Kepala Batas, Penang

Kepala is both Malay and Indonesian language of the word "head".

Kepala Batas 甲抛峇底
Town
Kepala Batas Location in Peninsular Malaysia
Kepala Batas Location in Malaysia
Coordinates: 5°31′0″N 100°25′0″E / 5.51667°N 100.41667°E / 5.51667; 100.41667
Country	Malaysia
State	Penang
District	North Seberang Perai
Government
• Tuan Yang DiPertua MPSP	Maimunah binti Mohd. Sharif
• Member of Parliament	Reezal Merican bin Naina Merican (UMNO)
Time zone	MST (UTC+8)
• Summer (DST)	Not observed (UTC)
Postal code	13200
International dialling code prefix	+604 (landline only)
Website	http://www.mpsp.gov.my

Kepala Batas is a town in the northern part of Penang, Malaysia, in Seberang Perai Utara district. It is the home town of the former prime minister of Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Around the 1960s, Kepala Batas became more densely populated around Bertam, Pinang Tunggal and the surrounding area. Kepala Batas is surrounded by paddy fields. The Bertam area had rubber plantations, which have been replaced with oil palm plantations. Therefore, the majority of the early Malay community worked as paddy growers and early immigrants and foreigners were working in the plantation estate. Nowadays, the work in the paddy fields has been replaced by machinery. Most of the Kepala Batas area has been developed by the authorities and private companies. In the Bertam area, the estate has been aggressively developed with a mixture of developments consisting golf resorts, residential units, boarding schools and higher educational institutions.

The heart of Kepala Batas Town became more famous after Datuk Seri Abdullah Hj. Ahmad Badawi, who was born in Kepala Batas has emerged to become the fifth Prime Minister of Malaysia. Kepala Batas is now actively developing into a modern, planned city equipped with facilities such as hospitals, schools, a matriculation institute, agricultural research institutes, the Millennium Hall, university college and many more. Kepala Batas has been chosen as the main government district hub for Seberang perai north district. Among the town's attractions is the Kepala Batas night market that sells a variety of cuisines from the north, and noodles with boiled shrimp are sold around the town of Kepala Batas. In the 2008 general election, Abdullah won the seat with a majority of 11,232 votes. He then terminated his services after 6 years of ruling as PM. However, Kepala Batas development keep continue and become one of the fastest growing town in Seberang Prai - northern district.

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• Towns and Cities in Malaysia

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