Sungai Buloh

Sungai Buloh is a subdistrict (mukim) of Petaling district in the state of Selangor, Malaysia, bordering Gombak District. It is a 15-minute drive from Sungai Buloh to Kuala Lumpur, the national capital. The name itself literally means "bamboo river" in the Malay language.

History

In 1930, in an isolated valley of Bukit Lagong, Sungai Buloh, a group of Malays, Chinese, Indians and Eurasians set up a contained community in the wake of the 1926 Leper Enactment Act, which required the segregation and treatment of those with the disease. Sungai Buloh was the second biggest leprosy settlements in the world. It was equipped with advanced facilities and became a research centre for leprosy. Sungei Buloh was a pioneer project based on the "enlightened policy" of segregating leprosy patients in a self-supporting community following the principles of a garden city. In 1935 and 1936, scrip was issued specifically for the settlement.

Now Sungai Buloh is better known for wild and domestic turkeys as commercial farms thrive there, In the late 1900s the turkeys became less populated and now turkeys are endangered in Sungai Buloh.