Petaling District


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, 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, 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, electoral constituencies, and the subdivisions.
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

The following is based on Department of Statistics Malaysia 2010 census.

Administrative divisions

Petaling District is divided into 4 mukims. It was formed in 1974 by incorporating mukim Bukit Raja and Damansara 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.

  1. Bukit Raja
  2. Sungai Buloh
  3. Damansara
  4. Petaling
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    Government

    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 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 administers the area of the city of Petaling Jaya which includes Damansara, Petaling Jaya centre and most of Petaling Jaya Selatan except PJS7/PJS9/PJS11 which is partially jurisdictional and postcode allocated for location purposes, and SS12-SS19 which previously administrates under MBPJ previous incarnation Petaling Jaya Municipal Council, transferred the administration power to Subang Jaya Municipal Council 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, Putra Heights, Batu Tiga, parts of Puchong and Seri Kembangan under its jurisdiction.

    Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

    List of Petaling district representatives in the Federal Parliament
    ParliamentSeat NameMember of ParliamentParty
    P103PuchongYeo Bee YinPakatan Harapan
    P104SubangWong ChenPakatan Harapan
    P105Petaling JayaLee Chean ChungPakatan Harapan
    P106DamansaraGobind Singh DeoPakatan Harapan
    P107Sungai BulohRamanan RamakrishnanPakatan Harapan
    P108Shah AlamAzli YusofPakatan Harapan
    P109KaparHalimah Ali
    P111Kota RajaMohamad SabuPakatan Harapan

    List of Petaling district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly
    ParliamentStateSeat NameState AssemblymanParty
    P102N28Sri KembanganWong Siew KiPakatan Harapan
    P103N29Seri SerdangAbbas AzmiPakatan Harapan
    P104N30KinraraNg Sze HanPakatan Harapan
    P104N31Subang Jaya Michelle Ng Mei SzePakatan Harapan
    P105N32Seri SetiaFahmi NgahPakatan Harapan
    P105N33Taman MedanAfif Bahardin
    P105N34Bukit GasingRajiv RishyakaranPakatan Harapan
    P106N35Kampung TunkuLim Yi WeiPakatan Harapan
    P106N36Bandar UtamaJamaliah JamaluddinPakatan Harapan
    P106N37Bukit LanjanPua Pei LingPakatan Harapan
    P107N38Paya JarasAbdul Halim Tamuri
    P107N39Kota DamansaraMuhammad Izuan KasimPakatan Harapan
    P108N40Kota AnggerikMohd Najwan HalimiPakatan Harapan
    P108N41Batu TigaDanial Al RashidPakatan Harapan
    P109N42MeruMariam Abdul RashidPakatan Harapan
    P111N50Kota KemuningPreakas SampunathanPakatan Harapan