List of districts in Malaysia
Districts (Malay: Daerah; Jajahan in Kelantan) are a type of subdivision below the state level in Malaysia. An administrative district is administered by a lands and district office (Malay: pejabat daerah dan tanah) which is headed by district officer (Malay: pegawai daerah).
Classification
[edit]In Peninsular Malaysia, a district is a subdivision of a state. A mukim (commune, sub-district or parish) is a subdivision of a district. The National Land Code assigns land matters, including the delineation of districts, to the purview of state governments.[1] These states operate a Torrens system, with districts administered by the respective state’s land and district office, and coordinated by the land and mines office.[2]
The state of Perlis is not divided into districts due to its size, but straight to the mukim level. The three Federal Territories are also not divided into districts; however Kuala Lumpur is divided into several mukim for land administration purposes. Putrajaya is divided into precincts.
In East Malaysia, a district is a subdivision of a division (bahagian) of a state.[3] For example, Tuaran is a district within the West Coast Division of Sabah. A district is usually named after the main town or its administrative capital; for example, the town of Sandakan is the capital of the Sandakan District, as well as the capital of Sandakan Division.
Some larger districts are further divided into autonomous sub-districts (daerah kecil; literally "small district") before the mukim level. This is prevalent in Sarawak and Sabah, but also seen in Peninsular Malaysia in recent years, e.g. Lojing autonomous sub-district in Kelantan. Sub-districts in Sabah, however, are not divided into mukim.
Relationship with parliament and local government
[edit]In contrast to local governments that manage municipal administration and infrastructure development,[4] districts are solely utilised for land revenue.[5] While districts are usually congruent with local government areas, in more urbanised states, municipalities and districts either overlap or subsume one another.[4] In Selangor, the district of Petaling contains three cities – Petaling Jaya, Subang Jaya and the state's capital Shah Alam.[6] Similarly in Johor, Johor Bahru District consists of three cities – Iskandar Puteri, Johor Bahru and Pasir Gudang.[7] Conversely, a local government can administer multiple districts, such as in Penang, where George Town encompasses the Northeast and Southwest districts,[8] and Seberang Perai comprises the Northern, Central and Southern districts.[9]
Administrative district boundaries also provide the basis of boundaries for the parliamentary constituencies in the Malaysian Parliament.[10] However this is not always the case; in heavily populated areas e.g. the Klang Valley and Kinta Valley there is serious overlap between district, local government and parliamentary boundaries.
By states
[edit]West Malaysia
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East Malaysia
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Townships (Mukim)
[edit]In the 11 states of the Peninsular Malaysia including the Federal Territories, there are townships (precinct for Putrajaya) that been administered by the district office and also the state government. For a list, see Category:Mukims of Malaysia. However, two states and one federal territory in Malaysia is not divided into any townships.
Gallery
[edit]Labelled maps
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Maps
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Districts in Johor -
Districts in Perak -
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]- ^ "National Land Code" (PDF). Malaysian federal government: 54. 2020 – via Food and Agriculture Organization.
- ^ Zulkifli, Nur Amalina; Abdul Rahman, Alias; van Oosterom, Peter; Tan, Liat Choon; Jamil, Hasan; Teng, Chee Hua; Looi, Kam Seng; Chan, Keat Lim (December 2015). "The importance of Malaysian Land Administration Domain Model country profile in land policy". Land Use Policy. 49: 649–659. Bibcode:2015LUPol..49..649Z. doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.07.015.
- ^ "Malaysia Districts". Statoids.com. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
- ^ a b Lo Vullo et al. 2022, p. 6.
- ^ Adnan, M Z; Suratman, R; Samsudin, S (March 2021). "Key geographical features on malaysia's land tax system: a comparison study in negeri sembilan, malaysia". IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 683 (1): 012095. Bibcode:2021E&ES..683a2095A. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/683/1/012095.
- ^ Yasin, Muhammad Yazrin; Zain, Muhammad Azmi Bin Mohd; Hassan, Muhammad Haniff Bin (15 December 2022). "Urbanization and growth of Greater Kuala Lumpur: Issues and recommendations for urban growth management". Southeast Asia: A Multidisciplinary Journal. 22 (2): 4–19. doi:10.1108/seamj-02-2022-b1002.
- ^ Ariffin, Azman; Mukhelas, Haziq Kamal; Hamid Mar Iman, Abd.; Desa, Ghazali; Mohammad, Izran Sarrazin (2014). "Spatial-Based Sustainability Assessment of Urban Neighbourhoods: A Case Study of Johor Bahru City Council, Malaysia". Geoinformation for Informed Decisions. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. pp. 85–101. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-03644-1_6. ISBN 978-3-319-03643-4.
- ^ McIntyre, Ian (26 January 2024). "Nearly half of Penang island's non-built land under forest cover, says council". The Vibes. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ^ Goh, Ban Lee (7 October 2019). "Seberang Perai comes of age". The Sun. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ^ "Persempadanan". Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (Election Commission of Malaysia). Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Key Findings of Population and Housing Census of Malaysia 2020" (pdf) (in Malay and English). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. ISBN 978-967-2000-85-3.
- ^ Dzulkifli, Hayati (15 October 2023). "Membakut now a full district". Daily Express Malaysia.
- ^ Lian Cheng; Peter Sibon (23 January 2016). "Call for Belaga to have own district council". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Launch of Bukit Mabong, Tunoh, Kapit by the Chief Minister of Sarawak". Sarawak Regional Corridor Development Authority. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ "Rakan Sarawak October 2001". www.sarawak.com.my. Archived from the original on 6 June 2009.
- ^ "Laman Web Rasmi Majlis Daerah Subis".
- ^ Abdullah, Mohamad (6 October 2015). "Telang Usan District Office a game changer". Borneo Post Online.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Laman Web Rasmi Majlis Perbandaran Kota Samarahan". mpks.sarawak.gov.my.
- ^ Samuel Aubrey (12 April 2015). "Serian now a division". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
Sources
[edit]- Lo Vullo, Eleonora; Ho, Chin Siong; Chau, Loon Wai; Monforti-Ferrario, Fabio; Palermo, Valentina; Rivas Calvete, Silvia; Bertoldi, Paolo (2022). How to develop a Climate Action Plan (CAP) in Southeast Asia-Malaysia: A practical guide for Malaysian local governments : Guidebook. Publications Office of the European Union. doi:10.2760/50282. ISBN 978-92-76-52424-3.
External links
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- "Districts of Malaysia". Statoids.