List of districts in Malaysia
Daerah (District) | |
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Number | 160 89 with 3 cities (Peninsular) 28 (Sabah) 40 (Sarawak) 1 city (Labuan) (as of 2020 Census[1]) |
Populations | Greatest: Petaling District, Selangor—1,812,633 (2010) Least: Pakan District, Sarawak—15,480 (2010)[2] |
Areas | Largest: Kapit Division, Sarawak—38,934 km2 (15,033 sq mi) Smallest: Putatan District, Sabah—29.7 km2 (11.5 sq mi) |
Government | |
Subdivisions | ) |
Districts (
. An administrative district is administered by a lands and district office (pejabat daerah dan tanah) which is headed by district officer (pegawai daerah).Classification
In
commune, sub-district or parish) is a subdivision of a district. In recent years, a mukim is however of less importance with respect to the administration of land; for land administrative purposes, major cities (e.g. Petaling Jaya
) are given an equal status with mukim.
The state of
Federal Territories and Labuan are also not divided into districts; however Kuala Lumpur is divided into several mukim for land administration purposes. Putrajaya
is divided into precincts.
In
capital; for example, the town of Sandakan is the capital of the Sandakan District, as well as the capital of Sandakan Division
.
Some larger districts are further divided into autonomous sub-districts (daerah kecil; literally "small district") before the mukim level. This is prevalent in Sarawak and Sabah, but also seen in Peninsular Malaysia in recent years, e.g. Lojing autonomous sub-district in Kelantan. Sub-districts in Sabah, however, are not divided into mukim.
Relationship with parliament and local government
An administrative district can be distinguished from a
Penang Island City Council
.
Administrative district boundaries also provide the basis of boundaries for the
Malaysian Parliament.[4] However this is not always the case; in heavily populated areas e.g. the Klang Valley and Kinta Valley
there is serious overlap between district, local government and parliamentary boundaries.
By states
West Malaysia
Federal Territory (Not District)
City-status District
Municipal-status District
East Malaysia
Townships (Mukim)
In the 11 states of the
Federal Territories, there are townships (precinct for Putrajaya) that been administered by the district office and also the state government. For a list, see Category:Mukims of Malaysia
. However, two states and one federal territory in Malaysia is not divided into any townships.
Gallery
Labelled maps
Kluang
Northeast Penang Island
Southwest Penang Island
Maps
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Districts in Johor
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Districts in Perak
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Districts in Selangor
See also
- District
- Amphoe
- County
- Governorate, Regierungsbezirk, Oblast, Raion, Vilayet
- List of capitals in Malaysia
- List of districts in Malaysia by population
- Local government in Malaysia
Notes
References
- ^ "List of Administrative District, Mukim and Local Authority Area".
- ^ "The Official Portal of the Sarawak Government". www.sarawak.gov.my.
- ^ "Malaysia Districts". Statoids.com. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
- ^ "Persempadanan". Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (Election Commission of Malaysia). Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ ISBN 978-967-2000-85-3.
- ^ "Membakut now a full district". www.dailyexpress.com.my. 15 October 2023.
- ^ Lian Cheng; Peter Sibon (23 January 2016). "Call for Belaga to have own district council". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Launch of Bukit Mabong, Tunoh, Kapit by the Chief Minister of Sarawak". Sarawak Regional Corridor Development Authority. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ "Rakan Sarawak October 2001". www.sarawak.com.my. Archived from the original on 6 June 2009.
- ^ "Laman Web Rasmi Majlis Daerah Subis".
- ^ "'Telang Usan District Office a game changer'". 7 October 2015.
- ^ "INFOGRAPHICS: NEW DISTRICTS IN SARAWAK". BERNAMA. 13 December 2021.
- ^ Lian Cheng (11 November 2016). "It's Kota Samarahan Municipal Council effective today". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Laman Web Rasmi Majlis Perbandaran Kota Samarahan". mpks.sarawak.gov.my.
- ^ Samuel Aubrey (12 April 2015). "Serian now a division". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Districts of Malaysia.
- "Districts of Malaysia". Statoids.