Shah Alam
| Shah Alam شاه عالم |
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| City and State Capital | |||
The Esplanade at Shah Alam
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| Nickname(s): Bandar Anggerik (Orchid City) |
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| Motto: 'Indah Bestari' (Beautiful, Brilliant) |
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 Location within Petaling District (and a portion of Klang District) and the state of Selangor |
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 Shah Alam
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| Coordinates: 3°5′00″N 101°32′00″E / 3.08333°N 101.53333°E | |||
| Country | Malaysia | ||
| State | Selangor | ||
| District | Petaling and Klang | ||
| Establishment | 1963 | ||
| Granted State Capital Status | 7 December 1978 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Datuk Ahmad Zaharin Mohd Saad | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 232.3 km2 (89.7 sq mi) | ||
| Population (June 2011) | |||
| • Total | 723,890 (Census 2,016) | ||
| Time zone | MST (UTC+8) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | Not observed (UTC) | ||
| Website | www |
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Shah Alam /ʃɑː ˈɑːləm/ is a city and the state capital of Selangor, Malaysia and situated within the Petaling District and a small portion of the neighbouring Klang District. Shah Alam replaced Kuala Lumpur as the capital city of the state of Selangor in 1978 due to Kuala Lumpur's incorporation into a Federal Territory in 1974. Shah Alam was the first planned city in Malaysia after independence from Britain in 1957.
Malaysia grew rapidly after its independence in 1957 under the "Father of Modernisation", the second Prime Minister of Malaysia, Allahyarham Tun Abdul Razak Hussein. Shah Alam was once known as Sungai Renggam and was noted for its rubber and oil palm estates. Later, the same area was identified as Batu Tiga prior to Malaysian independence, and has been a centre of rubber and palm oil trade for centuries. The Sungai Renggam Plantation was earmarked for the development of a township by the Selangor government in 1963, and under the recommendations of V. Antolic, a town planning advisor from the United Nations, chose the present site strategically located between Kuala Lumpur and Port Klang.
Its current name was chosen by the then state Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, after his late father Sultan Alam Shah. Many other monuments, buildings and even a street are named after the late Sultan. Shah Alam was opened in 1963 with the purpose of making it the new administrative centre of Selangor, replacing Kuala Lumpur which was made a Federal Territory on 1 February 1974. With the consent of the Sultan, Shah Alam was proclaimed the capital of Selangor on 7 December 1978 with an area of 41.68 km2, and administrated by a municipal council. Shah Alam had encountered several processes of extending its areas and the last was on 1 January 1997. Through the Gazette Plan 1190, Shah Alam was extended to 293 km2.
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