Kepong

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Kepong
Town
Other transcription(s)
• Jawi	كڤوڠ
• Chinese	甲洞
Kepong Location within Malaysia
Coordinates: 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	Mahadi Che Ngah
Time zone	UTC+8 (MST)
Postcode	52xxx, 51xxx
Dialling 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.

• FRIM Kepong (Forest Research Institute Malaysia)^[2]
• Temasek Pewter Factory, Jalan Kuang Bulan, Taman Kepong^{[citation needed]}
• 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 Batu Caves direction of Middle Ring Road 2, exit to Kepong before elevated bridge, visible from the highway^{[citation needed]}
• Taman Rekreasi (Lake Gardens) Bandar Menjalara^{[citation needed]}
• Central Park in Desa Park City ^[3]

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:  KA06  Kepong station and the later built  KA07  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  PY08  Sri Damansara Timur (connecting station to Kepong Sentral KTM),  PY09  Metro Prima,  PY10  Kepong Baru,  PY11  Jinjang and  PY12  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.

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