Rawang
Rawang is a town in the Gombak District of Selangor, Malaysia, located about 25 km northwest of Kuala Lumpur. It began as a tin mining town and has grown into a significant urban area within Greater Kuala Lumpur.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 50,000 residents
- Description: human settlement in Malaysia
- Also known as: “Rawang, Selangor” and “Wan Nao”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rawang.
Rawang
Railway station
Photo: *angys*, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Rawang railway station is a commuter rail train station located in Rawang, Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is served by the KTM Komuter's Tanjung Malim–Port Klang Line and two KTM ETS's ETS Gold train services.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Serendah and Sungai Choh.
Serendah
Town
Photo: Wiki Farazi, CC0.
Serendah is a town and mukim in Hulu Selangor District, Selangor, Malaysia. Located 16 miles north of Kuala Lumpur, Serendah was originally a home to many tin mines and act as a satellite town to a bigger mining town, Rawang. Serendah is situated 6 km northeast of Rawang.
Sungai Choh
Village
Sungai Choh is a small town situated within the boundary of both Gombak District and Hulu Selangor District, Selangor. The town is inhabited by a community of Bengkulu Malays who migrated in the late 19th century from the west coast of Sumatra.
Rawang
- Categories: administrative territorial entity and locality
- Location: Gombak District, Selangor, West Coast, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
3.3198° or 3° 19′ 11″ northLongitude
101.5773° or 101° 34′ 38″ eastPopulation
50,000Elevation
38 metres (125 feet)United Nations Location Code
MY RAWOpen location code
6PM38H9G+WWOpenStreetMap ID
node 254074012OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Rawang” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “راوغ، سلاغور”
- Arabic: “راوغ”
- Arabic: “راوڠ، سلاغور”
- Cebuano: “Rawang”
- Chinese: “万挠”
- Chinese: “萬撓”
- Dutch: “Rawang”
- Egyptian Arabic: “راوڠ”
- Indonesian: “Rawang”
- Japanese: “ラワン”
- Korean: “라왕”
- Malay: “Rawang, Gombak”
- Malay: “Rawang”
- Malay: “راوڠ”
- Polish: “Rawang”
- Tamil: “ரவாங்”
- Urdu: “راوانگ، سلنگور”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Taman Rawang Tin and Kampung Melayu Pekan Rawang.
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