Гомбак округі: географиясы, халқы және тарихы

the federal constituency represented in the Dewan Rakyat

The Gombak District is an administrative district located in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. The district was created on February 1, 1974, the same day when Kuala Lumpur was declared a Federal Territory. Until 1997, Rawang was the district capital; the capital has been moved to Bandar Baru Selayang. Gombak borders Kuala Lumpur to the southeast and the Genting Highlands to the east. Both Gombak and Kuala Lumpur, along with some other districts in Selangor, are situated within the Klang Valley. Other localities in Gombak district include Batu Arang, Kuang, Rawang, Kundang, Gombak Town, Selayang, Batu Caves and Hulu Kelang. The main campus of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM/UIAM) is also located here as well as the Batu Caves. Gombak is also home to an aboriginal Orang Asli settlement, and it is the site of the Orang Asli Museum. Gombak River merges with the larger Klang River in Kuala Lumpur. The meeting place of the two rivers is the birthplace of Kuala Lumpur. At the center of the confluence is the Masjid Jamek. Gombak (town) also refers to as a locality (town/area/suburb) in the northern and central portion of the Setapak subdistrict (both in Gombak and Kuala Lumpur). Before 1974, Gombak was a town before it became a district. Gombak was home to the settlements of the first Minangkabau immigrants in the 1800s and was established soon after. Old mosques in the Gombak area such as the Masjid Lama Batu 6 Gombak are still standing to this day. Today, Gombak can be referred to both the town and district itself but the locals usually refers Gombak as the town, not the district.

The following is based on Department of Statistics Malaysia 2010 census. Ethnic groups in Gombak , 2010 census Ethnicity Population Percentage Bumiputera 396,012 62.9% Chinese 147,488 23.4% Indian 76,773 12.2% Others 9,698 1.5% Total 629,971 100%
Gombak has one of the largest Hui Muslim Communities in Malaysia. Nearly 60% of Hui Chinese live in Gombak.

National education is under the purview of the Gombak District Education Office. As of 2014, there were 53 national type primary schools, eight national type (Chinese) primary schools, seven national type (Tamil) primary schools, 30 national type secondary schools (SMK), two national type secondary boarding schools (SM Berasrama Penuh), two national type secondary Islam religious school (SM Agama) and two national type secondary vocational schools (Kolej Vokasional)

Federal Route 1 is the main thoroughfare going through Rawang town, Selayang and Batu Caves. Federal Route 68 Old Gombak–Bentong road also runs through here before terminating in Bentong, Pahang. PLUS Expressway also runs through Gombak district, providing exits to 114 Sungai Buloh North, 115 Rawang South and 116 Rawang. East Coast Expressway is the district's main gateway to the east coast states of Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan, as the Gombak Toll Plaza. Kuala Lumpur–Kuala Selangor Expressway connects Ijok near Kuala Selangor to Templer's Park near Rawang with exits to 2505 Kundang, 2506 Kuang and 2508 Templer Park are runs through Gombak district. Guthrie Corridor Expressway also runs through Gombak district, providing exits to 115 Rawang South and 3501 Kuang, which is the beginning of the Guthrie Corridor Expressway.