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:
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331 are reserved for Muslims,
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94 for Buddhists,
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55 for Christians,
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61 for Hindus and
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the final 29 plots for other religions.
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Pusara Negarawan, a national cemetery for Malaysian national leaders located at the Muslim cemetery.
Notable burials
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Azizan Zainul Abidin – corporate figure and President of Putrajaya Corporation and Petronas. (died 2004)
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Endon Mahmood – wife of former Prime Minister of Malaysia Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. ''(died 2005)
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Ahmad Hakimi Hanapi – Malaysia Airlines MH17 co-pilot who perished in the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash on 17 July 2014. (died 2014)
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Nor Shazana Mohamed Salleh – Malaysia Airlines stewardess who perished in the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash on 17 July 2014. (died 2014)
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Ali Hamsa – 13th Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia. (died 2022)
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