Ampang District

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Ampang District was a district in Malaysia that was split into sections, with Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and the state of Selangor each taking a part.^{[citation needed]}

Initially under Selangor jurisdiction, the district was split following the declaration of Kuala Lumpur as a Federal Territory in 1974. The township of Ampang is located in the Federal Territory side and is an eastern suburb of Kuala Lumpur. The district is now divided into two parts:

• Ampang, Selangor, the Selangor segment of Ampang, also known as Ampang Jaya.
• Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, the Kuala Lumpur segment of Ampang, alternately known as Ampang Hilir.

The district was adjacent to Cheras, Kuala Lumpur and northeast of the Kuala Lumpur Central Business District.

In 1880, the face of the settlement was drastically altered when the British decided to move their capital of the Federated Malay States inland from Klang, and declared the neighbouring city of Kuala Lumpur to be the new capital.^{[citation needed]} Malays are the largest ethnicity in the Ampang area with 52% of the total population, followed by those of Chinese ancestry at 28%. The smallest racial group is Indian at 20%.^{[citation needed]}

The original "kampongs" (unimproved village structures) of the area were eventually replaced by brick buildings sporting tile roofs, of a standardized shop-house design. Plots were regulated with wider streets between them and "sanitary lanes" behind them. The streets and roads were surfaced with locally found laterite gravel.^{[citation needed]}

Mall, Hypermarket and Supermarket

Recreation

• Taman Tasik Ampang Hilir (Ampang, Kuala Lumpur)
• Laman Rekreasi Tasik Tambahan
• Taman Bandar Taman Kosas
• Taman Rekreasi Bukit Indah

LRT Station

Bus Routes [2]

Highways

Code	Highway Name	Connects
Sungai Besi Expressway	Besraya Expressway (BESRAYA)	Sungai Besi - MRR2 (Pandan Jaya) Shamelin - Pandan Indah
Ampang–Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway	Ampang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (AKLEH)	Ampang - Kuala Lumpur
Sungai Besi–Ulu Klang Elevated Expressway	Sungai Besi-Ulu Klang Elevated Expressway (SUKE)	Sungai Besi, Shah Alam Expressway KESAS - Ulu Klang
East Klang Valley Expressway	East Klang Valley Expressway (EKVE) (Under Construction)	Kajang, Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway Kajang SILK - Ulu Klang
	KL Node Expressway (Under Planning)	Ulu Klang - Templer Park
Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway	Duta-Ulu Klang Expressway (DUKE)	Jalan Duta, North–South Expressway Northern Route PLUS - Ulu Klang
FT 28	Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2)	Bandar Sri Damansara - Sri Petaling, Shah Alam Expressway KESAS

Hospital

• Hospital Ampang
• KPJ Ampang Puteri Specialist Hospital
• Pantai Hospital
• Gleneagles Hospital

Places of Interest and Focus

• Zoo Negara
• Ampang Recreational Forest
• Kelab Darul Ehsan

• Ampang community website on Archive.org