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Sungai Besi

Suburbs in Kuala Lumpur
KITLV 79958 Kleingrothe, C.J. Medan European tin mine at Sungai Besi near Kuala Lumpur circa 1910
KITLV 79958 Kleingrothe, C.J. Medan European tin mine at Sungai Besi near Kuala Lumpur circa 1910

Sungai Besi (formerly known as Sungei Besi) (English: Steel River) is a town and suburb within the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur. The federal constituency of Sungai Besi existed from 1974 to 1995. Sungai Besi was a historical mining town with many heavy industries such as steelworks, waste steel plants and other steel industries. Sungei Besi Tin Mine site was the largest and deepest open cast alluvial tin mine in the world and in Malaysia. The town has since developed from a large area of village settlements.

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Sungai Besi
Lebuhraya Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur

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Lebuhraya Bukit Jalil
57000 Kuala Lumpur
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KITLV 79958 Kleingrothe, C.J. Medan European tin mine at Sungai Besi near Kuala Lumpur circa 1910
KITLV 79958 Kleingrothe, C.J. Medan European tin mine at Sungai Besi near Kuala Lumpur circa 1910
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