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Kepong

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Country
  
Malaysia

Time zone
  
MST (UTC+8)

Dialling code
  
+603-62

Local authority
  
Kuala Lumpur City Hall

Constituency
  
Kepong

Postcode
  
52xxx, 51xxx

Local time
  
Sunday 6:59 PM

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State
  
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur

Weather
  
29°C, Wind W at 11 km/h, 77% Humidity

Mayor
  
Mhd Amin Nordin Abdul Aziz

Kepong (Chinese: 甲洞) is a town in northern Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The name is a Malay word meaning "Enclose" or "Surround", as the town is surrounded by a mountain range.

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Map of Pekan Kepong, 52100 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kepong fight malaysia


Places of interest

  • FRIM Kepong (Forest Research Institute Malaysia)
  • Temasek Pewter Factory, Jalan Kuang Bulan, Taman Kepong
  • 3 Chinese Temples (三间庙), Jalan Kepong (near Jinjang Utara)
  • Kepong Metropolitan Park, 90 hectares in total size, one of the largest parks in Kuala Lumpur. Easy access from Batu Caves direction of Middle Ring Road 2, exit to Kepong before elevated bridge, visible from the highway
  • Taman Rekreasi (Lake Gardens) Bandar Menjalara

    • Public transport

  • There are two KTM stations:  KA06  Kepong station and the later built  KA07  Kepong Sentral station. Both stations are located on the KTM Komuter Rawang-Seremban route. Kepong Sentral is also served by a limited number of ETS services (KL to Ipoh).
  • RapidKL, Metrobus and Selangor Omnibus provides bus transport in the area.

    • Politics

    Kepong is one of the 11 parliamentary constituencies of the federal territory of Kuala Lumpur represented in the Malaysian Parliament. The current Member of Parliament representing the constituency is Tan Seng Giaw from the Democratic Action Party.

    Community organisations

  • Kepong Methodist Youth Fellowship

    • References

    Kepong Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA