Ampang District was a district in Malaysia that was split into sections, with Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and the state of Selangor each taking a part.
Administration Initially under Selangor jurisdiction, the district was split following the declaration of Kuala Lumpur as a Federal Territory in 1974. The township of Ampang is located in the Federal Territory side and is an eastern suburb of Kuala Lumpur. The district is now divided into two parts:
Ampang, Selangor, the Selangor segment of Ampang, also known as Ampang Jaya. Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, the Kuala Lumpur segment of Ampang, alternately known as Ampang Hilir.
The district was adjacent to Cheras, Kuala Lumpur and northeast of the Kuala Lumpur Central Business District.
Demographics In 1880, the face of the settlement was drastically altered when the British decided to move their capital of the Federated Malay States inland from Klang, and declared the neighbouring city of Kuala Lumpur to be the new capital. Malays are the largest ethnicity in the Ampang area with 52% of the total population, followed by those of Chinese ancestry at 28%. The smallest racial group is Indian at 20%.
The original "kampongs" (unimproved village structures) of the area were eventually replaced by brick buildings sporting tile roofs, of a standardized shop-house design. Plots were regulated with wider streets between them and "sanitary lanes" behind them. The streets and roads were surfaced with locally found laterite gravel.
Public Facilities and Places
Mall, Hypermarket and Supermarket
TypeMall / Hypermarket NameAmpang, SelangorShopping Mall Ampang Point Melawati Mall Spectrum Mall Galaxy Ampang Axis Pandan Pandan KapitalAmpang, Kuala Lumpur AEON Mall AU2 Datum Jelatek Shopping CentreAmpang, Selangor Hypermarket AEON BiG Ampang Lotus's Ampang Giant Hypermarket Spectrum Giant Superstore Pandan Kapital Giant Superstore Ulu KlangSupermarket The Store MidPoint NSK Grocer Paragon Point Giant Supermarket Ampang Point Giant Supermarket Bukit Antarabangsa HeroMarket Taman Dagang HeroMarket Taman Melawati Village Grocer Melawati MallAmpang, Kuala Lumpur Village Grocer M City Selections Groceries G Village
Cinemas & Bowling CentreCinemasGSC Cinemas Melawati MallTGV Cinemas Ampang Point One Cinemas Spectrum Mall Bowling CentreAmpang Superbowl Ampang Point
Recreation Taman Tasik Ampang Hilir (Ampang, Kuala Lumpur) Laman Rekreasi Tasik Tambahan Taman Bandar Taman Kosas Taman Rekreasi Bukit Indah
LRT Station
CodeStation Name Ampang LRT StationCahaya LRT StationCempaka LRT StationPandan Indah LRT StationPandan Jaya LRT Station Setiawangsa LRT StationJelatek LRT Station MRT Circle LineMRT Circle Line(Under Planning) Taman Hillview Tasik Ampang Kampung Pandan Pandan Indah (Connecting station with LRT Pandan Indah) Taman Kencana
Bus Routes
CodeRoutes300Pandan Mewah - KLCC - Lebuh Ampang303Taman Mulia Jaya - KLCC - Lebuh AmpangT300Bukit Indah - Ampang Point via Jalan Rasmi T301Taman Mulia Jaya - Ampang Point via Jalan MerdekaT302Hutan Lipur Ampang - Ampang PointT303LRT Pandan Indah - Ampang PointT304 Bukit Indah - Ampang Point via LRT AmpangT350LRT Cempaka - Taman MawarT351LRT Cempaka - Taman Bukit Permai
Highways
CodeHighway NameConnectsBesraya Expressway (BESRAYA)Sungai Besi - MRR2 (Pandan Jaya) Shamelin - Pandan IndahAmpang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (AKLEH)Ampang - Kuala LumpurSungai Besi-Ulu Klang Elevated Expressway (SUKE) Sungai Besi, KESAS - Ulu KlangEast Klang Valley Expressway (EKVE)Kajang, Kajang SILK - Ulu KlangKL Node Expressway (Under Planning)Ulu Klang - Templer ParkDuta-Ulu Klang Expressway (DUKE)Jalan Duta, PLUS - Ulu KlangKuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2)Bandar Sri Damansara - Sri Petaling, KESAS
Hospital Hospital Ampang KPJ Ampang Puteri Specialist Hospital Pantai Hospital Gleneagles Hospital
Places of Interest and Focus Zoo Negara Ampang Recreational Forest Kelab Darul Ehsan
References
External links Ampang community website on Archive.org