Kuala Selangor

Kuala Selangor is a town in northwestern Selangor, Malaysia, and the largest town and administrative centre of the Kuala Selangor District, which shares its boundaries with the town's name. Its name means estuary of the Selangor River, and the town sits where that river drains into the Strait of Malacca, about 55 kilometres north-west of downtown Kuala Lumpur and 42 kilometres north-west of Shah Alam, the Selangor state capital. Before the 18th century the area was ruled by the Malacca Sultanate, and in the early years of the 18th century it became the capital of the Sultanate of Selangor. The population is mostly Malay, followed by Indians and ethnic Chinese. Visitors come for Bukit Melawati, the firefly boat tours at Kampung Kuantan and the Kuala Selangor Nature Park, which opened in 1987.