3°12′N 101°44′ENorth-east Kuala Lumpur
Four names,
one map.
Wangsa Maju, Sri Rampai, Setapak and Danau Kota share the north-east corner of Kuala Lumpur. They run into one another, and no official line divides them. Find each one on the map first, then take them one at a time.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), snapshot of 16 October 2026. Names sit at the points OpenStreetMap records for them; the lit line is the Kelana Jaya Line, the dashed line the proposed MRT Circle Line.
The short answer
These four neighbourhoods of north-east Kuala Lumpur run into one another. Wangsa Maju is a DBKL new town opened in 1984. Sri Rampai lies to its south, with a lake park and KJ4 on the LRT. Setapak is the larger, older district: it has no official boundary and spans four parliamentary seats. Danau Kota sits inside Setapak, around its lake park. In the north-east, the LRT Kelana Jaya Line has five stations: Gombak, Taman Melati, Wangsa Maju, Sri Rampai and Setiawangsa.
- Neighbourhoods
- 4One guide each
- LRT stations
- 5KJ1 to KJ5
- Local authority
- Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL)
Compiled by Kevin LeeUpdated
Four neighbourhood guides
- 01 Wangsa Maju A DBKL new town opened in 1984, laid out in numbered sections: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 10. KJ3 Wangsa Maju stationSections 1, 2 and 4 in P.116Ramadan bazaar on Jalan 3/27A Read the guide
- 02 Sri Rampai A lake park, an LRT station that opened more than a decade late, and a night market on DBKL’s list. KJ4 Sri Rampai stationLake park, 3.4 haIn P.118 Setiawangsa Read the guide
- 03 Setapak An old name: a past in tin and rubber, TAR UMT, and P. Ramlee’s last home. Spans four parliamentary seatsTAR College, from 1969KIPMall Setapak Read the guide
- 04 Danau Kota The lakeside neighbourhood inside Setapak, where the lake park is also a flood-retention pond. Lake park 5:30–22:00Farmers’ market on SundaysIn P.116 Wangsa Maju Read the guide
One place, several spellings
- Wangsa Maju
- Short for “Bandar Baru Titiwangsa Maju”, the name given at the 1984 opening.
- Sri Rampai
- “Sri Rampai” on the LRT station and in DBKL’s lists; “Seri Rampai” in the names of its schools.
- Setapak
- The older, wider name, with no gazetted boundary; DBKL’s lists and the polling-district names come closest to drawing one.
- Danau Kota
- The park is Taman Tasik Danau Kota; OpenStreetMap records the lake as “Kolam Takungan Banjir Danau Kota”.
- Setiawangsa
- KJ5 on the LRT, and the name of parliamentary seat P.118.
Chinese-language newspapers have their own names for all five places; the Chinese edition of this guide uses them.
Sources: Prime Minister’s Office speech archive: opening of the Ladang Hawthornden new town (1984-02-26); Prasarana statement of 22 December 2010 (via TRANSIT) (2010-12-23); Federal Territory of KL Education Department: school list (2026-10-16); DBKL: night market list; OpenStreetMap data snapshot (2026-10-16); Oriental Daily: Setapak Central to change hands (2026-04-27); Oriental Daily: DBKL on the Danau Kota lake (2026-06-17); Sin Chew Daily: Kelana Jaya Line signalling works extended (2025-08-07)
Neighbourhood and constituency are not the same
By the 2022 gazette, Sections 1, 2 and 4 of the Wangsa Maju township are in the P.116 Wangsa Maju seat, while Sections 5/6 and 10 are in P.118 Setiawangsa. Sri Rampai is in P.118; Danau Kota is in P.116.
Sources: Federal Gazette P.U.(B) 514/2022 (GE15 polling districts) (2022-10-31)
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