Petaling District


The Petaling District is a district located in the heart of Selangor in Malaysia, not to be confused with the city of Petaling Jaya located in it, nor the mukims of Petaling within Petaling Jaya City Council 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 1,660,869 people. It covers some 484.32 km² in area. The urban centres are divided into the cities of Shah Alam and Petaling Jaya and the municipal of 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.
The district office is located in Subang.

Population

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

Administrative divisions

Petaling District is divided into 4 mukims. However, this definition is for historic administrative purposes only and does not reflect modern rapid growth and subsequent reorganization in 1997.

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

    Government

    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 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 part 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, was transfer 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
    P103PuchongGobind Singh DeoPakatan Harapan
    P104SubangWong ChenPakatan Harapan
    P105Petaling JayaMaria Chin AbdullahPakatan Harapan
    P106DamansaraTony Pua Kiam WeePakatan Harapan
    P107Sungai BulohSivarasa K. RasiahPakatan Harapan
    P108Shah AlamKhalid Abd SamadPakatan Harapan
    P109KaoarAbdullah Sani Abdul HamidPakatan Harapan
    P111Kota RajaMohamad SabuPakatan Harapan

    List of Petaling district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly
    ParliamentStateSeat NameState AssemblymanParty
    P103N28Sri KembanganEan Yong Hian WahPakatan Harapan
    P103N29Sri SerdangSiti Mariah MahmudPakatan Harapan
    P104N30KinraraNg Sze HanPakatan Harapan
    P104N31Subang JayaMichelle Ng Mei SzePakatan Harapan
    P105N32Seri SetiaHalimey Abu BakarPakatan Harapan
    P105N33Taman MedanSyamsul Firdaus Mohamed SupriPakatan Harapan
    P105N34Bukit GasingRajiv RishyakaranPakatan Harapan
    P106N35Kampung TunkuLim Yi WeiPakatan Harapan
    P106N36Bandar UtamaJamaliah JamaluddinPakatan Harapan
    P106N37Bukit LanjanWong Keat PingPakatan Harapan
    P107N38Paya JarasMohd Khairuddin OthmanPakatan Harapan
    P107N39Kota DamansaraShatiri MansorPakatan Harapan
    P108N40Kota AnggerikMohd Najwan HalimiPakatan Harapan
    P108N41Batu TigaRodziah IsmailPakatan Harapan
    P109N42MeruMohd Fakhrulrazi Mohd MokhtarPakatan Harapan
    P111N50Kota KemuningGanabatirau VeramanPakatan Harapan

    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 primary schools, 16 national type primary schools, 65 national type secondary schools, 35 international and private schools, one technical secondary school and one special education school.