Key facts
- Country
- Malaysia
- State
- Selangor
- District
- Petaling
- Municipality status
- 1 January 1977
- City status
- 20 June 2006
- Type
- City council
- Body
- Petaling Jaya City Council
- Mayor
- Mohamad Zahri Samingon
- Deputy mayor
- Hjh Sharifah Marhaini Syed
- Total
- 97.2 km (37.5 sq mi)
- Density
- 8,310/km (21,500/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+8 ( MST )
- Summer dst
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Petaling Jaya ( Malaysian pronunciation: [pətaliŋ d͡ʒaja] ), colloquially referred to as "PJ", is a city in Petaling District, in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. Originally developed as a satellite township for Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, it is part of the Greater Kuala Lumpur area. Petaling Jaya was granted city status on 20 June 2006. It has an area of approximately 97.2 square kilometres (37.5 sq mi).
Petaling Jaya is surrounded by Kuala Lumpur to the east, Sungai Buloh to the north, Shah Alam, the capital of Selangor, and Subang Jaya to the west, and Bandar Kinrara (Puchong) to the south.