Batu Caves
Batu Caves is a mukim and town in Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia. Named after the limestone caves and Hindu shrine Batu Caves, the town is experiencing an increase in residences due to a housing boom in the center of the city.Places of Interest
Highlights include Batu Caves and Al-Amaniah Mosque.
Batu Caves
Railway stop
Photo: *angys*, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Batu Caves Komuter station is a Malaysian commuter rail train station at Batu Caves, Gombak District, Selangor. After redevelopment, the station was reopened in August 2010.
Al-Amaniah Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Hasrolhashim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Masjid Jamek Al-Amaniah is a mosque in Selayang, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located in Taman Amaniah, in the proximity of Batu Caves.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bandar Baru Selayang and North Kuala Lumpur.
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.
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.
J-Town
Suburb
Photo: *angys*, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jinjang, also known as J-Town, is a township and Chinese new village in the Kepong constituency in north-western Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Jinjang comprises Jinjang Utara and Jinjang Selatan. J-Town is situated 4 km southwest of Batu Caves.
Batu Caves
- Type: Town
- Description: town in Selangor
- Category: locality
- Location: Pahang, East Coast, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
3.23692° or 3° 14′ 13″ northLongitude
101.68335° or 101° 41′ eastOpen location code
6PM36MPM+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
node 1686561043OpenStreetMap feature
place=townWikidata ID
Q4873304
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Malay—“Batu Caves” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Batu Caves”
- Bengali: “বাটু গুহা (শহর)”
- Bengali: “বাটু গুহা”
- Chinese: “峇都”
- Chinese: “峇都喼”
- Chinese: “峇都喼镇”
- Chinese: “黑風洞鎮”
- Japanese: “バトゥ・ケーブス (町)”
- Japanese: “バトゥ洞窟”
- Malay: “Batu Caves”
- Malay: “Batu, Gombak”
- Malay: “Mukim Batu, Gombak”
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