Where is Sungai Buloh located in Kuala Lumpur?

Where is Sungai Buloh located in Kuala Lumpur?

Sungai Buloh is located at the northern quarter of the Petaling Region, bordering Damansara, Subang, Kuang and Kepong (across the Selangor- Federal Territory border). Neighbourhoods and residential areas of Sungai Buloh include:

When did the fire in Sungai Buloh happen?

On May 7, 1991, Sungai Buloh suffered the explosion of the Bright Sparklers Firework factory in the city and the subsequent fire.

Where is the Bamboo River in Kuala Lumpur?

Sungai Buloh, or Sungei Buloh, is a town, a mukim (commune) and a parliamentary constituency in the northern part of Petaling region, Selangor, Malaysia. The name itself means bamboo river in the Malay language. It is located 16 km NW of downtown Kuala Lumpur and 8 km north of the Subang Airport, along the Kuala Selangor highway.

What was the purpose of the Sungai Buloh Settlement?

In 1930, in an isolated valley of Bukit Lagong, Sungai Buloh, a group of Malays, Chinese, Indians, Eurasians and Turks set up a contained community in the wake of the 1926 Leper Enactment Act, which required the segregation and treatment of those with the disease. Sungai Buloh was at one point, the second biggest leprosy settlement in the world.