| Pulau Meranti | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name: | Malaysia |
| Subdivision Name1: | Selangor |
| Leader Title: | Administered by |
| Leader Name: | Majlis Perbandaran Sepang (Sepang Municipal Council) |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
| Postal Code: | 47100, 47120 |
| Area Code: | +603-80 |
Pulau Meranti is a village in Sepang District, Selangor, Malaysia.
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 Palembang, Indonesia) around the 1890s.
Until today, the fourth and fifth generation descendants of Dato' Gede Biro still reside in this village and the original residents of this village use Palembang dialect as a spoken dialect of Malay in daily conversations.
Pulau Meranti village is divided into five areas:
On 8 March 2014, the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared with 239 people on board, following its last contact with air traffic control 41 minutes after take-off. On 9 March 2014, the Government of Malaysia had established an Operations Coordination Centre at the National Disaster Command Centre (NDCC) in Pulau Meranti, Cyberjaya to monitor the development of the situation.[1] [2] [3]
The SKVE, MEX and LDP highways run around the boundaries of this village, as well as Jalan Puchong.
The nearest railway/metro station is the Putrajaya/Cyberjaya ERL station on the KLIA Transit system. A station on the MRT Putrajaya Line Line will be built near this village.
Causeway Link bus 608 goes towards IOI Puchong Jaya LRT station via Puchong Utama bus hub, Batu 14 Puchong and Bandar Puteri Puchong. The Puchong Utama bus hub connects with RapidKL bus 600, towards Pasar Seni, Kuala Lumpur.