Strategic Zone of Kuala Lumpur Structure Plan : The City Centre (previously the Central Planning Area)

This strategic zone is the city centre of Kuala Lumpur. The zone which covers 1,813 hectares is bounded by major highways namely Jalan Tun Razak from the east to the north, Mahameru Highway to the west and the Middle Ring Road 1 to the south (refer Figure 1). The zone covers the hills of Bukit Nanas, Bukit Ceylon, Bukit Tunku and the river valleys of Sungai Klang and Sungai Gombak.

To create a lively city, both day and night, it is intended to increase the population of the City Centre to 245,600 people in 2020 from 128,721 in 2000. The employment of the City Centre in 2000 was 396,036 and is projected to be about 438,010 by 2020.

The City Centre comprises a number of historic and recent major business, tourist and commercial nodes interspersed with residential, recreation and cemetery areas. The symbolic centre of the nation, Merdeka Square, is located within the City Centre as are the City’s most notable landmarks, the Petronas Twin Towers at the KLCC and the KL Tower.