It is bounded by the National Sports Complex on the east, the Shah Alam Expressway on the north, city boundaries to the west, and the Puchong–Sungai Besi Highway in addition to city boundaries to the south.

It was known as the Bukit Jalil Estate until 1992 when the National Sports Complex was developed for the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

The suburb was used as a filming location for the 1999 movie Entrapment, although the sign was changed to that of Pudu.

[1] Bukit Jalil has strategic connections to other parts of Klang Valley via the Damansara–Puchong Expressway (LDP) and Puchong–Sungai Besi Highway.

Several educational institutions are located at Bukit Jalil, such as the International Medical University (IMU), Technology Park Malaysia (TPM), the Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology (APIIT), the Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU) and Bukit Jalil National Secondary School.