Area 650.1 km² | Vehicle registration B, W, V | |
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The Gombak District is an administrative district (Malay: Daerah Pentadbiran) as well as a parliamentary constituency and a town located in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. The district was created on February 1, 1974, the same day when Kuala Lumpur was declared a Federal Territory. Until 1997, Rawang was the district capital; the capital has been moved to Bandar Baru Selayang. Gombak borders Kuala Lumpur to the southeast and the Genting Highlands to the east. Both Gombak and Kuala Lumpur, along with some other districts in Selangor, are situated within the Klang Valley.
Contents
- Map of Gombak Selangor Malaysia
- Government
- Administrative divisions
- Education
- Tourist attractions
- Public transportation
- Car
- References
Map of Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia
The International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM/UIAM) main campus is also located here as well as the Batu Caves. Gombak is also home to an aboriginal Orang Asli settlement, and it is the site of the Orang Asli Museum.
Gombak River merges with the larger Klang River in Kuala Lumpur. The meeting place of the two rivers is the birthplace of Kuala Lumpur. At the center of the confluence is the Masjid Jamek.
Bird flu struck both Gombak and the Setapak areas in March 2006 without causing any fatalities.
Gombak (town) also refers to as a locality (town/area/suburb) in the northern and central portion of the Setapak subdistrict (both in Gombak and Kuala Lumpur). Before 1974, Gombak was a town before it became a district. Gombak was home to the settlements of the first Minangkabau immigrants in the 1800s and was established soon after. Old mosques in the Gombak area such as the Masjid Lama Batu 6 Gombak are still standing to this day. Today, Gombak can be referred to both the town and district itself but the local's usually refers Gombak as the town, not the district.
Government
Gombak is partly administrated by two different local governments completely within it, which fall under the state jurisdiction, not the district:
Administrative divisions
Gombak District is divided into 4 mukims (sub-districts or communes), which are:
Gombak sub-district divided to 9 major towns and six small towns:
- Bandar Batu Arang
- Bandar Kuang
- Bandar Rawang
- Bandar Kundang
- Gombak (town)
- Bandar Sungai Buloh
- Bandar Selayang
- Bandar Kepong
- Bandar Ulu Kelang
- Batu 20, Kuang
- Pekan Kuang
- Pekan Mimaland
- Pekan Pengkalan Kundang
- Pekan Sungai Buloh
- Pekan Templer
Education
National education is under the purview of the Gombak District Education Office. As of 2014, there were 53 national type primary schools, eight national type (Chinese) primary schools, seven national type (Tamil) primary schools, 30 national type secondary schools (SMK), two national type secondary boarding schools (SM Berasrama Penuh), two national type secondary Islam religious school (SM Agama) and two national type secondary vocational schools (Kolej Vokasional)
Tourist attractions
Gombak has a large amount of recreational area and tourist attraction.
- Tourist Information Centre (TIC), Batu Caves
- Batu Caves
- Forest Research Institute Malaysia
- Batu Dam, Ulu Yam
- Orang Asli Museum
- Hutan Lipur Bukit Langong, Selayang
- Hutan Lipur Sungai Tua, Selayang
- Kancing Forest Park, Rawang
- Commonwealth Forest Park, Rawang
- Templer Park
- Tasik Biru Kundang, Kundang
- National Zoo of Malaysia
- Klang Gates Dam
- Batu Asah Waterfall, Hulu Kelang
- Ampang Forest Reserve, Hulu Kelang
- Bird Sanctuary, Bandar Tasik Puteri
List of Gombak district representatives in the Federal Parliament (Dewan Rakyat)
List of Gombak district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly (Dewan Undangan Negeri)
Public transportation
KJ1 Gombak is the terminus of the Kelana Jaya Line. KTM Komuter also has three stations within Gombak district (though two are in the Selayang parliamentary constituency instead):
Car
Gombak constituency is considered the main gateway to the east coast states of Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan, as the Gombak Toll Plaza, which is the beginning of the East Coast Expressway is located here. The old Gombak-Bentong road also runs through here before terminating in Bentong, Pahang.
Meanwhile, the PLUS Expressway also runs through Gombak district, providing exits to Rawang and Bukit Beruntung.