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Pulau Meranti
Pulau Meranti, with a population of 69,150, is a town in the eastern part of Selangor, Malaysia is under district of Sepang. It is located about 29 km south of Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur.

The current locational gravity of growth in Pulau Meranti would be Air Hitam. The total population of Pulau Meranti has grown rapidly in the past few years. As of 2007, a few townships have been developed in Pulau Meranti, such as Taman Putra Perdana (straight from Jalan Puchong), Taman Meranti jaya, Taman Meranti Indah, Desa Air Hitam, Taman Tasik Puchong, Taman Mas, Taman Putra Prima, Taman Prima Impiana, Taman Aman Putra, Bandar Nusaputra, Taman Meranti Permai, Taman Perindustrian Tasik Perdana,Bukit Puchong 2, DesaVilla Apartment, KiPark Puchong and new township Sierra Puteri. Areas surrounding these new townships are easily accessible via the Lebuhraya Damansara Puchong, Lebuhraya Lembah Klang Selatan (SKVE) and KL-Putrajaya Highway.

History
The first settlement in Pulau Meranti was established in 1900.The settlement began when mining worker, mostly from Sumatera, China and Java has built the houses along Jalan Puchong/Kajang. In early settlement, there is 2 school was opened, one is Sekolah Kebangsaan Pulau Meranti, built in 1946 and another one is SJK(C)Sin Ming built in 1932.

Pulau Meranti as a modern town owes its rise in particular to the rubber estates which were opened up around it in the 1916s. One of the famous rubber estates were Killing Hall and Bukit Hitam.

Demographics
Pulau Meranti has a population of 69150 consisted of Malays 70%, Chinese 20%, Indians 9% and other ethnic groups 1%.

Shopping
Pulau Meranti has a number of Supermarkets. The centre of Supermarket is around Putra Perdana. There is a new Supermarket still in construction named Hero Supermarket.

Facilities & Amenities
Public hospitals found within and around Pulau Meranti town are Hospital Serdang and Hospital Putrajaya.

Education
Pulau Meranti is a town surrounded by many schools such as Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Putra Perdana 1, Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Putra Perdana 2, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Taman Putra Perdana, SRJK(C) Sin Ming and Sekolah Kebangsaan Pulau Meranti. There is also under purpose the new campus of Binary College University in Taman Tasik Puchong.