User:Renek78/Sandbox/KL
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[edit]Move stuff from Sandbox to the real article- DoneWrite article for Botanical Garden and South of City Centre. Copy from current Brickfields and Bangsar articles.- DoneAdd Batu Caves, the National Zoo and the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia to Northern Suburbs- DoneAdd Titiwangsa Lake to North of city center- Done
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[edit]Kuala Lumpur is a sprawling city with residential suburbs that seem to go on forever. The city proper is a 243 km2 (94 sq mi) Federal Territory managed by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall and comprising eight divisions which are further split into 42 local areas, mainly for administrative purposes. The following districts have been conceptualised for visitors to Kuala Lumpur.
| Golden Triangle (Bukit Bintang, Pudu) Kuala Lumpur's equivalent of a Central Business District (CBD) located to the north-east of the Old City Centre. The area is brimming to the seams with shopping malls, bars and five-star hotels, along with the iconic Petronas Twin Towers. |
| Old City Centre (Chinatown) This is the traditional core of Kuala Lumpur where you’ll find the former colonial administrative centre, with the Merdeka Square, Sultan Abdul Samad Building and Selangor Club. This district also includes Kuala Lumpur’s old Chinese commercial centre which everyone refers to now as Chinatown. |
| Botanical Garden The National Museum, Lake Gardens, Bird and Butterfly Parks, Orchid & Hibiscus Gardens, Islamic Arts Museum, National Planetarium are located here. A short walk north of the garden is the National Monument. |
| South of City Centre (Brickfields, Bangsar, Bukit Persekutuan, Mid Valley, Seputeh) Brickfields is Kuala Lumpur’s Little India filled with saree shops and banana leaf rice restaurants. Kuala Lumpur’s main railway station, KL Sentral, is located here. Bangsar is a popular restaurant and clubbing district while Mid Valley, with its Megamall, is one of the city’s most popular shopping destinations. Seputeh is home of the Thean Hou temple. |
| North of City Centre (Kampung Baru, Titiwangsa, Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Chow Kit) Located to the west of the Golden Triangle and an extension of the Old City Centre. Home to modern shopping malls, traditional street markets and budget accommodation options. Kampung Baru, the last Malay village of Kuala Lumpur, is a food paradise of street stalls and restaurants in traditional kampung setting. |
| Western suburbs (Bukit Damansara, Desa Seri Hartamas, Bukit Tunku, Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI), Taman Bukit Maluri) Largely suburban, these districts to the west of the city house some interesting pockets of restaurants and drinking areas. Bukit Kiara - a secondary rain forest - is the most popular hiking and mountainbiking spot of KL. This district also merges into the northern part of Petaling Jaya. |
| Eastern suburbs (Ampang, Desam Pandan, Taman Maluri, Cheras, Salak Selatan) Located east of the city, Ampang is home to Kuala Lumpur’s Little Korea and most foreign embassies and high commissions. |
| Northern suburbs (Sentul, Batu, Setapak, Wangsa Maju, Desa Melawati and many others) This huge area to the north of the city is home to several natural wonders attractions, such as the Batu Caves, the National Zoo and the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia. |
| Southern suburbs (Taman Desa, Kuchai Lama, Sungai Besi, Bandar Tasik Selatan, Alam Damai, Bukit Jalil, Sri Petaling and many others) This district may not interest travellers much, although Kuala Lumpur’s National Stadium and National Sports Complex Bukit Jalil are located here. |
Beyond the Kuala Lumpur city proper are the adjacent satellite cities of Petaling Jaya, Subang Jaya, Shah Alam, Klang, Port Klang, Ampang, Puchong, Selayang/Rawang, Kajang and Sepang, all in the state of Selangor, which enclaves Kuala Lumpur. These cities all merge such that it can be hard to know where Kuala Lumpur ends and Selangor begins. The culmination of these cities is a huge metropolis known as Greater Kuala Lumpur or more commonly, Klang Valley.