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Kuala Lumpur or in short or better known as "KL" is the Capital City of Malaysia. The original name for this city was "Pengkalan Lumpur", which means bundle of mud. As time passes by the name changed to Kuala Lumpur which literally means “muddy confluence” in Bahasa Melayu.
Kuala Lumpur has its origins in the 1850s, when the Malay Chief of Klang, Raja Abdullah, hired some Chinese labourers to open new and larger tin mines.They landed at the confluence of Sungai Gombak & Sungai Klang to open mines at Ampang.Sungai Gombak was previously known as Sungai Lumpur, which means muddy river. Later, tin mines were opened at Pudu and Batu. Among the early notable pioneers are Hiu Siew and Liu Ngim Kong.These mines became a trading post and was considered a frontier town with many problems including the Selangor Civil War; it was also plagued by diseases and constant fires and floods.Around the 1870s, the Chinese Kapitan of Kuala Lumpur, Yap Ah Loy, emerged as leader, and became responsible for the survival and subsequent systematic growth of this town.He is the one who began to develop Kuala Lumpur from a small unknown place into a mining town with economic boom.In 1880, the state capital of Selangor was moved from Klang to the more strategically advantageous Kuala Lumpur.
KL is the capital and the largest city in Malaysia and there are many interesting places should be visited when you are in "KL".
Kuala Lumpur or in short or better known as "KL" is the Capital City of Malaysia. The original name for this city was "Pengkalan Lumpur", which means bundle of mud. As time passes by the name changed to Kuala Lumpur which literally means “muddy confluence” in Bahasa Melayu.
Kuala Lumpur has its origins in the 1850s, when the Malay Chief of Klang, Raja Abdullah, hired some Chinese labourers to open new and larger tin mines.They landed at the confluence of Sungai Gombak & Sungai Klang to open mines at Ampang.Sungai Gombak was previously known as Sungai Lumpur, which means muddy river. Later, tin mines were opened at Pudu and Batu. Among the early notable pioneers are Hiu Siew and Liu Ngim Kong.These mines became a trading post and was considered a frontier town with many problems including the Selangor Civil War; it was also plagued by diseases and constant fires and floods.Around the 1870s, the Chinese Kapitan of Kuala Lumpur, Yap Ah Loy, emerged as leader, and became responsible for the survival and subsequent systematic growth of this town.He is the one who began to develop Kuala Lumpur from a small unknown place into a mining town with economic boom.In 1880, the state capital of Selangor was moved from Klang to the more strategically advantageous Kuala Lumpur.
KL is the capital and the largest city in Malaysia and there are many interesting places should be visited when you are in "KL".
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