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 , 218.8 acres (88.54 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 * 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

Public transport

There are two KTM stations: Kepong station and the later built

Kepong Sentral The Kepong Sentral Komuter station is a railway station located in Kepong, Selangor, Malaysia. It is part of the Tanjung Malim–Port Klang Line, and also provides KTM ETS services. Situated just beside this station is the Kuala Lumpur Middle R ...

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 ETS 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 Jinjang, also known as ''J-Town'', is a township and Chinese new village in the Kepong constituency in north-western Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Jinjang comprises Jinjang Utara (North) and Jinjang Selatan (South). It was previously known for the preva ...

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 Member of Parliament representing the constituency is Lim Lip Eng from the

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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