Jelapang is a town in
Kinta District
The Kinta District is a district in Perak, Malaysia. It contains the state capital Ipoh.
History
Kinta District was once famous for its tin, being one of the major tin producers in the 18th century.
Administrative divisions
Kinta District is d ...
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Perak
Perak () is a state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, and Selangor to the south. Thailand's ...
,
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
. It is a northern suburb of
Ipoh
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, the state capital.
It was also the site of the infamous
Jelapang toll plaza of the
North–South Expressway. The toll plaza was "infamous" due to its reputation as an accident-prone area. This was because drivers coming from a high slope from the direction of Changkat Jering (exiting from the
Menora Tunnel towards Ipoh) have to suddenly slow down upon reaching the toll plaza and some speeding vehicles have crashed into the booths previously.
Kinta District
Towns in Perak
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