Batu Caves
Batu Caves is a 325-m tall mogote with a series of limestone caves in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located about 13 km north of the capital city of Kuala Lumpur.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Al-Amaniah Mosque and Taman Wahyu.
Al-Amaniah Mosque
Mosque
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Masjid Jamek Al-Amaniah is a mosque in Selayang, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located in Taman Amaniah, in the proximity of Batu Caves.
Taman Wahyu
Railway station
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The Taman Wahyu Komuter station is a Malaysian commuter rail train station located in the east side of and named after Taman Wahyu, Kuala Lumpur.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Kuala Lumpur and Bandar Baru Selayang.
North Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur's Northern Suburbs is the huge area running north of the City Center and Tuanku Abdul Rahman's Chow Kit area. It is largely residential and industrial and will not be of particular interest to the visitor, except for the famous limestone cave temples of Batu Caves.
Bandar Baru Selayang
Quarter
Bandar Baru Selayang is the capital of Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia. The capital moved from Rawang to Bandar Baru Selayang in 1997. The capital is named after Selayang, a town located 2 km southeast of Selayang Newtown. Bandar Baru Selayang is situated 3½ km northwest of Batu Caves.
Setapak
Suburb
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Setapak is a town and mukim straddling both northeastern Kuala Lumpur and Gombak District of Selangor, Malaysia. Setapak is situated 6 km southeast of Batu Caves.
Batu Caves
- Type: Locality with 254,000 residents
- Description: limestone hill that has a series of caves and cave temples in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia
- Categories: cave, architectural landmark, and tourist attraction
- Location: Gombak District, Selangor, West Coast, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Batu Caves” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهوف باتو”
- Assamese: “বাতু গুহা”
- Bengali: “বাটু গুহাসমূহ”
- Betawi: “Goa Batu”
- Catalan: “coves de Batu”
- Catalan: “Coves de Batu”
- Chinese: “batu caves”
- Chinese: “黑風洞”
- Chinese: “黑风洞”
- Danish: “Batu hulerne”
- Danish: “Batugrotterne”
- Dutch: “Batugrotten”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهوف باتو”
- Finnish: “Batu-luolat”
- French: “grottes de Batu”
- French: “Grottes de Batu”
- German: “Batu Caves”
- German: “Batu-Höhlen”
- Gujarati: “બાતુ ગુફાઓ (મલેશિયા)”
- Gujarati: “બાતુ ગુફાઓ”
- Hindi: “बातू गुफाएँ”
- Indonesian: “Batu Caves”
- Italian: “grotte di Batu”
- Italian: “Grotte di Batu”
- Japanese: “バトゥ洞窟”
- Kannada: “ಬತು ಗುಹೆಗಳು”
- Korean: “바투 동굴”
- Lithuanian: “Batu urvai”
- Malay: “Batu Caves”
- Malayalam: “ബാത്തു ഗുഹകൾ”
- Minangkabau: “Batu Caves”
- Oriya: “ବଟୁ ଗୁମ୍ଫା”
- Persian: “باتو کیو”
- Persian: “غارهای باتو”
- Polish: “Jaskinie Batu”
- Russian: “Пещеры Бату”
- Spanish: “Cuevas de Batu”
- Swedish: “Batugrottorna”
- Tagalog: “Mga Yungib ng Batu”
- Tamil: “பத்து மலை”
- Tamil: “பத்துமலை”
- Telugu: “బటు గుహలు”
- Thai: “ถ้ำบาตู”
- Turkish: “Batu Mağaraları”
- Urdu: “باتو غاریں”
- Urdu: “باتو کے غار”
- Vietnamese: “Động Batu”
- Yue Chinese: “黑風洞”
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