Place:Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

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Kajang is a town in Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia.

According to the 2020 census, with a population of 1.05 million residing within its local authority area, Kajang is Selangor's largest city, as well as Malaysia's second-largest city.

History

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Orang Asli tribes had already established settlements in what is now Kajang as early as the 16th century, however the first recorded settlement was opened in 1709 by additional Orang Asli settlers who relocated from the Klang valley. Kajang town in its present form was founded in the 1870s, in the aftermath of the Klang War. In its early days, it was settled by Mandailings and Minangkabau people coming from Sumatra in the then-Dutch East Indies, followed by Chinese tin miners.

Because of its central location, it was soon made the district capital of Hulu Langat.

As with other towns in Selangor, Kajang as a modern town owes its rise in particular to tin mines and plantations which were opened up around it in the 1890s. One of the famous coffee estates were Inch Kenneth Estate managed by the Kindersley brothers, who were among the first to plant rubber in the country on a commercial basis.

During the Japanese invasion, Kajang was bombed on 12 January 1942, a day after the fall of Kuala Lumpur. The bombs, meant for the railway station, missed its target, and hit a nearby church instead.

Kajang was granted municipal status on 1 January 1997. Previously it was under the jurisdiction of the Hulu Langat District Council (Majlis Daerah Hulu Langat, MDHL).

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