Kepong | |
Translit Lang1: | Other |
Translit Lang1 Type1: | Jawi |
Translit Lang1 Info1: | كڤوڠ |
Translit Lang1 Type2: | Chinese |
Translit Lang1 Info2: | 甲洞 |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Malaysia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Malaysia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Malaysia |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur |
Subdivision Type2: | Constituency |
Subdivision Name2: | Kepong |
Leader Title: | Local Authority |
Leader Name: | Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur |
Leader Title1: | Mayor |
Leader Name1: | Mahadi Che Ngah |
Timezone1: | MST |
Utc Offset1: | +8 |
Coordinates: | 3.2142°N 101.6389°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
Postal Code: | 52xxx, 51xxx |
Area Code Type: | Dialling code |
Area Code: | +603-62 |
Kepong 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.
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.[4]
There are two KTM stations: Kepong station and the later built Kepong Sentral station (which is a connecting station to the MRT Putrajaya line). Both stations are located on the KTM Komuter Port Klang Line. Kepong Sentral is also served by a limited number of ETS services (KL to Ipoh).
The MRT Putrajaya line 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.[5] [6]
RapidKL, SJ Bus and Selangor Omnibus provides bus transport in the area.
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 Lim Lip Eng[7] from the Pakatan Harapan-Democratic Action Party.