Selayang

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Selayang

Total population

764,327

Land area549.33 km²

Coordinates3.25°, 101.65°

Demographic figures from Department of Statistics Malaysia. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Selayang is a town in Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

L

Lin Woon Fui

badminton player

F

Foo Kok Keong

badminton player

Goh V Shem

Malaysian badminton player

Jaclyn Victor

Malaysian singer and actress

G

G. Mahathevan

Malaysian footballer

M

Mohamad Hisyamudin Mohamed Sha'ari

Malaysian footballer

M

Mohd Nizaruddin Yusof

Malaysian footballer

H

Hamidin Mohd Amin

Swiss football administrator (born 1970)

M

Mohd. Tamlikha bin Abu Bakar

Malaysian singer

Saiful Apek

Malaysian actor, singer, director and comedian (born 1969)

S

Santokh Singh

Malaysian footballer

T

Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay

Malaysian businessman

Faizal Hussein

Malaysian male actress and host (born 1967)

U

Ummi Hafilda Ali

Malaysian businesswoman

Z

Zed Zaidi

Malaysian female actress, singer, host and President of the Artistes Association (born 1980)

C

Cindy Wong

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Selangor

• Gombak
  4.4 mi away
• Ulu Kuang
  5 mi away
• Kampung Melayu Batu 16
  5.4 mi away
• Rawang
  7 mi away · pop. 50,000
• Kampung Tanjung
  7.7 mi away
• Sungai Buloh
  7.8 mi away
• Hulu Kelang
  8 mi away
• Serendah
  8.5 mi away
• Petaling Jaya
  10.7 mi away · pop. 771,687
• Batu Arang
  13.3 mi away
• Batang Kali
  14.4 mi away
• Kampung Batu 16 Dusun Tua
  14.7 mi away

Browse all places in Selangor →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Molucca Albizia

Falcataria falcata

Seen 2026-10-11

Orange Pinwheel

Marasmius siccus

Seen 2026-10-11

Creeping Woodsorrel

Oxalis corniculata

Seen 2026-10-11

lilac tasselflower

Emilia sonchifolia

Seen 2026-10-10

splitgill mushroom

Schizophyllum commune

Seen 2026-10-10

tuftroot

Dieffenbachia seguine

Seen 2026-10-09

Javan Myna

Acridotheres javanicus

Seen 2026-10-09

Golden Pothos

Epipremnum aureum

Seen 2026-10-09

Clouded Monitor

Varanus nebulosus

Seen 2026-10-09

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).