Petaling Jaya

Petaling Jaya, colloquially called PJ, is a city in Petaling District in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. It was originally developed as a satellite township for Kuala Lumpur, the national capital, and it is part of the Greater Kuala Lumpur area. The city was granted city status on 20 June 2006 and has an area of approximately 97.2 square kilometres. Petaling Jaya is bordered by Kuala Lumpur to the east, Sungai Buloh to the north, Shah Alam, the capital of Selangor, and Subang Jaya to the west, and Bandar Kinrara in Puchong to the south, so it sits inside the continuous built-up belt of the Klang Valley.