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Kuala Selangor is a town located in Selangor, Malaysia, and is capital of an administrative district of the same name.

The town caters largely to tourists coming this way en route to Kelip-Kelip at Kampung Kuantan or local travellers on a trail of seafood binging. Kuala Selangor town is not particularly big and one can easily walk around without a map or a guide. There are a number of cheap food outlets and a couple of fast food joints. It is also possible to walk to the Kuala Selangor Nature Park and Bukit Melawati for a visit.

Kuala Selangor is an old royal capital of Selangor. It was conquered by the Dutch in 1784, when they successfully attempted to expand from their base in Melaka to control the tin trade of Perak and Selangor.

Bukit Melawati is a hill overlooking Kuala Selangor and the Strait of Malacca. The Dutch destroyed the existing fortifications on the hill during their 1784 invasion, and built a European-style castle, naming it Fort Atlingsburg after their commander. The fort was fought over repeatedly by the Dutch, the Selangor and later the British, until all that remains today are some scattered ruins.

Taman Alam Kuala Selangor (Kuala Selangor Nature Park) is a reserve with an area of 2.4 square kilometres just outside town on the estuary of the Sungai Selangor river. It is known for its mangrove swamps and variety of birds. There is also a firefly park in Kuala Selangor which allows visitors to go in a boat around a river to see the fireflies. A restaurant is located outside the Firefly Park for convienience.

Seafood restaurants are located in a small fishing townlet called Pasir Penampang after the bridge spanning the Selangor river. The seafood restaurants in Pasir Penampang serves halal seafood and you can see many local malay muslims eating there together with chinese and indians. Located within Pasir Penampang, there is a small seafood market where villagers as well as people from KL come to buy seafood which are freshly caught by the fishermen which berth in the nearby river.

• Mukhsin (2007)

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