Kepong is a town in northern

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. The name is a Malay word meaning "Enclose" or "Surround", as the town is surrounded by a mountain range.

Places of interest

* FRIM Kepong (Forest Research Institute Malaysia) * Temasek Pewter Factory, Jalan Kuang Bulan, Taman Kepong * Chinese Temples in Kepong * Samnak Sambodhi Buddhist Temple * Kepong Metropolitan Park, 90 hectares in total size, one of the largest parks in Kuala Lumpur. Easy access from

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direction of Middle Ring Road 2, exit to Kepong before elevated bridge, visible from the highway * Taman Rekreasi (Lake Gardens) Bandar Menjalara * Central Park in Desa Park City

Infrastructure

DUKE Highway Phase 2, a 7.4 km elevated tolled highway which connects Bandar Sri Damansara and Segambut. This highway has interchanges located at Menjalara and Segambut.

Transportation

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Public transport

There are two

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stations: Kepong station and the later built Kepong Sentral station (which is a connecting station to the MRT

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). Both stations are located on the

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. Kepong Sentral is also served by a limited number of

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services ( KL to

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). The MRT

has five stations serving Kepong, which are Sri Damansara Timur (connecting station to Kepong Sentral KTM), Metro Prima, Kepong Baru, Jinjang and Sri Delima stations. The stations opened in June 2022 as part of the line's Phase One operation.

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, SJ Bus 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

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. The current

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representing the constituency is

Lim Lip Eng Lim Lip Eng (; born 25 July 1972) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Kepong since May 2018 and for Segambut from March 2008 to May 2018. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component ...

from the

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- Democratic Action Party.

Community organisations

* Ti-Ratana Community Centre – Kepong * Kepong Methodist Youth Fellowship * Christ Evangelical Reformed Church - Kepong Growth Group

References

{{Authority control Suburbs in Kuala Lumpur