Bandar Baru Selayang
Bandar Baru Selayang is the capital of Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia.

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.
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Worth seeing in and around Bandar Baru Selayang
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Batu Caves
Batu Caves are a series of limestone caves in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located on a 325 m –tall mogote, about 13 km north of the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur.
3.9 km · limestone hill that has a series of caves and cave temples in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia · Wikipedia - 02Batu Caves Murugan Statue
Batu Caves Murugan Statue, is a 42.7 metres tall statue of the Hindu god Murugan at Batu Caves in Selangor, Malaysia. It is the tallest statue in Malaysia and the second tallest Murugan statue in the world.
3.9 km · Hindu God Statue in Malaysia · Wikipedia - 03Al-Amaniah Mosque
Masjid Jamek Al-Amaniah is a mosque in Selayang, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located in Taman Amaniah, in the proximity of Batu Caves.
3.1 km · mosque in Selangor, Malaysia · Wikipedia - 04Batu Dam
Batu Dam is a dam in Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia. The dam is a water supply dam with holding capacity of 30,199 megalitre.
4.6 km · dam in Malaysia · Wikipedia - 05Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium
Selayang Municipal Council Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Selayang, Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia. The stadium is owned by the Majlis Perbandaran Selayang.
400 m · stadium in Malaysia · Wikipedia - 06International Islamic College
The International Islamic College is a private college located in Taman Batu Muda, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The college was established in 2001 as a private higher education institution and is one of the private higher education institutions in Malaysia.
5.2 km · private college in Malaysia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bandar Baru Selayang
- Airports
- Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (SZB), 18 km · Kuala Lumpur (KUL), 57 km · Sultan Azlan Shah (IPH), 159 km
- Stations
- Batu Caves Komuter station, 3.6 km · Kepong Sentral station, 5.9 km · Metro Prima station, 4.7 km · Jinjang station, 5 km · Kepong Baru station, 4.8 km
- Sepang → Bandar Baru Selayang63 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · RM15–20
- Ipoh → Bandar Baru Selayang161 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · RM37–49
- Penang → Bandar Baru Selayang285 km · quickest by road, 5h 31m · RM70–90
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bandar Baru Selayang
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bandar Baru Selayang. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe service stretches from Johor Bahru at the border with Singapore up to Butterworth in Penang (with a ferry connection to George Town) or Padang Besar at the border with Thailand.
- Get inFerries operate international services from Sumatra, Indonesia and a domestic service to Pulau Ketam.
- Get inCruise ships also call at Port Klang, usually on the way to other destinations in Asia, allowing for a day trip to Kuala Lumpur.
- Go nextPulau Ketam (Crab Island) - at the mouth of the River Klang and its Chinese fishing villages make for an interesting day trip.
- Go nextBird-watching, jungle trekking and other outdoor activities are also available.
From Wikivoyage: Kuala Lumpur, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Bandar Baru Selayang
Bandar Baru Selayang is 1 km from Selayang Baru Utara, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kepongtown in northern Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia4.8 km
- Lagonghuman settlement in Malaysia2.1 km
- Taman JasaNeighborhood in Selangor, Malaysia2.4 km