Pantai Dalam is a residential area located south-west of Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

, under the parliamentary constituency of Lembah Pantai

Lembah Pantai

Lembah Pantai is a parliamentary constituency in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Constituencies adjacent to Lembah Pantai are Seputeh, Segambut and Bukit Bintang....

. Represented in Dewan Rakyat by Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Nurul Izzah Anwar. She defeated Dato Sharizat Abdul Jalil in last general election.

Demographics

Most of the areas residents are blue-collar workers living in flats that had been sold to them under the People's Housing Project when they were resettled from their squatter homes; students of the University of Malaya

University of Malaya

The University of Malaya is located on a campus near the centre of Kuala Lumpur, and is the oldest university in Malaysia. It was founded in 1905 as a public-funded tertiary institution...

; and police officers and related personnel, mainly in Desa Aman 1 & 2.

The population is made up of 49% Malays, 19% Chinese and 32% Indians. Some squatters are still waiting to buy homes under this project, which was announced by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Tun Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi is a Malaysian politician who served as Prime Minister from 2003 to 2009. He was also the President of the United Malays National Organisation , the largest political party in Malaysia, and led the governing Barisan Nasional parliamentary coalition...

 prior to the 12th Malaysian general election, 2008

Malaysian general election, 2008

The 12th Malaysian general election was held on March 8, 2008, in accordance with Malaysian laws for national elections, which states that a general election must be held no later than five years subsequent to the previous elections; the previous general election was held in 2004...

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Pantai Dalam is well connected to the other parts of Klang Valley

Klang Valley

Klang Valley is an area in Malaysia comprising Kuala Lumpur and its suburbs, and adjoining cities and towns in the state of Selangor. An alternative reference to this would be Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan Area or Greater Kuala Lumpur. It is geographically delineated by Titiwangsa Mountains to the...

 via the New Pantai Expressway

New Pantai Expressway

New Pantai Expressway, ' is a major expressway in the Klang Valley region of Malaysia. The expressway has provided an easier access to Kuala Lumpur from Subang Jaya and Bandar Sunway to avoid the traffic jams on the Federal Highway route during rush hour...

 and the Federal Highway

Federal Highway, Malaysia

Federal Highway, or Lebuhraya Persekutuan in Malay is a Malaysian highway connecting the capital city of Kuala Lumpur, and Klang, Selangor. The highway starts from Seputeh in Kuala Lumpur to Klang, Selangor...

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Transportation

Public transport in Pantai Dalam covers a variety of transport modes such as bus, rail and taxi. Buses include RapidKL buses

RapidKL buses

RapidKL bus is the largest bus operator in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. As of 2008, it operates 167 routes with 650 buses covering 980 residential areas with a ridership of about 400,000 per day....

 and Metrobus Nationwide

Metrobus Nationwide

Metrobus Nationwide is a privately owned public transport company in the Klang Valley that was formed in 1992. It is based in Subang Jaya. It is the second largest stage bus and feeder bus operator in Kuala Lumpur after Rapid KL...

. Rail service is available from KTM Komuter

KTM Komuter

KTM Komuter is a commuter train service in Malaysia operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu . It was introduced in 1995 to provide local rail services in Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding Klang Valley suburban areas. It is popular with commuters into the city, who thus avoid being caught in road traffic...

 at Pantai Dalam Komuter station

Pantai Dalam Komuter station

The Pantai Dalam Komuter station is a KTM Komuter train station in Pantai Dalam, Lembah Pantai and served by the Sentul-Port Klang Route. The station is built to cater the traffic in Pantai Dalam and its surroundings....

, Petaling Komuter station

Petaling Komuter station

The Petaling Komuter station is a commuter train station located in the Petaling district of Selangor, Malaysia, and served by the Sentul-Port Klang Route...

, and Angkasapuri Komuter station

Angkasapuri Komuter station

The Angkasapuri Komuter station is a KTM Komuter train station located near Angkasapuri, Kuala Lumpur. It is served by the Sentul-Port Klang Route. The station primarily serves and is named after Angkasapuri, the headquarters of RTM....

' and from the Kelana Jaya Line

Kelana Jaya Line

The Kelana Jaya Line is a medium-capacity rail transport system and one of the three rail transit lines in the Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System operated by RapidKL Rail network...

 at Kerinchi LRT station

Kerinchi LRT station

The Kerinchi LRT station is a rapidKL Kelana Jaya LRT station in Kuala Lumpur. The station, which is named after Kampung Kerinchi, a village within walking distance, is located inside Plaza Pantai, a mixed commercial complex near Jalan Pantai Baru....

, Abdullah Hukum LRT station

Abdullah Hukum LRT station

Abdullah Hukum LRT station is an elevated rapid transit station in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, forming part of the Kelana Jaya Line...

, and Universiti LRT station

Universiti LRT station

Universiti LRT station is a Light Rail Transit station in Kuala Lumpur served by rapidKL's Kelana Jaya Line.This station serves the local population of Universiti Malaya and neighbouring Kampung Kerinchi, Pantai Dalam and Pantai Hill Park....

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Neighborhoods

There are many smaller residential areas that form the larger area of Pantai Dalam, including:

• Pantai Hillpark
• Kampung Pantai
• PPR Sri Pantai
• PPR Pantai Ria
• PPR Sri Cempaka
• PPR Kerinchi
• Desa Aman 1 & 2
• Pantai Murni
• Pantai Permai
• Taman Bukit Angkasa
• Pantai Baru
• Kampung Pasir
• Taman Pantai Dalam
• Taman Pantai Indah
• PPR Kampung Limau