The Sepang District is a district located in the southern part of the state of

Selangor Selangor ( ; ), also known by the Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the e ...

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. Sepang District covers an area of around 600 square kilometers, and had an estimated population of 338,600 in 2023. The district of Sepang is also famous for the township of

Cyberjaya Cyberjaya (a portmanteau of ''cyber'' and ''Putrajaya'') is a planned city with a science park as its core that forms part of Greater Kuala Lumpur, in Malaysia. It is located in Sepang District, Selangor. Cyberjaya is adjacent to and developed ...

, which is also known as the Silicon Valley of Malaysia due to its association with

MSC Malaysia MSC Malaysia, formerly known as the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC; Malay language, Malay: ), is a special economic zone and high-technology business district spanning the federal territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, south-central Selang ...

. The capital of Sepang district is

Salak Tinggi Salak Tinggi is a town in Sepang District, Selangor, Malaysia. Located about 9 km north of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, it is the seat of the Sepang district's administration. Due to its proximity to the airport, Salak Tinggi is oc ...

, which took over from Sepang town. The remaining areas of

Puchong Puchong is a major town and a parliamentary constituency in the Petaling District, in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. Bordering Kuala Lumpur, it is part of the Greater Kuala Lumpur area. It is bordered by Petaling Jaya in the north, Subang J ...

, such as Bukit Puchong 2, 16 Sierra,

Pulau Meranti Pulau Meranti is a village in Sepang District, Selangor, Malaysia. History It has an area estimated at more than 100 hectares, explored and founded by a Dato' Gede Biro Bin Jenangkin ('Gede' meaning big in Javanese and 'Biro', an origin from Pa ...

, Bandar Nusaputra, Taman Putra Perdana, Taman Putra Prima, Taman Meranti Jaya and Taman Mas, are located in this district. Some parts of

Kajang Kajang is a city in Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia, located southeast of Kuala Lumpur. Kajang, along with much of Hulu Langat District, is governed by the Kajang Municipal Council. Kajang town is located on the eastern banks of the L ...

such as Kampung Sungai Merab, Desa Pinggiran Putra and Kampung Dato Abu Bakar Baginda are also located in the northeast of the district.

History

Sepang district was formed from parts of the adjacent constituencies of

Hulu Langat Hulu Langat District is a district of Malaysia located in the southeastern corner of Selangor, between Kuala Lumpur and Negeri Sembilan. It is bordered by the state of Pahang to the east and north, Gombak district to the north-west, Federal Ter ...

(

) and Kuala Langat on 1 January 1975; though there was already a ''Sepang'' constituency in parliament as early as 1959. Sepang gained municipal status in 2005.

Geography

Sepang district is situated in the southern part of Selangor. It shares its border with Kuala Langat to the west,

Petaling The Petaling District is a district located in the heart of Selangor in Malaysia. Petaling is not to be confused with the city of Petaling Jaya located in it, nor the ''mukim'' of Petaling under Subang Jaya City. The district office is located i ...

to the north,

to the northeast and the state of

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to the east. Sepang also completely surrounds

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which is a Federal Territory.

Administrative divisions

Sepang District is divided into three

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s: *

Dengkil Dengkil (Chinese: 龍溪) is a town and mukim in Sepang District, southern Selangor, Malaysia. Geography The town lies between Cyberjaya to the northwest and the Kuala Lumpur International Airport to the south. It is located just outside Putraj ...

s * *

Sepang Pekan Sepang is a small border town and also a mukim in Sepang District, Selangor Selangor ( ; ), also known by the Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on t ...

Demographics

Federal Parliament and State Assembly seats

List of Sepang district representatives in the Federal Parliament (Dewan Rakyat)

List of Sepang district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly (Dewan Negeri Selangor)

Economy

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, a

n national carrier;

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, a

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;

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, a subsidiary of

;

MASkargo MASkargo (stylised as maskargo) is a cargo airline with its head office in the Advanced Cargo Centre (ACC) on the grounds of Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is the cargo division of its par ...

, a

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; and

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, the Malaysian Airport authority; are headquartered on the property of

Kuala Lumpur International Airport Kuala Lumpur International Airport is the main international airport serving Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. It is located in the Sepang District of Selangor, approximately south of downtown Kuala Lumpur and serves the Greater Kuala L ...

in Sepang.

also operates its Flight Management Building at

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has its headquarters in

.Contact Us
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. Retrieved on 29 August 2015. "Level G-03, SME Technopreneur Centre 3, Block 3740, Cyber 8, Persiaran APEC, 63500 Cyberjaya, Selangor, MALAYSIA."

Tourist attractions

Sepang International Circuit Sepang International Circuit () (known as Petronas Sepang International Circuit for commercial reasons) is a motorsport race track in Sepang District, Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located approximately south of Kuala Lumpur, close to Ku ...

* Bagan Lalang Beach * Avani Sepang Gold Coast * Mitsui Outlet Park KLIA *

IOI City Mall IOI City Mall is a shopping mall located in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia, which was developed by IOI Group, IOI Properties Group Berhad and opened in November 2014. The second phase of the mall opened in 25 August 2022, making it the largest shoppi ...

Transportation

Air

The district houses the

Railways

ERL * KLIA Terminal 2 - KLIA Terminal 1 -

ERL * KLIA Terminal 2 - KLIA Terminal 1 RapidKL * 16 Sierra - Cyberjaya Utara - Cyberjaya City Centre

Bus

The most dominant bus operator for this district is Smart Selangor, operated by Handal Ceria and SKS-BUS. These free buses connect the main bus hub located in Taman Seroja, Bandar Baru Salak Tinggi to the areas in Sepang district such as

, Salak Tinggi ERL station,

, Sungai Merab and

, as well from Tanjung Sepat to KLIA. Other bus operators also serve areas in Sepang district.

Causeway Link Handal Indah Sendirian Berhad (), trading as Causeway Link, is a private bus company with operations in Malaysia and Singapore. The company is based in Johor Bahru, and is the largest bus operator in Johor. It operates cross-border public buse ...

bus route 601 connects

Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (KL), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, is the capital city and a Federal Territories of Malaysia, federal territory of Malaysia. It is the largest city in the country, covering an area of with a census population ...

to Taman Putra Perdana in Sepang district, while KR Travel & Tours bus route connects

Putrajaya Sentral Putrajaya Sentral is a bus hub and a train station in Presint 7, Putrajaya, Malaysia. It is served by the MRT Putrajaya Line, as well as the ERL KLIA Transit Line under the name Putrajaya & Cyberjaya. Putrajaya Sentral also comprises other multi ...

, KTM Serdang or

– the largest mall in Malaysia & Southeast Asia.

Rapid KL Rapid KL (stylized as ''rapidKL'') is a public transportation system owned by Prasarana Malaysia and operated by its subsidiaries Rapid Rail and Rapid Bus. The acronym stands for , which translates to Kuala Lumpur Integrated Rapid Transit Net ...

, the dominant bus operator in Klang Valley operates five routes in Sepang district which consists of one LRT Feeder bus route from Puchong Prima LRT station to Taman Mas Sepang, and four MRT Putrajaya line feeder bus routes , , and serving Cyberjaya areas.

Education

Tertiary

Sepang is home to several institutions of higher learning, which includes: *

Xiamen University Malaysia Xiamen University Malaysia (abbreviated as XMUM) is an international branch campus of Xiamen University located in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. It is the first overseas campus set up by a Chinese public university, as well as the first Chin ...

Multimedia University Multimedia University (; abbreviated as MMU), is a Private university, private research university in Cyberjaya and Melaka in Malaysia. Founded in 1997, it is the first private university within Malaysia and is a member of The Alliance of Gove ...

Campus *

University of Cyberjaya University of Cyberjaya (UoC) is a private university established in 2005, located in Cyberjaya, Sepang District, Selangor, Malaysia, with strength in the medical sciences and alternative medicine. History Cyberjaya University College of Me ...

Universiti Malaya The Universiti Malaya (lit 'University of Malaya'; abbreviated UM) is a public research university located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the oldest Malaysian institution of higher education, and was the only university in newly independent ...

(Centre for Continuing Education, UMCced) *

Limkokwing University of Creative Technology Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (also called Limkokwing and LUCT) is a private university that has a presence across Africa, Europe, and Asia. With its main campus in Malaysia, the university has over 30,000 students from more than ...

* UNIKOP *

Universiti Teknologi MARA The MARA Technological University ( Malay: ''Universiti Teknologi MARA''; Jawi: اونيۏرسيتي تيكنولوڬي مارا; abbr. UiTM) is a public university in Malaysia, based primarily in Shah Alam, Selangor. It was established to ...

Dengkil Campus

References

External links

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Sepang International Circuit

Kuala Lumpur International Airport

KLIA Express Rail
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