Balakong
Balakong is a township in Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia. Located to the southeast of Greater Kuala Lumpur, the township consists mainly of residential condominiums, office complexes and factories.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 69,300 residents
- Description: zone in Selangor, Malaysia
- Also known as: “Cheras Selatan”, “Cheras South”, and “Cheras, Selangor”
Places of Interest
Highlights include National Defence University of Malaysia and Bukit Dukung.
National Defence University of Malaysia
University
The National Defence University of Malaysia is a military university located in Sungai Besi Camp, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Established in 1995 as the Malaysian Armed Forces Academy before upgraded into university status and assumed its present name in 2006, the university is Malaysia's first catering to the needs and development of the Malaysian Armed Forces. National Defence University of Malaysia is situated 3½ km northwest of Balakong.
Bukit Dukung
Metro station
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The Bukit Dukung station is a mass rapid transit station serving the suburbs of Bukit Dukung, Kampung Sungai Sekamat and Sungai Balak in Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kajang and Seri Kembangan.
Kajang
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Kajang is a town in Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia, located southeast of Kuala Lumpur. Kajang, along with much of Hulu Langat District, is governed by the Kajang Municipal Council.
Seri Kembangan
Town
Seri Kembangan, also known as Serdang, formerly known as Serdang New Village, is a town located in Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located in between Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya. Seri Kembangan is situated 4½ km west of Balakong.
Bandar Tun Hussein Onn
Suburb
Bandar Tun Hussein Onn is a township in 11th-Mile Cheras in Bangi constituency, Selangor, Malaysia, about 13 km southeast of central Kuala Lumpur and 7.5 km north of Kajang.
Balakong
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Hulu Langat District, Selangor, West Coast, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
3.0291° or 3° 1′ 45″ northLongitude
101.7472° or 101° 44′ 50″ eastPopulation
69,300Elevation
80 metres (262 feet)United Nations Location Code
MY BALOpen location code
6PM32PHW+MVOpenStreetMap ID
node 254073138OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Balakong” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kampong Baharu Balakong”
- Chinese: “无拉港”
- Dutch: “Balakong”
- Irish: “Balakong”
- Korean: “체라스”
- Malay: “Balakong”
- Malay: “Cheras Selatan”
- Malay: “Kampung Baru Balakong”
- Polish: “Balakong”
- Tamil: “பாலக்கோங்”
- Vietnamese: “Balakong”
- Vietnamese: “Cheras Selatan”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kampung Baru Balakong and Kampung Kenangan Indah.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dewan Komuniti Kg. Baru Balakong and LCM Balakong Unity Lutheran Church.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Balakong”. Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 3.0.