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Location
Kajang is a town in the eastern part of Selangor, Malaysia (2.98° N, 101.77° E). Kajang is also the district capital of Hulu Langat. It is located about 20 km south of Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur. Demographics
Its population as of 2006 was 229,655. It had a population of 189,400 in 2001.
The current locational gravity of growth in Kajang would be Sungai Chua. The total population of Kajang has grown rapidly in the past few years. As of 2004, a few townships have been developed in Kajang, such as Taman Prima Saujana (straight from Jalan Cheras), Taman Kajang Perdana (Kajang Highlands) and Taman Sepakat Indah I & II (Sungai Chua). Areas surrounding these new townships are easily accessible via the new SILK Expressway. History
The first settlement in Kajang was established in 1709. In 1807, Kajang was founded after the Klang War. Because of its central location, it was made the district capital of Hulu Langat.
Kajang as a modern town owes its rise in particular to the coffee estates which were opened up around it in the 1890s. One of the famous coffee estates was Inch Kenneth Estate managed by the Kindersley brothers who were among the first to plant rubber in the country on a commercial basis. Another was Perang Besar (Great War) Estate, opened by some British ex-servicemen led by Colonel Henry Gough, who was the pioneer of bud-grafting of rubber trees in the country. |
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