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Vinony's link graph records 1,342 inbound references to Petaling Jaya, and connects out to Selangor, Kelana Jaya line and states and federal territories of Malaysia.
The entry is geolocated on the map in MY.
It is catalogued under topics including Petaling Jaya and Populated places established in the 1950s.
Vinony links it to 46 Wikipedia language editions.
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
- Not observed
- Postcode
- 46xxx, 473xx, 474xx, 478xx, 522xx
- Area codes
- +603-56, +603-61, +603-62, +603-7
- Website
- www .mbpj .gov .my
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- Петалинг-Джая
- Country
- Malaysia
- Located in
- Petaling District
- Population
- 638516
- Area
- 97.2
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Shares border with
- Sungai Buloh
- Official website
- www.mbpj.gov.my
- Image
- RapidKL Kelana Jaya line Petaling Jaya.jpg
- Dialing code
- 03
Show 8 more facts
- postal code
- 47400
- topic's main category
- Category:Petaling Jaya
- Commons category
- Petaling Jaya
- P8168
- Horst Bickel
- twinned administrative body
- Bandung
- P12749
- Lady Ann Cunningham
- short name
- PJ
- inception
- 1954-00-00
Sources (6)
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Petaling Jaya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.