Senawang is a satellite town

Satellite town

A satellite town or satellite city is a concept in urban planning that refers essentially to smaller metropolitan areas which are located somewhat near to, but are mostly independent of, larger metropolitan areas.-Characteristics:...

 located in the district of Seremban

Seremban

Seremban is the capital of the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan, located within the district of Seremban, one of the seven districts of Negeri Sembilan. The town's administration is run by the Seremban Municipal Council or Majlis Perbandaran Seremban...

, Negeri Sembilan

Negeri Sembilan

Negeri Sembilan, one of the 13 states that constitutes Malaysia, lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia, just south of Kuala Lumpur and borders Selangor on the north, Pahang in the east, and Malacca and Johor to the south....

, Malaysia.

Geography

Senawang is situated about 7 kilometres from Seremban town

Seremban

Seremban is the capital of the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan, located within the district of Seremban, one of the seven districts of Negeri Sembilan. The town's administration is run by the Seremban Municipal Council or Majlis Perbandaran Seremban...

. It is located in a higher level flat terrain than other towns in Seremban. The terrain is suitable for industrial.

Demographics

Bahasa Melayu — the national language, is one of the principal languages of Senawang. Other major languages spoken in the town are Mandarin, Cantonese and Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

. English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 has a strong presence, especially in business and is a compulsory language taught in schools.

Retail

High number of residents in Senawang attracted developers to build commercial parks. The most notable is Senawang Commercial Park and hypermarkets such as Giant and Carrefour are now being the main attraction in Senawang.

Senawang Sentral is strategically located next to the Tuanku Jaafar Light Industrial area and this development is a natural extension of the existing matured light industrial growth area of Senawang. It is conveniently link to major highway via a 1km drive from Senawang Interchange

Jalan Senawang-Paroi

Jalan Senawang–Paroi or Persiaran Senawang 1, Federal Route is a dual-carriageway federal road in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Linking Paroi and Senawang, this dual-carriageway serves as the bypass of the Seremban town centre to Kuala Pilah and vice-versa...

 and is just minutes away from Giant Hypermarket and Senawang Commercial Park (well known as Taipan of Senawang).

Bus

Two bus company is now servicing route from Seremban

Seremban

Seremban is the capital of the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan, located within the district of Seremban, one of the seven districts of Negeri Sembilan. The town's administration is run by the Seremban Municipal Council or Majlis Perbandaran Seremban...

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• State Coach monopolized shuttle bus service in Senawang.
• Cityliner

Rail

KTM Komuter

KTM Komuter

KTM Komuter is a commuter train service in Malaysia operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu . It was introduced in 1995 to provide local rail services in Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding Klang Valley suburban areas. It is popular with commuters into the city, who thus avoid being caught in road traffic...

 proposed to expand commuter service to Senawang. The 8.5 km (5.3 mi) extension commuter services is from Seremban

Seremban

Seremban is the capital of the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan, located within the district of Seremban, one of the seven districts of Negeri Sembilan. The town's administration is run by the Seremban Municipal Council or Majlis Perbandaran Seremban...

 to Senawang and Sungai Gadut

Sungai Gadut

Sungai Gadut is a small town in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Sungai Gadut is surrounded by many smaller towns such including Taman Tuanku Jaafar, Bandar Seremban Selatan, Taman Pinggiran Senawang, Ladang Seremban, Kg. Ulu Rantau, and Taman Sri Pertama....

, Negeri Sembilan

Negeri Sembilan

Negeri Sembilan, one of the 13 states that constitutes Malaysia, lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia, just south of Kuala Lumpur and borders Selangor on the north, Pahang in the east, and Malacca and Johor to the south....

. Construction is expected to complete by 2011. This will be part of the Seremban-Gemas line.

Indian company IRCON International Limited was awarded the project to build and upgrade the 98km stretch between Seremban and Gemas. The project had been divided into two phases – Seremban–Sg Gadut (11.3km) and Sg Gadut–Gemas (86.8km).

The south-bound Komuter and Electric Train Service (ETS) will be extended to the new Sg Gadut station near here on 2010 Christmas Day. The new Senawang station will also be opened on the same day.

Education

Malay is the language of instruction for most subjects while English is a compulsory subject and is used as the language of instruction for mathematics and the natural sciences. There are also schools which provide Mandarin and Tamil as languages of instruction for certain subjects.

In Senawang only, there are 5 elementary schools. There are several notable schools located in the city which have existed for more than a decade, such as, SMK Senawang (1993), SK Senawang (1994),SMK Taman Seri Pagi (1998)and SMK Seremban Jaya (2004) located in Seremban Jaya.