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 urbanised, and as such, the administration and maintenance of the public facilities in the district have been divided and delegated to the three local governments.

Shah Alam City Council

The Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) governs the city centre of Shah Alam. It also exercises jurisdiction over some parts of the south of Klang District, Bukit Raja, Setia Alam, Subang and Sungai Buloh area.

Petaling Jaya City Council

The city council (MBPJ) administers the area of the city of Petaling Jaya which includes Damansara (Petaling Jaya Utara, PJU), Petaling Jaya centre and most of Petaling Jaya Selatan (PJS) except PJS7/PJS9/PJS11 (commonly known as Bandar Sunway) which is partially jurisdictional and postcode allocated for location purposes, and SS12-SS19 which previously administrates under MBPJ previous incarnation Petaling Jaya Municipal Council (MPPJ), transferred the administration power to Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) on 1997, the same year MPSJ was upgraded from Petaling District Council.

Subang Jaya City Council

The city council governs the southern parts of the district with the main populated areas such as Subang Jaya, UEP Subang Jaya (USJ), Putra Heights, Batu Tiga, parts of 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)

ParliamentSeat NameMember of ParliamentPartyP103P104P105P106P107P108P109P111
PuchongYeo Bee YinPakatan Harapan (DAP)
SubangWong ChenPakatan Harapan (PKR)
Petaling JayaLee Chean ChungPakatan Harapan (DAP)
DamansaraGobind Singh DeoPakatan Harapan (DAP)
Sungai BulohRamanan RamakrishnanPakatan Harapan (PKR)
Shah AlamAzli YusofPakatan Harapan (AMANAH)
KaparHalimah AliPerikatan Nasional}}"
Kota RajaMohamad SabuPakatan Harapan (AMANAH)

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

ParliamentStateSeat NameState AssemblymanPartyP102P103P104P104P105P105P105P106P106P106P107P107P108P108P109P111
N28Sri KembanganWong Siew KiPakatan Harapan (DAP)
N29Seri SerdangAbbas AzmiPakatan Harapan (AMANAH)
N30KinraraNg Sze HanPakatan Harapan (DAP)
N31Subang JayaMichelle Ng Mei SzePakatan Harapan (DAP)
N32Seri SetiaFahmi NgahPakatan Harapan (PKR)
N33Taman MedanAfif BahardinPerikatan Nasional}}"
N34Bukit GasingRajiv RishyakaranPakatan Harapan (DAP)
N35Kampung TunkuLim Yi WeiPakatan Harapan (DAP)
N36Bandar UtamaJamaliah JamaluddinPakatan Harapan (DAP)
N37Bukit LanjanPua Pei LingPakatan Harapan (PKR)
N38Paya JarasAbdul Halim TamuriPerikatan Nasional}}"
N39Kota DamansaraMuhammad Izuan KasimPakatan Harapan (PKR)
N40Kota AnggerikMohd Najwan HalimiPakatan Harapan (PKR)
N41Batu TigaDanial Al RashidPakatan Harapan (AMANAH)
N42MeruMariam Abdul RashidPakatan Harapan (AMANAH)
N50Kota KemuningPreakas SampunathanPakatan Harapan (DAP)

References

References

  1. "Portal Rasmi PDT Petaling Senarai Pegawai Daerah Petaling".
  2. "Portal Rasmi PDT Petaling Orang Besar Daerah".
  3. "Portal Rasmi PDT Petaling Sejarah Daerah Petaling".
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