Sungai Buloh

Sungai Buloh
Sungai Buloh Location in Peninsular Malaysia
Coordinates: 3°12′36″N 101°32′59″E / 3.21000°N 101.54972°E / 3.21000; 101.54972Coordinates: 3°12′36″N 101°32′59″E / 3.21000°N 101.54972°E / 3.21000; 101.54972
Country	Malaysia
State	Selangor
Establishment	1930
Time zone	MST (UTC+8)

Sungai Buloh is a city and mukim in Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia and there is another Sungei Buloh in Singapore. The name itself literally means "bamboo river" in the Malay language. It is located along the Kuala Selangor highway.Sungai Buloh city also under the MPS or MAJLIS PERBANDARAN SELAYANG

History

In 1930, in an isolated valley of Bukit Lagong, Sungai Buloh, a group of Malays, Chinese, Indians, Eurasians and Turks set up a contained community in the wake of the 1926 Leper Enactment Act, which required the segregation and treatment of those with the disease. Sungai Buloh was the second biggest leprosy settlements in the world. It was equipped with advanced facilities and became a research centre for leprosy. Sungei Buloh was a pioneer project based on the "enlightened policy" of segregating leprosy patients in a self-supporting community following the principles of a garden city. In 1935 and 1936, scrip was issued specifically for the settlement.

On May 7, 1991, Sungai Buloh underwent the explosion of the Bright Sparklers Firework factory in the city and the subsequent fire.^[1]

Upscale neighbourhoods

It is also home to many prestigious housing areas, such as D'Sara Sentral, Bukit Rahman Putra, Sunway Rahman Putra, Taman Villa Putra, Sierramas and Valencia. Most of these neighborhoods are guarded and gated to provide the safest hospitality for the residents.

Education

There are currently two major high schools in Sungai Buloh – SMK Bandar Baru Sungai Buloh and SMK Bukit Rahman Putra. Sungai Buloh also houses two international schools, IGB International School and elc International School in Sierramas.

Accessibility

Sungai Buloh railway station

Public transport

 KA08  SBK01  Sungai Buloh railway station is the main railway station serving the town. It is the interchange station of the KTM Komuter Tanjung Malim–Port Klang Route and the Sungai Buloh–Kajang MRT Line. Limited ETS high speed rail services are also available.

Car

The Kepong-Kuala Selangor highway runs through Sungai Buloh city. PLUS exit 113 serves the city.

Politics

The bulk of Sungai Buloh city is within the Paya Jaras state constituency, which is also one of three state seats in the Subang parliamentary constituency; though part of the town also spills into neighbouring Selayang constituency.

Name in other languages

According to a multilingual sign on North–South Expressway, it is written as

• Jambatan Sungai Buloh in Malay
• Sungai Buloh Bridge in English
• 双溪毛糯 (Shuāngxī Máonuò) in Chinese
• Cầu Sungai Buloh in Vietnamese
• สะพานสุไหงบูโละ in Thai

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