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Kuala Lumpur (south-east), extending into the Selangor side around Bandar Mahkota Cheras and Balakong
Cheras straddles the KL–Selangor border: Taman Connaught, Taman Midah, Taman Segar, Alam Damai and Bandar Sri Permaisuri are on the KL side; Bandar Mahkota Cheras, Bandar Tun Hussein Onn and Balakong are on the Selangor (MPKj) side.
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Selangor (Petaling district), immediately west of Kuala Lumpur
PJ is Malaysia's first satellite town, so its housing stock is older than most of the Klang Valley: PJ Old Town, Section 17, Section 14 and SS2 were laid out in the 1950s–1970s.
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Selangor state capital (Petaling and Klang districts), west of Petaling Jaya
Shah Alam is a planned city laid out in numbered sections: Seksyen 1–36 in the original town and the U-sections (Seksyen U1–U20) north of the Federal Highway, including Bukit Jelutong (U8) and Glenmarie (U1).
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Selangor (Petaling district), south-west of KL along the LDP
Puchong grew fast in the 1990s–2000s along the Damansara–Puchong Highway (LDP): Bandar Puteri Puchong, Puchong Jaya, Bandar Puchong Jaya, Puchong Utama, Puchong Perdana, Taman Kinrara and Bandar Kinrara are the main townships.
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Selangor (Klang district), the royal town, west of Shah Alam towards Port Klang
Klang is split by the Klang River into North Klang and South Klang; the old town around Jalan Tengku Kelana (Little India), Jalan Stesen and the KTM station has pre-war and 1960s shophouses.
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Selangor (Petaling district), south of Petaling Jaya, including USJ and Bandar Sunway
Subang Jaya is organised into SS-series sections (SS12–SS19) from the 1970s–80s and the USJ sections (USJ 1–27) from the 1990s; SS15 is the student and food hub around Taylor's and INTI.
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Selangor (Hulu Langat district), south-east of KL and the southern terminus of the MRT Kajang Line
Kajang town — known nationally for satay — sits around the KTM station, Metro Point and Plaza Metro Kajang; the MRT Kajang Line terminates at Kajang, with Stadium Kajang and Sungai Jernih stations before it.
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Ampang Jaya (Selangor, MPAJ) and Ampang Hilir / Kampung Pandan (Kuala Lumpur), east of the city centre
'Ampang' covers two councils: Ampang Jaya under MPAJ in Selangor (Pandan Indah, Pandan Jaya, Pandan Perdana, Taman Cempaka, Taman Dagang, Bukit Antarabangsa, Ukay Perdana, Taman Melawati) and the KL side around Ampang Hilir, Taman U-Thant and Kampung Pandan.