Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), snapshot of 16 October 2026; markets and schools are placed where OpenStreetMap records them. No official map of the section boundaries has been published.
The short answer
Wangsa Maju is a new town in north-east Kuala Lumpur, opened on 26 February 1984 by the then Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, at Ladang Hawthornden in Setapak. The name is short for “Bandar Baru Titiwangsa Maju”, and it was the second new town DBKL developed, after Bandar Baru Tun Razak. It is divided into Sections 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 10, and its main postcode is 53300. Sections 1, 2 and 4 are in the P.116 Wangsa Maju parliamentary seat; Sections 5/6 and 10 are in P.118 Setiawangsa. Wangsa Maju station (KJ3) on the LRT Kelana Jaya Line is on the town’s western edge.
- Opened
- 198426 February
- Sections
- 1·2·4·5·6·10No Sections 3, 7, 8 or 9 (as reported)
- Postcode
- 53300Some addresses use 53100
- P.116 population
- 215,6002020 census (the seat, not the township)
Compiled by Kevin LeeUpdated
Short for Titiwangsa Maju
On 26 February 1984, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad opened the new town at Ladang Hawthornden in Setapak and named it “Wangsa Maju”. The text of his speech, kept by the Prime Minister’s Office, says the name is short for “Bandar Baru Titiwangsa Maju”.
The same speech calls it DBKL’s second new town, after Bandar Baru Tun Razak (begun in 1975), developed jointly by DBKL and a private company. Most of the houses were to be sold directly to the public; DBKL would keep a small number to rent to low-income families moved by government projects.
The town was built on what had been rubber land around Setapak: the Hawthornden estate.
Sources: Prime Minister’s Office speech archive: opening of the Ladang Hawthornden new town (1984-02-26); New Straits Times: Making an oasis in Wangsa Maju (2018-08-09); New Straits Times column: Turning Wangsa Maju green (2021-05-29); The Edge: cover story on the Wangsa Maju township (2020-02)
The early planning codes
According to a New Straits Times column, early planning charts marked the sections with an “R”, and the code survives in school names: SMK Zon R1 and SK Wangsa Maju Zon R10. The commercial centre was later named KL Suburban Centre (KLSC), and the police directory still lists “Balai Polis Wangsa Link (KLSC)”.
Sources: New Straits Times column: Turning Wangsa Maju green (2021-05-29); Royal Malaysia Police: Wangsa Maju district directory
Section 1 to Section 10: what is in each?
The township and the parliamentary seats do not line up: Sections 1, 2 and 4 are in P.116 Wangsa Maju; Sections 5, 6 and 10 are in P.118 Setiawangsa.
- 1
Section 1 · Seksyen 1
- Alpha Angle shopping centre (Jalan R1)
- Wangsa Maju police station
- Section 1 market (54 stalls)
- Section 1 multipurpose hall
- Section 1 night-market site
- SK Wangsa Maju Seksyen 1 and SMK Zon R1
Parliamentary seat: P.116 Wangsa Maju
- 2
Section 2 · Seksyen 2
- Masjid Usamah Bin Zaid
- Section 2 market (104 stalls)
- Section 2 multipurpose hall
- SK and SMK Wangsa Maju Seksyen 2
Parliamentary seat: P.116 Wangsa Maju
- 4
Section 4 · Seksyen 4
- Section 4 market (21 stalls)
- Section 4 hawker centre
- Section 4 multipurpose hall
Parliamentary seat: P.116 Wangsa Maju
- 5
Section 5 · Seksyen 5
- Section 5 sports complex (Jalan 10/27A)
- SMK Seksyen 5 Wangsa Maju
Parliamentary seat: P.118 Setiawangsa (one polling district with Section 6)
- 6
Section 6 · Seksyen 6
- Fairview International School, Kuala Lumpur campus (Jalan 1/27D)
Parliamentary seat: P.118 Setiawangsa (one polling district with Section 5)
- 10
Section 10 · Seksyen 10
- Section 10 hawker centre (18 stalls)
- Section 10 multipurpose hall
- Section 10 night-market site
- SK Wangsa Maju Zon R10
Parliamentary seat: P.118 Setiawangsa
Sources: Federal Gazette P.U.(B) 514/2022 (GE15 polling districts) (2022-10-31); DBKL: market buildings (Pasar Berbangunan); DBKL: hawker centre list; DBKL: multipurpose halls; DBKL: sports complexes; JAWI: mosque and surau directory; Royal Malaysia Police: Wangsa Maju district directory; Fairview International School: contact
Markets, hawker centres and malls
DBKL’s markets and hawker centres
DBKL’s lists give markets in Section 1 (54 stalls), Section 2 (104 stalls) and Section 4 (21 stalls), and hawker centres in Section 4 (7 stalls) and Section 10 (18 stalls).
Night markets
DBKL’s night-market list includes “Seksyen 1, Wangsa Maju” (under the Wangsa Maju seat) and “Seksyen 10, Wangsa Maju” (under Setiawangsa).
Malls
Alpha Angle shopping centre is on Jalan R1 in Section 1. Wangsa Walk Mall opened in September 2009, developed by MSL Properties; in 2025 Sunway bought MCL Land (formerly MSL Properties), and the deal included the mall.
Sources: DBKL: market buildings (Pasar Berbangunan); DBKL: hawker centre list; DBKL: night market list; EdgeProp: MSL Properties on its new mall (2010-02-04); EdgeProp: Sunway buys MCL Land (2025-09-19)
The Wangsa Maju Ramadan bazaar
The Ramadan bazaar sets up on Jalan 3/27A, directly opposite Wangsa Maju LRT station. Press reports put it at about 500 m long with about 300 stalls; it ran in both Ramadan 2025 and Ramadan 2026.
One outlet called it “believed to be the longest in the country”; another, “one of the longest” in Kuala Lumpur.
Not to be confused“Bazaria Wangsa Maju” is somewhere else: a night-bazaar site DBKL set up beside JPJ Wangsa Maju, opened in 2019. It is not the Ramadan bazaar.
Sources: FMT: Ramadan bazaars around Malaysia (2025-03-21); Berita RTM: 42 Ramadan bazaar sites in KL (2026-02-20); Sinar Harian: Bazaria Wangsa Maju (2019-10-31)
Police, JPJ, halls and mosques
- Police
- Balai Polis Wangsa Maju: Jln 1/A/27A, Section 1; also Balai Polis Wangsa Link (KLSC), Jln Wangsa Delima 10. Both come under the Wangsa Maju district police headquarters (IPD Wangsa Maju).
- JPJ
- JPJ Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur (Wangsa Maju). Counter service: Monday to Thursday 8:00–16:30 (closed 13:00–14:00); Friday 8:00–16:30 (closed 12:15–14:45).
- Multipurpose halls
- DBKL has multipurpose halls in Sections 1, 2, 4 and 10, booked through its Tempah@KL system.
- Sports complex
- DBKL’s Kompleks Sukan Seksyen 5: Jalan 10/27A, Seksyen 5.
- Mosques
- Masjid Usamah Bin Zaid (Jalan 2/27A, Section 2); Masjid Muhammad Al-Fateh (Jalan Genting Kelang).
Sources: Royal Malaysia Police: Wangsa Maju district directory; JPJ: Kuala Lumpur offices; DBKL: multipurpose halls; DBKL: sports complexes; JAWI: mosque and surau directory
The full directory is in Public services.
Schools in the township
- National primary: SK Wangsa Maju Seksyen 1, SK Wangsa Maju Seksyen 2, SK Wangsa Maju Zon R10
- Chinese primary: SJK (C) Wangsa Maju旺沙玛珠华小
- National secondary: SMK Wangsa Maju Seksyen 2, SMK Zon R1 Wangsa Maju, SMK Seksyen 5 Wangsa Maju
- International: Fairview International School, Kuala Lumpur campus (Section 6), offering the International Baccalaureate (IB)
School zoning is set by the education department. The full list, with school codes, is in Schools and colleges.
Sources: Federal Territory of KL Education Department: school list (2026-10-16); Fairview International School: contact
Weather and flood record
Flash floods hit several parts of Kuala Lumpur after heavy rain; the areas the mayor named included Section 10 of Wangsa Maju (around Block C).
Sources: Berita RTM: flash floods in several parts of KL (2026-09-21); Oriental Daily: the mayor on Klang Valley rainfall and flash floods (2026-09-21)
A morning downpour brought flash floods to Jalan Wangsa Maju. Rainwater damaged the LRT track between Wangsa Maju and Sri Rampai stations, and service was disrupted for part of the day.
Sources: Kosmo!: flash floods in KL (2024-10-16); Bernama: Kelana Jaya Line services resume (2024-10-15)
Flash floods across Kuala Lumpur; the then mayor named Wangsa Maju among the worst-hit constituencies (the parliamentary seat, not the township alone).
Sources: New Straits Times: flash floods in KL (2020-09-10)
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