History Of Sekinchan

In the of 1920s, Sekinchan is  a small fishing village, the main fishing area is Bagan, Bagan is the birthplace of Sekinchan. The early inhabitants are almost all Teow  Chew who are also fishermen who depend on fishing for their livelihood. This small fishing village, then gradually move the population from outside come in, and eventually developed into today’s scale.
In the year of 1953, in order to segregate the villager from the early Malayan Communist Partyinsurgents. The villagers are isolated, and hence formed the Site A, B, C and Bagan. It is a coastal rice planting area, ithas a unique geographical environment, Sekinchan is not only have broad paddy field but also rich in fish, people named it as “Land Of Plenty”.

At time of British colonial era, the Teow Chew villagers of coastal area called Sekinchan as “ Ang Mo Gang” due to a lot of British people were staying here. Meanwhile Hokkien people call it as “Sixteenth Gi’, as Sekinchan is located 16 miles from Kuala Selangor. Both names are still being called by the old generation nowadays. The total population is achieving 20,000 peoples and 60% is Chinese, 30% is Malay and 10% is other races. The main economy activities are agriculture and fishing industry. Total farming land is about 4700 acres, and there more than 300 fishing trawlers in Sekinchan.

Source: www.sekinchan.org