HISTORY OF SETAPAK

Mukim Setapak is one of the earliest provinces that was established in Kuala Lumpur. In the 1880s, in the early period of the establishment of Kuala Lumpur, Setapak was populated by people from Minangkabau ethnic and Orang Asli there. Mukim Setapak is situated in the North-Eastern part of Kuala Lumpur. Setapak formerly was a rubber growing area (which now is Wangsa Maju) and used to be a tin mining area.

In the 1890s, Setapak was known as a place full of paddy fields. However, at the beginning of the 1960s, the area around Setapak began to be polluted due to waste disposal from factories and workshops built around the area. When the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) was established, the villagers requested that the paddy fields be disposed of and replaced with the commercial and residential areas and the current development in Kuala Lumpur.

The majority of people in Setapak run their own business mainly related to the food and beverage business. Many stalls and small shops are set up around Setapak, even in the residential area and open from morning till night. The shops are occupied by Chinese and Malay. Next, there are public institutions provided according to the races, such as schools and also religious buildings.

SOCIO-CULTURE

Setapak is one of the suburbs of the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur. It is a province that is rich and diverse with culture since multiracial people populate it. This is one of the impacts of the migration of people to Kuala Lumpur before it was developed as the national capital. There are various cultures in Setapak. People who lived around the villages, such as Kampung Puah and Kampung

Changkat are distinct from people who lived in more developed areas with the most high rise buildings.

1881

The construction of the mosque started for the first time in Kampung Puah by the villagers who were led by Datok Sati. Materials that were used for the construction of the mosque during that time included; timber columns, bamboo for walls, and 'rumbia' for the roof.