Gombak is a district located in the state 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 district was created on February 1, 1974, the same day when Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

 was declared a Federal Territory. Until 1997, Rawang was the district capital; the capital has been moved to Bandar Baru Selayang

Bandar Baru Selayang

Bandar Baru Selayang is the district capital of Gombak, in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. The capital moved from Rawang to Bandar Baru Selayang in 1997...

. Gombak borders Kuala Lumpur to the southeast and the 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...

 to the east. Both Gombak and Kuala Lumpur, along with some other districts in Selangor, are situated within the Klang Valley

Klang Valley

Klang Valley is an area in Malaysia comprising Kuala Lumpur and its suburbs, and adjoining cities and towns in the state of Selangor. An alternative reference to this would be Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan Area or Greater Kuala Lumpur. It is geographically delineated by Titiwangsa Mountains to the...

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Gombak is administered by the Selayang Municipal Council or Majlis Perbandaran Selayang

Majlis Perbandaran Selayang

Majlis Perbandaran Selayang or Selayang Municipal Council is a local authority which administrates Gombak district and other areas. This agency is under Selangor state government...

 (MPS).

The International Islamic University Malaysia

International Islamic University Malaysia

The International Islamic University Malaysia , also known as IIUM or UIAM, is a public publicly-funded university in Malaysia. Its main campus is located in Gombak, Selangor with its situated in Petaling Jaya / Nilai and its medical-centric branch in Kuantan, Pahang. The university is sponsored...

 (IIUM/UIAM) main campus is also located here as well as the Batu Caves

Batu Caves

Batu Caves , is a limestone hill, which has a series of caves and cave temples, located in Gombak district, north of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It takes its name from the Sungai Batu or Batu River, which flows past the hill. Batu Caves is also the name of the nearby village.The cave is one of the...

. Gombak is also home to an aboriginal Orang Asli

Orang Asli

Orang Asli , is a generic Malaysian term used for people indigenous to Peninsular Malaysia...

 settlement, and it is the site of the National Aboriginal Museum, Orang Asli Museum

Orang Asli Museum

The Orang Asli Museum is a museum in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia that showcases the history and tradition of the indigenous Orang Asli people.-External links:***...

 and Mimaland

Mimaland

Mimaland was a famous recreation park in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia. It was opened on 1975...

, a recreation park which has operated between 1975 to 1994.

Gombak River

Gombak River

The Gombak River is a river which flows through Selangor and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. It is a tributary of the Klang River. The point where it meets the Klang River is the origin of Kuala Lumpur's name....

merges with the larger Klang River

Klang River

Klang River is a river which flows through Kuala Lumpur and Selangor in Malaysia and eventually flows into the Straits of Malacca. It is approximately 120 km in length and drains a basin of about 1288 square kilometres...

 in Kuala Lumpur. The meeting place of the two rivers is the birthplace of Kuala Lumpur. At the center of the confluence is the Masjid Jamek

Masjid Jamek

Jamek Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is located at the confluence of the Klang and Gombak River and was designed by Arthur Benison Hubback.-History:...

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Bird flu

H5N1

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1, also known as "bird flu", A or simply H5N1, is a subtype of the influenza A virus which can cause illness in humans and many other animal species...

 struck both Gombak and the Setapak

Setapak

Setapak is a major suburb in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Formerly a tin-mining and rubber-growing area, in Malay tapak means 'step' so so Setapak means 'one step', probably referring to the close proximity of the suburb to Kuala Lumpur...

 areas in March 2006 without causing any fatalities.

Local Area Government

Basically Gombak is administrated by 2 different local governments:

1. Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya
   Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya
   Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya or Ampang Jaya Municipal Council is a local authority which administers Ampang, Ulu Klang and other areas. This agency is under the Selangor state government...
   
   
2. Majlis Perbandaran Selayang
   Majlis Perbandaran Selayang
   Majlis Perbandaran Selayang or Selayang Municipal Council is a local authority which administrates Gombak district and other areas. This agency is under Selangor state government...
   
   

However, most of the area is governed by MPS.

MPS area included

1. Rawang
2. Kuang
3. Taman Templer
4. Batu Caves
   Batu Caves
   Batu Caves , is a limestone hill, which has a series of caves and cave temples, located in Gombak district, north of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It takes its name from the Sungai Batu or Batu River, which flows past the hill. Batu Caves is also the name of the nearby village.The cave is one of the...
   
   
5. Paya Jaras
   Paya Jaras
   Paya Jaras is a state constituency in Malaysia, providing a seat in the Selangor State Assembly. It has a population of nearly 70,000. The population comprises 60% Malays, 30% Chinese and 10% Indians...
   
   
6. Gombak Setia

and Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya (MPAJ) governed

1. Hulu Kelang
2. Bukit Antarabangsa
   Bukit Antarabangsa
   Bukit Antarabangsa is a hillside township and in Ulu Klang, Selangor, Malaysia and one of the elite residential area in []...
   
   
3. Lembah Jaya (Ampang)

Recreational Area in Gombak

Gombak has a large amount of recreational area with untouched natural beauty.

1. Sungai Kanching Recreational Park
2. Ulu Yam Forest Reserve
3. Commonwealth Park
4. Templer Park
5. Ulu Yam Dam
6. Tasik biru seri kundang
   Tasik biru seri kundang
   Tasik Biru Seri Kundang is a lake located at Seri Kundang, Rawang, Selangor. It is an ex-mining lake that used to be developed long time ago during the British period. During its olden days, the lake was used to be the biggest mining area in Rawang district, and one of the biggest in Selangor as well...
   
   
7. Taman Tasik Sri Gombak

Tourist Attraction

1. Hindu Temple Batu Caves
2. Kayaking area at Ulu Yam Dam
3. Rock Climbing area Batu Caves

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

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

Parliament	Seat Name	Member of Parliament	Party
P97	Selayang	William Leong Jee Keen	Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
P98	Gombak	Mohamed Azmin Ali	Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
P99	Ampang	Zuraida Kamarudin	Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
P107	Subang	Sivarasa K. Rasiah	Pakatan Rakyat (PR)

List of Gombak district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly (Dewan Undangan Negeri

Dewan Undangan Negeri

A state legislative assembly is the legislature of each of the 13 Malaysian states. Members of a state legislative assembly comprises elected representatives from single-member constituencies during state elections through the first-past-the-post system....

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Parliament	State	Seat Name	State Assemblyman	Party
P97	N13	Kuang	Abdul Shukur Idrus	Barisan Nasional (BN)
P97	N14	Rawang	Gan Pei Nei	Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
P97	N15	Taman Templer	Subahan Kamal	Barisan Nasional (BN)
P98	N16	Batu Caves	Amirudin Shari	Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
P98	N17	Gombak Setia	Hassan Mohamed Ali	Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
P98	N18	Hulu Kelang	Saari Sungib	Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
P99	N19	Bukit Antarabangsa	Mohamed Azmin Ali	Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
P99	N20	Lembah Jaya	Khasim Abdul Aziz	Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
P107	N38	Paya Jaras	Muhammad Bushro Mat Johor	Barisan Nasional (BN)