Kepong

Kepong 甲洞
Town
Kepong 甲洞 Location within Malaysia
Coordinates: 3°12′51.2″N 101°38′20.1″E / 3.214222°N 101.638917°E / 3.214222; 101.638917Coordinates: 3°12′51.2″N 101°38′20.1″E / 3.214222°N 101.638917°E / 3.214222; 101.638917
Country	Malaysia
State	Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
Constituency	Kepong
Government
• Local Authority	Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur
• Mayor	Mhd Amin Nordin Abdul Aziz
Time zone	MST (UTC+8)
Postcode	52xxx, 51xxx
Dialling code	+603-62

Kepong (Chinese: 甲洞) is a town in northern Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The name is a Malay word meaning "Enclose" or "Surround",^[1] as the town is surrounded by a mountain range.

Places of interest

• FRIM Kepong (Forest Research Institute Malaysia)^[2]
• Temasek Pewter Factory, Jalan Kuang Bulan, Taman Kepong
• 3 Chinese Temples (三间庙), Jalan Kepong (near Jinjang Utara)^[3]
• 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

Transportation

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

Kuala Lumpur metropolitan area
Parliamentary constituencies	Bandar Tun Razak Batu Bukit Bintang Cheras Kepong Lembah Pantai Segambut Seputeh Setiawangsa Titiwangsa Wangsa Maju
Townships	Alam Damai Ampang Bandar Baru Sentul Bandar Malaysia Bandar Menjalara Bandar Sri Permaisuri Bandar Tasik Selatan Bangsar Bangsar South (Kerinchi) Brickfields Bukit Damansara Bukit Jalil Bukit Kiara Bukit Nanas Bukit Petaling Bukit Tunku Chow Kit Damansara Damansara Town Centre Dang Wangi Desa Petaling Desa Tun Hussein Onn Federal Hill Happy Garden Jalan Cochrane Jalan Duta Jinjang Kampung Baru Kampung Pandan Kampung Malaysia Kampung Datuk Keramat KL Eco City (Kampung Haji Abdullah Hukum) Kampung Kasipillay Kampung Sungai Penchala KL City Centre Kuchai Lama Lake Fields Lake Gardens Maluri Medan Tuanku Mid Valley City Miharja Mont Kiara Pantai Dalam Pudu Salak South Semarak Setapak Sentul Sentul Raya Shamelin Perkasa Sri Hartamas Sri Petaling Sungai Besi Taman Bukit Maluri Taman Cheras Hartamas Taman Connaught Taman Desa Taman Ibukota Taman Len Seng Taman Melati Taman Melawati Taman OUG Taman P. Ramlee Taman Taynton View Taman Tun Dr Ismail Taman U-Thant Taman Wahyu Tun Razak Exchange

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	Sungai Buloh Rawang	Selayang	Batu Caves Gombak
	Sungai Buloh		Jinjang Batu
		Kepong
	Bandar Menjalara	Mont Kiara Segambut	Segambut Sentul