Gombak District

Gombak District
The Gombak District is an administrative district 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. Other localities that are situated in Gombak district include Batu Arang, Kuang, Rawang, Kundang, Gombak Town, Selayang, Batu Caves and Hulu Kelang.
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 Orang Asli Museum.
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.
Gombak (town) also refers to as a locality (town/area/suburb) in the northern and central portion of the Setapak subdistrict (both in Gombak and Kuala Lumpur). Before 1974, Gombak was a town before it became a district. Gombak was home to the settlements of the first Minangkabau 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.
Administrative divisions
Gombak District is divided into 4 mukims, which are:
Batu
Rawang
Setapak
Ulu Klang
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 (Among Mukim Ulu Kelang of the district)
Selayang Municipal Council (Most part of district except Mukim Ulu Kelang area)
Demographics
The following is based on Department of Statistics Malaysia 2010 census.
Gombak has one of the largest Hui Muslim Communities in Malaysia. Nearly 60% of Hui Chinese live in Gombak.
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 attractions
Gombak has a large amount of recreational area and tourist attraction.
Batu Caves
Forest Research Institute Malaysia
Batu Dam, Batu Caves
Gua Damai Extreme Park, Batu Caves
Batu Arang Heritage Town
Orang Asli Museum, Gombak
Hutan Lipur Bukit Lagong, Selayang
Hutan Lipur Sungai Tua, Selayang
Kancing Forest Park, Rawang
Selayang Hot Spring, Selayang
Commonwealth Forest Park, Rawang
Templer Park, Rawang
Tasik Biru Kundang, Kundang
National Zoo of Malaysia
Klang Gates Dam
Batu Asah Waterfall, Hulu Kelang
Ampang Forest Reserve, Hulu Kelang
Selangor Fruit Valley, Batu Arang
Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats
List of Gombak district representatives in the Federal Parliament (Dewan Rakyat)
List of Gombak district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly (Dewan Undangan Negeri)
Transportation
By rail
Batu Caves station serve the KTM Komuter train service.
Kepong Sentral station serve the KTM Komuter, KTM Intercity, KTM ETS and MRT Putrajaya train services.
Gombak station is the only LRT lines thru Gombak district and also has only one station which is LRT KJ
Sungai Buloh station is an interchange station to cater the train services for KTM Komuter, KTM Intercity, KTM ETS and the future MRT Putrajaya Line
Rawang station is one of the main station that serve KTM Komuter, KTM Intercity and KTM ETS train services.
Kuang station only serve by KTM Komuter train service.
By car
Federal Route 1 is the main thoroughfare going through Rawang town, Selayang and Batu Caves.
Federal Route 68 Old Gombak–Bentong road also runs through here before terminating in Bentong, Pahang.
PLUS Expressway also runs through Gombak district, providing exits to 114 Sungai Buloh North, 115 Rawang South and 116 Rawang.
East Coast Expressway is the district's main gateway to the east coast states of Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan, as the Gombak Toll Plaza.
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, which is the beginning of the Guthrie Corridor Expressway.
See also
Districts of Malaysia
References