Bukit Raja is an estate town in the Klang district of Selangor, Malaysia.
It was an oil palm plantation owned by Sime Derby Plantations. The estate is now no longer and the area has been converted into a housing estate. The estate had a convenience store, temple Tamil primary school, a football field as well as a badminton court for the workers and staff. There were many managers from the UK including Mr Armstrong (who owned a sports lagonda), Mr Cowie and then later local managers such as Mr Piong Sim. The longest serving chief clerk was Mr George Oommen. Other well-known personalities were the wireman Mr Maniam, the carpenter Mr Ah Guan (a Chinese gentleman who was fluent in Tamil). The labourers lived in accommodation referred to as "the lines".
Beside there are many major industry place in the area such like Mox-Linde Gases Sdn. Bhd. the Malaysia leading industrial gas supplier. others are like Amsteel
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