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7 unusual facts about Klang River


Dang Wangi

Dang Wangi is an area in the city centre of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia situated north from the Dataran Merdeka, next to Bukit Nanas and located between the Gombak and Klang Rivers.

Dayabumi Complex

Central Market, which is near the banks of Klang River avoided demolition during Dayabumi Complex's construction.

Frolic-class gunvessel

A few months later, Frolic was one of the ships that blockaded the mouth of the Klang River in Malaysia in an attempt to suppress piracy supported by the local sultan.

Kampung Datuk Keramat

The Klang River runs roughly from northeast to the west and acts as a natural divider of Keramat and Ampang.

Mah Meri people

Most of the members of the Mah Meri tribe live along the coast of South Selangor from Sungei Pelek up to Pulau Carey, although there is at least one Mah Meri Community on the other side of the Klang River.

Sri Kandaswamy Kovil, Brickfields

The land between the closed end of the cul-de-sac of the present Jalan Scott and the Klang River was considered most appropriate for the proposed temple because of its central position and because the land was quite empty.

Sultan Abdul Samad Building

Behind the building flows the Klang River and Gombak River's confluence where Kuala Lumpur got its name (Kuala means estuary and Lumpur means muddy) and in the middle of where the two rivers meet stands The Masjid Jamek (or Jamek Mosque), a mosque of similar design by the same architect.



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Kampung Baru LRT station

The adjoining KLCC station, as is the Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) itself, is situated across the Klang River, 700 metres away.