Gombak District

Gombak District ڬومبق 鹅唛县 கோம்பாக்
District of Malaysia
Country	Malaysia
State	Selangor
Seat	Bandar Baru Selayang
Government
• Sultan's Representative	Wan Mahmood Pawanteh
• District Officer	Ahmad Suaidi Abdul Rahim
Area
• Total	650.08 km^2 (251.00 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census)
• Total	682,226[1]
Postcode	681xx
Calling code	+6-03-61, +6-03-60
Vehicle registration	B, W

The Gombak District is an administrative district (Malay: Daerah Pentadbiran) as well as a parliamentary constituency 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.

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 National Aboriginal Museum, Orang Asli Museum and Mimaland, a recreation park which has operated between 1975 to 1994.

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.

Local Area Government

Gombak is partly administrated by two different local governments completely within it, which fall under the state jurisdiction, not the district:

• Ampang Jaya Municipal Council
• Selayang Municipal Council

Mukim

Gombak district is divided into four sub-district areas:

1. Batu
2. Rawang
3. Setapak
4. Ulu Kelang

Gombak sub-district divided to 10 major towns and six small towns:

1. Bandar Batu Arang
2. Bandar Kuang
3. Bandar Rawang
4. Bandar Kundang
5. Bandar Gombak Setia
6. Bandar Sungai Pusu
7. Bandar Sungai Buloh
8. Bandar Selayang
9. Bandar Kepong
10. Bandar Ulu Kelang
11. Pekan Batu 20
12. Pekan Kuang
13. Pekan Mimaland
14. Pekan Pengkalan Kundang
15. Pekan Sungai Buloh
16. 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 and Recreational

Statue of Murugan at Batu Caves

Gombak has a large amount of recreational area and tourist attraction.

1. Tourist Information Centre (TIC), Batu Caves
2. Hindu Temple, Batu Caves
3. FRIM at Bukit Lagong Forest Reserve, Kepong
4. Batu Dam, Ulu Yam
5. The Orang Asli Museum, Gombak
6. Damai Cave (Rock Climbing area), Batu Caves
7. Hutan Lipur Bukit Langong, Selayang
8. Hutan Lipur Sungai Tua, Selayang
9. Kancing Forest Park, Rawang
10. Commonwealth Forest Park, Rawang
11. Templer Forest Park, Rawang
12. Tasik Biru Kundang, Kundang
13. Zoo Negara, Hulu Kelang
14. Klang Gates Dam, Hulu Kelang
15. Batu Asah Waterfall, Hulu Kelang
16. Ampang Forest Reserve, Hulu Kelang
17. Tasik Puteri Golf & Country Resort (27-holes, Bandar Tasik Puteri
18. Bird Sanctuary, Bandar Tasik Puteri

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

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

Parliament	Seat Name	Member of Parliament	Party
P97	Selayang	William Leong Jee Keen	Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
P98	Gombak	Mohamed Azmin Ali	Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
P99	Ampang	Zuraida Kamarudin	Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
P107	Subang	Sivarasa K. Rasiah	Pakatan Rakyat (PR)

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

Parliament	State	Seat Name	State Assemblyman	Party
P97	N13	Kuang	Abdul Shukur Idrus	Barisan Nasional (BN)
P97	N14	Rawang	Gan Pei Nei	Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
P97	N15	Taman Templer	Zaidy Abdul Talib	Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
P98	N16	Batu Caves	Amirudin Shari	Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
P98	N17	Gombak Setia	Hasbullah Mohd Ridzwan	Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
P98	N18	Hulu Kelang	Saari Sungib	Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
P99	N19	Bukit Antarabangsa	Mohamed Azmin Ali	Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
P99	N20	Lembah Jaya	Khasim Abdul Aziz	Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
P107	N38	Paya Jaras	Mohd Khairuddin Othman	Pakatan Rakyat (PR)

Transportation

Public transportation

 KJ1  Gombak is the terminus of the Kelana Jaya Line. KTM Komuter also has two stations within Gombak district (though in the Selayang parliamentary constituency instead):

•  KA09  Kuang; and
•  KA10  Rawang.

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.

References

1. http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Population/files/census2010/Taburan_Penduduk_dan_Ciri-ciri_Asas_Demografi.pdf table

External links