Greater Kuala Lumpur

Greater Kuala Lumpur is the geographical term that determines the boundaries of Metropolitan Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. Though similar to the term "Klang Valley", there remains a variation between the two. It is similar to Greater London and Greater Toronto. It covers an area of 2,793.27 square km.^[1]

Definition

It is defined as an area covered by 10 municipalities surrounding Kuala Lumpur, each governed by local authorities - Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL), Perbadanan Putrajaya, Shah Alam City Council (MBSA), Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ), Klang Municipal Council (MPK), Kajang Municipal Council(MPKj), Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ), Selayang Municipal Council (MPS), Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) and Sepang Municipal Council (MPSp).^[2]

Usage

Greater KL is a relatively new term as compared to the more prevalent and established Klang Valley term. The term Greater KL was espoused by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak as an urban agglomeration to spur the country's economic growth by the billions in the Economic Transformation Programme announced in 2010.

Statistics

In 2010, the Greater KL population was estimated at close to seven million and it contributed about RM263 billion to the nation's Gross National Income (GNI). Kuala Lumpur ranks 79th out of 140 cities in the Economist Intelligence Unit's survey on liveability.

References

Kuala Lumpur metropolitan area

DBKL divisions	Damansara Seputeh Segambut Kepong City Centre Setiawangsa Bandar Tun Razak Sungai Besi

Parliamentary constituencies	Bandar Tun Razak Batu Bukit Bintang Cheras Kepong Lembah Pantai Segambut Seputeh Setiawangsa Titiwangsa Wangsa Maju

Places	Ampang Bangsar Bangsar South (Kerinchi) Brickfields Bukit Damansara Bukit Jalil Bukit Kiara Bukit Nanas Bukit Petaling Bukit Tunku Chow Kit Damansara Town Centre Dang Wangi Desa Tun Hussein Onn Federal Hill Jalan Cochrane Jalan Duta Jinjang Kampung Baru Kampung Pandan Kampung Malaysia Kampung Datuk Keramat KL Eco City (Kampung Haji Abdullah Hukum) Kampung Kasipillay Kampung Sungai Penchala Kuchai Lama Lake Gardens Maluri Medan Tuanku Mid Valley City Miharja Pantai Dalam Pudu Salak South Semarak Setapak Sentul Sentul Raya Shamelin Perkasa Sri Petaling Sungai Besi

Townships	Alam Damai Bandar Baru Sentul Bandar Menjalara Bandar Sri Permaisuri Bandar Tasik Selatan Bukit Damansara Desa Petaling Happy Garden Lake Fields Mont Kiara Sri Hartamas Taman Bukit Maluri Taman Cheras Hartamas Taman Connaught Taman Desa Taman Ibukota Taman Len Seng Taman Melati Taman Melawati Taman OUG Taman P. Ramlee Taman Taynton View Taman Tun Dr Ismail Taman U-Thant Taman Wahyu

Capitals of Asia

Dependent territories and states with limited recognition are in italics

North and Central Asia	South Asia	Southeast Asia	West and Southwest Asia

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Astana, Kazakhstan* Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Dushanbe, Tajikistan Moscow, Russia* Tashkent, Uzbekistan East Asia Beijing, China Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China) Macau, Macau (China) Pyongyang, North Korea Seoul, South Korea Taipei, Taiwan Tokyo, Japan Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	Dhaka, Bangladesh Diego Garcia, BIOT (UK) Islamabad, Pakistan Kathmandu, Nepal Kotte, Sri Lanka Malé, Maldives New Delhi, India Thimphu, Bhutan	Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Bangkok, Thailand Dili, East Timor Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island (Australia) Hanoi, Vietnam Jakarta, Indonesia* Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Manila, Philippines Naypyidaw, Myanmar Phnom Penh, Cambodia Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Singapore Vientiane, Laos West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Amman, Jordan Ankara, Turkey* Baghdad, Iraq Baku, Azerbaijan* Beirut, Lebanon Cairo, Egypt* Damascus, Syria Doha, Qatar Episkopi, Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK) Jerusalem, Israel † Kabul, Afghanistan Kuwait City, Kuwait Manama, Bahrain	Muscat, Oman Nicosia, Cyprus* North Nicosia, Northern Cyprus* Ramallah, Palestine † Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Sana'a, Yemen Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh* Sukhumi, Abkhazia* Tbilisi, Georgia* Tehran, Iran Tskhinvali, South Ossetia* Yerevan, Armenia*

*Transcontinental country.
† Both Israel and Palestinians claim Jerusalem as capital. Jerusalem contains the Israeli parliament and almost all Israeli government ministries. Tel Aviv contains most foreign embassies in Israel; Ramallah is the administrative seat of the Palestinian Authority.

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, September 01, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.