Ijok | |
Translit Lang1: | Other |
Translit Lang1 Type1: | Jawi |
Translit Lang1 Info1: | Malay: ايجوق |
Translit Lang1 Type2: | Chinese |
Translit Lang1 Info2: | (Simplified) (Traditional) |
Translit Lang1 Type3: | Tamil |
Translit Lang1 Info3: | Tamil: இஜோக் |
Settlement Type: | Mukim / Subdistrict |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Malaysia |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Selangor |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kuala Selangor |
Ijok is a mukim in Kuala Selangor District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located along Federal Route 54.
Sited at a junction that leads to the bigger and more developed Bestari Jaya (Batang Berjuntai), Pekan Ijok is, in a sense, a 'cowboy town' with a main street lined with shops and small buildings on both sides.
The Malays here are largely of Javanese stock, and claim their forefathers from Indonesia founded the town in the early 1900s. Many are smallholders or work on their own land while some work in local shops and factories. The Chinese came to do business or to open vegetable farms and have since stayed to set up home here. Likewise, the Indians have also found home here after the earlier settlers came to work in the rubber plantations. The constituency has 12,372 voters, 52 percent of whom are ethnic Malays, with 28 percent ethnic Indians and 21 percent Chinese- the biggest percentage of Indian voters in the Malaysian state or Parliament constituency.