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Tanjong Karang | |
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| • Jawi | تنجوڠ كارڠ |
| • Chinese | 丹绒加弄 |
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  Tanjong Karang  Tanjong Karang | |
| Coordinates:3°25′N101°11′E / 3.417°N 101.183°E /3.417; 101.183 | |
| Country | Malaysia |
| State | Selangor |
| District | Kuala Selangor District |
| Postal code | 45500 |
| Website | www |
Tanjong Karang is amukim inKuala Selangor District,Selangor,Malaysia. It is loosely translated into English as the "Cape of Corals". Tanjong Karang town is divided by the Sungai Tengi at the middle but connected with a bridge. The local Chinese minority lives in the urban and seaside area, while most Malays live in rural areas and perform agricultural activities, particularlyrice cultivation.
There is a largecanal that starts from Tanjong Karang which crossed but merged using watergate to Sungai Tengi. The canal ends in the district ofSabak Bernam. It is often called by the locals asbangkenal. Its function is to provide enough water to irrigate the rice crops; it is also used by a water supply company to provide treated water and as a place for freshwater fish farming among the villagers. In the past, this canal is involved in the forest harvesting activities. It serves as a router in sweeping the harvestedtimber by drifting it over the water to the 'Headworks' where the collection works is done for land transportation.
The canal was built by the Colonial Federal Government'sDepartment of Irrigation and Drainage (Malay:Jabatan Pengairan dan Saliran) in 1953 as part of Tanjong Karang Irrigation Scheme project, it is a reclamation project that converted the swampland of Central Selangor to a cultivatable rice paddies by connecting Sungai Tengi to Sungai Bernam in Perak, the canal extend all the way from Tanjung Karang to Sungai Besar.[1]
There are myths from the older people who claimed there was a giantsnake found during the construction of this canal. It led to the cessation of further construction work at Seri Tiram.
There is an old historic building left without care at Kampung Sungai Kajang. It is believed that the building was at one time a palm sugar processing plant built during the colonial period. During theSecond World War, thefactory was captured and used as a Japanese military base. Some effects of the ravages of battle can be seen today. Only a small portion of the structure is maintained while almost the entire plant has been destroyed, whether caused byagriculture orland development.
Tanjong Karang has been known to the public afterNur Kasih a TV3 popular serial drama in 2009, made its filming here for kampung scenes.
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