Taman Tun Dr. Ismail is an affluent major township in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Situated on the border of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, it is within the vicinity of Bandar Utama, Damansara Utama, and Mutiara Damansara (developed suburbs of Petaling Jaya in the state of Selangor). It is also neighbouring Bukit Kiara and Sri Hartamas as well as within easy access to Bangsar and Damansara Heights. This township is in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur with Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) as its local authority. It is an upper middle class residential area with some commercial development.
The township was named after Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, Malaysia’s first ambassador to the United States and a Malaysian representative to the United Nations, before becoming Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister in 1970. The commonly used appellation for Taman Tun Dr. Ismail is “Taman Tun” or “TTDI”. “Taman” means “park” in the Malay language while “Tun” is the most senior federal title awarded by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to the most deserving figure who has highly contributed to the nation.
