| Sungai Buloh | |
| Translit Lang1: | Other |
| Translit Lang1 Type1: | Jawi |
| Translit Lang1 Info1: | سوڠاي بولوه |
| Translit Lang1 Type2: | Chinese |
| Translit Lang1 Info2: | |
| Translit Lang1 Type3: | Tamil |
| Translit Lang1 Info3: | சுங்கை பூலோ |
| Pushpin Map: | Malaysia Selangor#Malaysia West#Malaysia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Selangor##Location in Peninsular Malaysia##Location in Malaysis |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name: | Malaysia |
| Subdivision Name1: | Selangor |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Petaling Gombak Kuala Selangor |
| Established Title: | Establishment |
| Established Date: | Unclear, 19th century. |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| Coordinates: | 3.21°N 101.5497°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
| Postal Code: | 40160, 47000 |
| Area Codes: | +603-60, +603-614, +603-615 |
Sungai Buloh, or Sungei Buloh, is a town, a mukim (commune) and a parliamentary constituency in the northern part of Petaling District, 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.
Bordering Damansara, Kepong, Kuang and Kuala Selangor, Sungai Buloh is notable for its colonial-era leper colony, one of the largest in the country.
No clear historical records regarding Sungai Buloh's founding and settlement were available, though railway services had reached Sungai Buloh by the 1890s.
Many believe that Sungai Buloh got its name from Sungai Buloh river that flows from the Straits of Malacca through Kuala Selangor District. A town in Jeram in Kuala Selangor where the estuary of Sungai Buloh begins was also named after the river.
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,[1] 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. It was equipped with advanced facilities and remained a research centre for leprosy until today. Sungei Buloh was a pioneer project based on the "enlightened policy" of segregating leprosy patients in a self-supporting community following the principles of a garden city.
In 1935 and 1936, scrip (voucher) was issued specifically for the settlement.
Sungai Buloh was the site of the Bright Sparklers Firework factory explosion in May 1991 and the subsequent fire.[2]
Sungai Buloh was also the site of the 2023 Elmina plane crash. A Learjet private plane crashed onto a major feeder road leading into the housing project just before landing at Subang Airport nearby; 10 people were killed, including 8 people on the aircraft and 2 on the ground. One of the fatalities is Pahang assemblyman Datuk Seri Johari Harun from Pelangai, Bentong.[3]
Sungai Buloh is located at the northern quarter of the Petaling District, bordering Damansara, Subang, Kuang and Kepong (across the Selangor-Federal Territory border).
Neighbourhoods and residential areas of Sungai Buloh include:
Most of these neighbourhoods are guarded and gated to provide the safest hospitality for the residents. Though often included as part of Sungai Buloh, the wards of Matang Pagar, Bandar Saujana Utama and Bandar Seri Coalfields, are actually part of the neighbouring towns of Kuang and Kuala Selangor respectively. The nearby township of Kota Damansara, though rarely included as part of Sungai Buloh, falls under the same parliamentary constituency as Sungai Buloh itself.
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Sungai Buloh railway station is the main railway station serving the town with services by the KTM Komuter Port Klang Line and the Putrajaya line. Limited KTM ETS high speed rail services are also available.
The Kepong-Kuala Selangor highway Federal Route 54 runs through Sungai Buloh area, intersecting with Federal Route 15 (to Subang Airport and Subang Jaya). North–South Expressway Northern Route exit 113 serves the city.
Due to its unclear geographical definition, what is considered as Sungai Buloh, falls under jurisdiction of four local authorities:
Sungai Buloh lends its name to, and is represented by the Sungai Buloh parliamentary constituency. The bulk of Sungai Buloh town is within the Paya Jaras state constituency, which is also one of two state seats in the parliamentary constituency; though part of the town also spills into neighbouring Selayang constituency.