Elmina, Malaysia

Elmina
Elmina
Township
	City of Elmina
	A newly completed residential area in Bandar Elmina, Selangor. Taken in June 2022
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	Coordinates: 3°11′57″N 101°30′02″E / 3.19917°N 101.50056°E
Country	Malaysia
State	Selangor
District	Petaling
Time zone	UTC+8 (MYT)
Postal code	47000

City of Elmina is a township in Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia. Formerly known as Elmina Estate owned by Guthrie Berhad (now Sime Darby), it is later turned into a township which is developed by Sime Darby Properties.

300 Acre Central Park

The 300-acre Elmina Central Park forms a central green spine and 5-kilometre urban biodiversity corridor that enables wildlife to co-exist alongside urban population.

The river within this Central Park is not designed just for recreation but is also capable of mitigating up to a Q1000 flood event. There are 6 distinct parks that makes up this entire central park.

6 Parks

Forest Park – provides 84 acres of parklands, which is adjacent to a 2,700-acre Subang Forest Reserve.^[1]

Arts & Cultural Park – provides 37 acres of space where the community can celebrate festivities and organise activities.

Urban Park – provides 35 acres of shopping offerings that consist of the Elmina Lakeside Mall and an adjacent greenery area.

Wildlife Park – spread across 25 acres, wildlife park that allow visitors to discover nature up close via the Bird Watch Towers, Canopy Walk, Iconic Gateway, Viewing Deck and Origami Pavilion

Community Park – community park provides the setting for residents of all ages to come together.

Sports Park – a 108 acre space that provides varies sports venues.

Incidents

2023 plane crash

On 17 August 2023, a Beechcraft Model 390 Premier I registered N28JV belonging to ValetJet crashed on a highway near the town.^[2] The incident killed all 8 onboard as well as a motorcyclist and a car driver that were near the crash site.^[3] Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) is currently investigating the crash.