Petaling Jaya
Federal State
Petaling Jaya ( Malay for successful city) is a city in Malaysia, in the state of Selangor.
Petaling Jaya is the largest city in the state of Selangor, which has grown through its urbanization long preserved to its original borders. Petaling Jaya has since filled the space between the capital Selangors, Shah Alam and Kuala Lumpur comprehensively. For the most part consists Petaling Jaya from residential buildings, mostly single and multi- family houses, and some of the largest shopping centers with many small shops, which are typical for Malaysia. There are also comprehensive industrial areas, such as the Guinness Anchor Berhad ( GAB) breweries, Dutch Lady, Nestle, Unilever, and many others
Originally Petaling Jaya was intended as a backup to Kuala Lumpur and housed low-cost, subsidized housing ( "low cost housing" ).
In 2006, the 97.2 square kilometers spanning Petaling Jaya has received the city status, the administration is Majlis Bandaraja Petaling Jaya ( MBPJ ). Petaling Jaya is one of the wealthiest cities in the country and has about 500,000 inhabitants, the majority (55%) is of Chinese descent. In many districts, such as in SS2, the proportion is much higher ( about 80%).
In Petaling Jaya, the only German -language school in Malaysia with all branches of education is established. The German School Kuala Lumpur is part of the Education Association of German schools abroad. With the Universiti Malaya Petaling Jaya is also home to the oldest and most prestigious public university in the country.
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Districts
Petaling Jaya is divided into districts. There are two major groups: the sections ( seksyen ) that lie around the original core of Petaling Jaya and the "SS" districts ( Sungai Way - Subang districts).
There are the following districts:
- Section 1 ( "Old Town" )
- Section 2 ( "Old Town" )
- Section 3 ( "Old Town" )
- Section 4
- Section 5
- Section 6
- Section 7
- Section 8
- Section 9
- Section 10
- Section 11
- Section 12
- Section 13
- Section 14
- Section 16
- Section 17
- Section 17A
- Section 19
- Section 20
- Section 21
- Section 22
- Section 51
- Section 51A
- Section 52 ( " New Town " )
- SS 1
- SS 2
- SS 3
- SS 4
- SS 5
- SS 6
- SS 7
- SS 8
- SS 9
- SS 20
- SS 21
- SS 22
- SS 23
- SS 24
- SS 25
- SS 26