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The valley is named after the Klang River, the principal river that flows through it that starts at Klang Gates Quartz Ridge in Gombak and flows into the Straits of Malacca in Port Klang, The river is closely linked to the early development of the area as a cluster of tin mining towns in the late 19th century.
Klang or Kelang, officially Royal City of Klang (Malay: Bandaraya Diraja Klang), is a city, royal city and former capital of the state of Selangor, Malaysia.It is located within the Klang District.
Greater Kuala Lumpur (Malay: Metropolitan Lembah Klang, or sometimes also known as Kuala Lumpur Raya) is the geographical term that determines the boundaries of metropolitan Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. Though similar to the term "Klang Valley", there remains a variation between the two.
The Klang District is a district in Selangor, Malaysia. It is located in the western part of Selangor. It is located in the western part of Selangor. It borders the Kuala Selangor District to the north, Petaling to the east, Kuala Langat district to the south and Malacca Straits to the west.
The Klang War or Selangor Civil War was a series of conflicts that lasted from 1867 to 1874 in the Malay state of Selangor in the Malay Peninsula (modern-day Malaysia). It was initially fought between Raja Abdullah, the administrator of the Klang Valley, and Raja Mahdi. It was joined by Tengku Kudin (Tengku Dhiauddin, also spelt Ziauddin), a ...
Kuala Lumpur was founded ca. 1857 at the confluence of the Gombak and Klang rivers. In Malay, the name Kuala Lumpur literally means "muddy confluence". The venture into the muddy confluence started when a member of the Selangor royal family hired tin prospectors to open tin mines in the Klang Valley.
Orang Asli tribes had already established settlements in what is now Kajang as early as the 16th century, however the first recorded settlement was found in 1709 by additional Orang Asli settlers who relocated from the Klang valley. [12] Kajang town in its present form was founded in the 1870s, in the aftermath of the Klang War.
Klang Valley is the area in central Selangor, Malaysia comprising Kuala Lumpur plus Putrajaya and its surroundings and suburbs naturally delineated by hilly areas and the Port Klang coastline. Subcategories