Pulau Meranti

Pulau Meranti is the oldest village in Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia under the northern Sepang constituency of Selangor and is administered by the Sepang Municipal Council (MPSepang).
This village is located halfway between Puchong and Cyberjaya, about 22 km south-west of downtown Kuala Lumpur, and is adjacent to Precinct 11 in Putrajaya.
History.
It has an area estimated at about more than 100 hectares, explored and founded by a Dato' Gede Biro Bin Jenangkin ('Gede' meaning big in Javanese and 'Biro', an origin from Palembang, Indonesia) around the 1890s.
Until today, the fourth and fifth generation descendants of Dato' Gede Biro still reside in this village and the original residents of this village use Palembang dialect as a spoken dialect of Malay in daily conversations.
Features.
Pulau Meranti village is divided into five areas:
Notable events.
On 8 March 2014, the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared with 239 people on board, following its last contact with air traffic control 41 minutes after take-off. On 9 March 2014, the Government of Malaysia had established an Operations Coordination Centre at the National Disaster Command Centre (NDCC) in Pulau Meranti, Cyberjaya to monitor the development of the situation.
Transportation.
Car.
The SKVE, MEX and LDP highways run around the boundaries of this village, as well as Jalan Puchong.
Public transportation.
The nearest railway/metro station is the Putrajaya/Cyberjaya ERL station on the KLIA Transit system. A station on the MRT SSP Line will be built near this village.
Causeway Link bus 608 goes towards IOI Puchong Jaya LRT station via Puchong Utama bus hub, Batu 14 Puchong and Bandar Puteri Puchong. The Puchong Utama bus hub connects with RapidKL bus 600, towards Pasar Seni, Kuala Lumpur.