Taman Selatan

Taman Selatan
Details
Established	2003
Location	Precinct 20, Putrajaya
Country	Malaysia
Coordinates	2°53′04″N101°40′25″E / 2.8845429°N 101.6735840°E / 2.8845429; 101.6735840
Type	Public cemetery
Owned by	Perbadanan Putrajaya
Size	192.38 hectares
No. of graves	570
Website	Taman Selatan

Taman Selatan or Southern Park is a national cemetery in Precinct 20, Putrajaya, Malaysia.

Features

It is located at Precinct 20 and it occupies 192.38 hectares. The site has 570 grave plots, of these:

• 331 are reserved for Muslims,
• 94 for Buddhists,
• 55 for Christians,
• 61 for Hindus and
• the final 29 plots for other religions.
• Pusara Negarawan, a national cemetery for Malaysian national leaders located at the Muslim cemetery.

Notable burials

• Azizan Zainul Abidin – corporate figure and President of Putrajaya Corporation and Petronas. (died 2004)
• Endon Mahmood – wife of former Prime Minister of Malaysia Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. (died 2005)
• Ahmad Hakimi Hanapi – Malaysia Airlines MH17 co-pilot who perished in the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash on 17 July 2014. (died 2014)
• Nor Shazana Mohamed Salleh – Malaysia Airlines stewardess who perished in the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash on 17 July 2014. (died 2014)
• Ali Hamsa – 13th Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia. (died 2022)

External links

• Taman Selatan website