List of districts in Malaysia
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Category | Second-leveladministrative division |
Location | StatesofMalaysia |
Number | 160 89 with 2 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) |
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Subdivisions |
Districts(Malay:Daerah;JajahaninKelantan) are a type ofadministrative divisionbelow thestatelevel inMalaysia.An administrative district is administered by a lands and district office (pejabat daerah dan tanah) which is headed by district officer (pegawai daerah).
Classification
[edit]InPeninsular Malaysia,a district is a subdivision of astate.Amukim(commune,sub-district orparish) 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 ofPerlisis not divided into districts due to its size, but straight to the mukim level. TheFederal TerritoriesandLabuanare also not divided into districts; howeverKuala Lumpuris divided into several mukim for land administration purposes.Putrajayais divided intoprecincts.
InEast Malaysia,a district is a subdivision of adivision(bahagian) of a state.[3]For example,Tuaranis a district within theWest Coast DivisionofSabah.A district is usually named after the main town or its administrativecapital;for example, the town ofSandakanis the capital of the Sandakan District, as well as the capital ofSandakan Division.
Some larger districts are further divided into autonomous sub-districts (daerah kecil;literally "small district" ) before the mukim level. This is prevalent inSarawakandSabah,but also seen in Peninsular Malaysia in recent years, e.g.Lojingautonomous sub-district inKelantan.Sub-districts inSabah,however, are not divided into mukim.
Relationship with parliament and local government
[edit]An administrative district can be distinguished from alocal governmentarea where the former deals with land administration and revenue while the latter deals with the planning and delivery of basic infrastructure to its inhabitants. Administrative district boundaries are usually congruent with local government area boundaries, but may sometimes differ especially in urbanised areas. For example, thePetaling DistrictinSelangoris administered by three local authorities:Petaling Jaya City Council,Shah Alam City CouncilandSubang Jaya City Council;conversely one local authority can administer more than one district, for exampleNortheast Penang Island DistrictandSouthwest Penang Island DistrictinPenangare both administered byPenang Island City Council.
Administrative district boundaries also provide the basis of boundaries for theparliamentary constituenciesin theMalaysian Parliament.[4]However this is not always the case; in heavily populated areas e.g. theKlang ValleyandKinta Valleythere is serious overlap between district, local government and parliamentary boundaries.
By states
[edit]West Malaysia
[edit]East Malaysia
[edit]Townships (Mukim)
[edit]In the 11 states of thePeninsular Malaysiaincluding theFederal Territories,there are townships (precinct for Putrajaya) that been administered by the district office and also thestate government.For a list, seeCategory:Mukims of Malaysia.However, two states and one federal territory in Malaysia is not divided into any townships.
Gallery
[edit]Labelled maps
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Districts_and_local_authorities_of_Johor_%28blank%29.svg/600px-Districts_and_local_authorities_of_Johor_%28blank%29.svg.png)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Penang_location_map.svg/350px-Penang_location_map.svg.png)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Divisions_and_districts_of_Sabah_%28blank%29.svg/600px-Divisions_and_districts_of_Sabah_%28blank%29.svg.png)
Maps
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Districts in Johor
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Districts in Perak
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Districts in Selangor
See also
[edit]- District
- Amphoe
- County
- Governorate,Kabupaten,Regierungsbezirk,Oblast,Raion,Vilayet
- List of capitals in Malaysia
- List of districts in Malaysia by population
- Local government in Malaysia
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"List of Administrative District, Mukim and Local Authority Area".
- ^"The Official Portal of the Sarawak Government".sarawak.gov.my.
- ^"Malaysia Districts".Statoids.Retrieved3 November2010.
- ^"Persempadanan".Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (Election Commission of Malaysia).Retrieved20 September2020.
- ^ab"Key Findings of Population and Housing Census of Malaysia 2020"(pdf)(in Malay and English). Department of Statistics, Malaysia.ISBN978-967-2000-85-3.
- ^"Membakut now a full district".dailyexpress.my.15 October 2023.
- ^Lian Cheng; Peter Sibon (23 January 2016)."Call for Belaga to have own district council".The Borneo Post.Retrieved19 June2018.
- ^"Launch of Bukit Mabong, Tunoh, Kapit by the Chief Minister of Sarawak".Sarawak Regional Corridor Development Authority. 3 November 2015.Retrieved28 December2016.
- ^"Rakan Sarawak October 2001".sarawak.my.Archived fromthe originalon 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.Retrieved19 June2018.
- ^"Laman Web Rasmi Majlis Perbandaran Kota Samarahan".mpks.sarawak.gov.my.
- ^Samuel Aubrey (12 April 2015)."Serian now a division".The Borneo Post.Retrieved15 May2015.
External links
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- "Districts of Malaysia".Statoids.