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Shah Alam: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque
Shah Alam: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque The Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque, or Blue Mosque, in Shah Alam, Malay.

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Man crushed to death while changing flat tyre in Shah Alam • Nov. 18, 2024, 10:05 PM ET (The Star)
Indonesian man dies after driving car off slope in Shah Alam • Nov. 7, 2024, 7:10 PM ET (The Star)
Asian bowling championship rolling in record numbers in Shah Alam • Oct. 29, 2024, 1:59 PM ET (The Star)
‘Better inter-agency cooperation needed to manage Shah Alam floods’ • Oct. 29, 2024, 1:59 PM ET (The Star)

Shah Alam, city, western Peninsular (West) Malaysia. Shah Alam lies about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Kuala Lumpur and just east of Klang (Kelang). The city has an industrial estate where food and tobacco products are processed and electrical machinery, cement, chemical, and textile products are manufactured. The city is the home of the Institut Teknoloji MARA (founded 1956), the Tun Abdul Razak Library (named for Malaysia’s second prime minister), and the Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia. Pop. (2000) 319,612.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.