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Kampung Baru
Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
Malay village of wooden stilt houses and century-old families, steps from the city skyline.
This guide traces Kampung Baru in Kuala Lumpur back to 1899, when the Sultan of Selangor set aside land for displaced Malay families as tin-mining money reshaped the city, and follows the imam who settled here in 1907 and whose descendants still hold that plot. It covers the neighborhood's role in UMNO's founding and the 1969 riots, and the recurring pressure from developers eyeing the land beneath the wooden stilt houses. Listen for how each generation has answered that pressure.
Audio guides are written and narrated by AI.