About Batu Caves
Batu Caves is a city in Selangor, Malaysia with a population of 254,083. It is the 35th largest of the 350 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Malaysia, and the 2,257th largest worldwide. It lies 11 km from Kuala Lumpur.
Key Facts
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Region
Rank in region
#10of 63
Coordinates
3.238, 101.682
Record updated
24 June 2025
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 350 in MalaysiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.