Gombak District

Gombak District
Gombak District
District of Malaysia
	Daerah Gombak
Other transcription(s)
• Jawi	ڬومبق‎
• Chinese	鹅唛县 (Simplified); 鵝嘜縣 (Traditional)
• Tamil	கோம்பாக் மாவட்டம்
	Location of Gombak District in Selangor Darul Ehsan
	Gombak District Location of Gombak District in Malaysia
	Coordinates: 3°16′27.3″N 101°34′14.6″E / 3.274250°N 101.570722°E
Country	Malaysia
State	Selangor
Seat	Bandar Baru Selayang
Local area government(s)	Selayang Municipal Council; (West); Ampang Jaya Municipal Council; (East)
Government
• District officer	Amirul Azizan Abdul Rahim
• Sultan's Representative	Wan Mahmood Pawanteh
Area
• Total	650.08 km2 (251.00 sq mi)
Population (2020)
• Total	942,336
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+8 (Not observed)
Postcode	48xxx, 52xxx-54xxx, 68xxx
Calling code	+6-03-41, +6-03-60, +6-03-61, +6-3-62
Vehicle registration plates	B

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 in Gombak district include Batu Arang, Kuang, Rawang, Kundang, Gombak Town, Selayang, Batu Caves and Hulu Kelang.

The main campus of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM/UIAM) 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.

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[1] "Portal Rasmi PDT Gombak Perutusan Pegawai Daerah Gombak". www2.selangor.gov.my. Archived from the original on 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2017-12-23.

[2] "Portal Rasmi PDT Gombak Orang Besar Daerah Gombak". www2.selangor.gov.my. Archived from the original on 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2017-12-23.

[3] "Portal Rasmi PDT Gombak Profil Gombak". www2.selangor.gov.my. Archived from the original on 2017-06-26. Retrieved 2017-12-23.

[taburan-4] "Population Distribution and Basic Demographic Characteristics, 2010" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2012.

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