Gombak District
District ofSelangor
Daerah Gombak
Interactive map of Gombak District
Gombak District Location ofGombak District inMalaysia
Coordinates:3°16′27.3″N101°34′14.6″E / 3.274250°N 101.570722°E /3.274250; 101.570722
Country	Malaysia
State	Selangor
Seat	Bandar Baru Selayang
Local area government(s)	Selayang Municipal Council (West) Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (East)
Government
• District officer	Amirul Azizan Abdul Rahim[1]
• Sultan's Representative	Wan Mahmood Pawanteh[2]
Area [3]
• Total	650.08 km2 (251.00 sq mi)
Population  (2020)[4]
• Total	942,336
• Density	1,449.6/km2 (3,754.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+8 (Not observed)
Postcode	48000 (Rawang) 48010 (Bandar Sungai Buaya Rawang) 48020 (Bandar Tasik Puteri, Kundang) 48050 (Kuang, Gamuda Gardens) 48100 (Batu Arang) 52100 (Kepong-Selangor, mainly at FRIM, Desa Aman Puri and Taman Ehsan) 52200 (Wangsa Permai, KIP Industrial Park) 53100 (Melawati, Klang Gates, Sungai Pusu, Gombak Utara) 53300 (Taman Permata) 54200 (Keramat AU1-AU5) 68000 (Kemensah Heights, Bukit Antarabangsa, Ukay Perdana) 68100 (Batu Caves, Bandar Baru Selayang)
Calling code	+6-03-41, +6-03-60, +6-03-61, +6-3-62
Vehicle registration plates	B

TheGombak District is an administrativedistrict located in the eastern-central part of the state ofSelangor,Malaysia. The district was created on February 1, 1974, the same day whenKuala Lumpur was declared aFederal Territory.

Gombak district was formed by combining portions of the former Greater Kuala Lumpur district andRawang in February 1974. Until 1997,Rawang was the district capital; the capital has been moved toBandar Baru Selayang.

Gombak (town) also refers to as a locality (town/area/suburb) in the northern and central portion of theSetapak subdistrict (both in Gombak andKuala Lumpur). Before 1974, Gombak was a town before it became a district. Gombak was home to the settlements of the firstMinangkabau 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 locals usually refers Gombak as the town, not the district.

Gombak borders theFederal Territory of Kuala Lumpur to the south, theUlu Selangor district to the north,Kuala Selangor District to the west,Petaling District to the southwest,Ulu Langat District to the southeast, and the State ofPahang to the east. Both Gombak and Kuala Lumpur, along with some other districts in Selangor, are situated within theKlang Valley. Other localities in Gombak district includeBatu Arang,Kuang,Rawang,Kundang,Gombak town,Selayang,Batu Caves andHulu Kelang.

Gombak River starts from this district and merges with the largerKlang River in Kuala Lumpur. The meeting place of the two rivers is the symbolic birthplace of Kuala Lumpur. At the center of the confluence is the elegantMasjid Jamek.

Gombak District is divided into 4mukims, which are:

• Batu
• Rawang
• Setapak
• Ulu Klang

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 (Among Mukim Ulu Kelang of the district)
• Selayang Municipal Council (Most part of district except Mukim Ulu Kelang area)

The following is based on Department of Statistics Malaysia 2010 census.^[4]

Gombak has one of the largestHui Muslim Communities in Malaysia. Nearly 60% of Hui Chinese live in Gombak.^[6]

The main campus of theInternational Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM/UIAM) is located in Gombak town.

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), Pirvate schools and two national type secondary vocational schools (Kolej Vokasional).^{[citation needed]}

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

1. Batu Caves
2. Forest Research Institute Malaysia
3. Batu Dam, Batu Caves
4. Gua Damai Extreme Park, Batu Caves
5. Batu Arang Heritage Town
6. Orang Asli Museum, Gombak
7. Hutan Lipur Bukit Lagong, Selayang
8. Hutan Lipur Sungai Tua, Selayang
9. Kancing Forest Park, Rawang
10. Selayang Hot Spring, Selayang
11. Commonwealth Forest Park, Rawang
12. Templer Park, Rawang
13. Tasik Biru Kundang, Kundang
14. National Zoo of Malaysia
15. Klang Gates Dam
16. Batu Asah Waterfall, Hulu Kelang
17. Ampang Forest Reserve, Hulu Kelang
18. Selangor Fruit Valley, Batu Arang

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

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

• KTM Komuter (commuter rail services):
  • Batu Caves-Pulau Sebang Line:
    • Batu Caves
  • Tanjung Malim-Port Klang Line:
    • Kepong Sentral
    • Sungai Buloh
    • Kuang
    • Rawang
• KTM ETS (inter-city rail services):
  • Kepong Sentral
  • Sungai Buloh
  • Rawang
• Rapid KL (rapid transit):
  • LRT Kelana Jaya Line
    • Gombak
  • MRT Putrajaya Line
    • Sungai Buloh
    • Sri Damansara Barat

The Gombak district is served by the following expressways:

• Federal Route 1 is the main thoroughfare going through Rawang town, Selayang and Batu Caves.
• Federal Route 68, also known asJalan Gombak, runs through here before terminating inBentong,Pahang.
• North-South Expressway Northern Route runs through Gombak district, providing exits to 114 Sungai Buloh North, 115 Rawang South and 116 Rawang.
• East Coast Expressway andKuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway are the district's main gateway to the east coast states ofPahang,Terengganu andKelantan.
• Kuala Lumpur-Kuala Selangor Expressway connects Ijok near Kuala Selangor to Templer's Park near Rawang with exits to 2505 Kundang, 2506 Kuang and 2508 Templer Park are runs through Gombak district.
• Guthrie Corridor Expressway also runs through Gombak district, providing exits to 115 Rawang South and 3501 Kuang.

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