Mont Kiara

Mont Kiara, often called MK, is a rich neighborhood in the northwest part of downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is in the area known as Segambut. The area has tall buildings where people live and work. Most of these buildings were made by UEM Sunrise Berhad, a well-known property company from the UEM Group.

Mont Kiara is in the middle of the Klang Valley, between Kepong and the city center of Kuala Lumpur. It is near Sri Hartamas to the south and KL Metropolis to the east. Many people from other countries, called expats, live there.

Even though there is an area called "North Kiara" because it is north of Mont Kiara, developers have used the Mont Kiara name for many years for their building projects.

History

Mont Kiara started as a rubber farm. In the 1990s, a company named Sunrise Berhad began building homes there. They bought 12 pieces of land and renamed the area Mont Kiara.

After successful projects like Mont Kiara Pines and Mont Kiara Palma in 1993 and 1994, other builders joined in, helping the area grow. Mont Kiara is special because its name includes a French word: "mont" means "mountain," referring to the nearby Bukit Kiara.

Plaza Mont Kiara

Plaza Mont Kiara is a popular place for offices and shopping in Mont Kiara. People from over 30 countries visit, especially Japanese, Britons, and Singaporeans. The plaza has restaurants, cafes, gyms, and banks.

Plaza Mont Kiara has a special market called the Mont Kiara Funday "Arts, Bric-a-Brac & Crafts" (ABC) Market. This market began in March 2000 and happens every Sunday in a big fountain courtyard. It has over 100 stalls selling crafts, toys, clothes, and food. Thousands of people visit each Sunday. There is also a night market called Fiesta Nite every Thursday.

Shopping and retail

Mont Kiara has many places to shop and find things you need. Some of these places include Publika Shopping Gallery, 1 Mont Kiara, Plaza Mont Kiara, Sunway 163 MALL, Solaris Mont Kiara, Solaris Dutamas, and Arcoris Mont Kiara.

Education

Mont Kiara has two international schools nearby. They are the British Garden International School and the American Mont'Kiara International School. There is also a French school nearby. It is the French School of Kuala Lumpur.

Accessibility

Car

Mont Kiara is near four big roads: New Klang Valley Expressway E1, North–South Expressway Northern Route E1, Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway (DUKE) E33, and Sprint Expressway E23. These roads make it easy to visit places like Ampang, Ulu Klang, or Gombak. You can also get to Petaling Jaya without driving through the center of Kuala Lumpur.

Public transport

The nearest train station to Mont Kiara is the Segambut Komuter station, about 10–15 minutes away by car. Bus route 190, run by RapidKL, goes from Mont Kiara to this station. Another bus, route T818, goes to the Semantan MRT station. Since December 1, 2017, a new bus route T852 also goes directly from Mont Kiara to Semantan MRT station. In the future, Mont Kiara will get its own underground train station as part of the MRT Circle Line.

Politics

Mont Kiara is part of the Segambut area in the Malaysian Parliament. Since May 2018, Hannah Yeoh from the Democratic Action Party has helped make decisions for this area.