Batang Kali is a town in Hulu Selangor

Hulu Selangor

Hulu Selangor is a district in Selangor, Malaysia. It is located in the northeastern part of Selangor. It borders the state of Perak to the north, Pahang to the east, Sabak Bernam district to the east, Kuala Selangor district to its southwest and Gombak district to the south.The district's...

 district of Selangor

Selangor

Selangor also known by its 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 east, Negeri Sembilan to the south and the Strait of Malacca to the west...

, Malaysia. The town is a transit point to Genting Highlands

Genting Highlands

Genting Highlands otherwise known as Resorts World Genting is the flagship integrated resort developed by Genting Group. It is nestled on a mountain peak within the Titiwangsa Mountains on the border between the states of Pahang and Selangor of Malaysia...

, where the famed casino

Casino

In modern English, a casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships or other tourist attractions...

 and theme park is located. The new township of Bandar Baru Batang Kali (Ligamas) is located in this area. This was also the town of the infamous Batang Kali massacre

Batang Kali massacre

The Batang Kali massacre is an incident that took place in Malaya on December 12, 1948 during British military operations against native and Chinese communists in the post-World War II Malayan Emergency....

 in 1948, during the Malayan Emergency

Malayan Emergency

The Malayan Emergency was a guerrilla war fought between Commonwealth armed forces and the Malayan National Liberation Army , the military arm of the Malayan Communist Party, from 1948 to 1960....

period.

Education

• SMK Bandar Baru Batang Kali
• SMK Syed Mashor
• SM Sains Hulu Selangor
• SK Kg. Kuantan
• SK Batang Kali
• SK Bandar Baru Batang Kali

SM Sains Hulu Selangor

SM Sains Hulu Selangor or Semashur, the better phrase in English might call this a Science Education High School. It is a school that is in the middle of the forest and in the backyard of mountains. This special school brings a focus to training the scientists of the future. This is a boarding school. This school took a High School Reward in 2007 at London. This school's variety are most enhanced high school in the state of Selangor and country of Malaysia.