Sungai Lalang (abbreviated Sg. Lalang) is a small town in Kuala Muda District, Kedah, Malaysia. It is located 5 kilometer north from Sungai Petani. Sg. Lalang River (Sungai Sg. Lalang) situated in this town flows into the Merbok River (Sungai Merbok).
Postcodes People in Sungai Lalang uses two different postcodes, mainly differing by the generation of an area within Sungai Lalang; the older areas use the postcode of Bedong, 08100 whereas recently developed areas use postcode of Sungai Petani, 08000. Generally, either postcodes are safe to use in the whole area of Sungai Lalang, with higher tendency to use 08000.
Residential Sungai Lalang houses a few sections of neighbourhood parks (taman) and a few villages (kampung), they are as follow:
Commercial Most of the residencies in Sungai Lalang has a few dedicated lot or blocks for stores and services. A few notable store and services available in Sungai Lalang includes: 7-Eleven convenient store7-Eleven Malaysia Store Location via the "Store Location" link in 7-Eleven Malaysia's official website Caltex petrol stationStation Finder at Caltex Malaysia's official website Fresh market of Sungai Lalang Pasar Malam Ambangan Heights Pasar Malam Bandar Baru Sungai Lalang (Monday & Thursday) Pasar Malam Taman Desa Aman Sungai Lalang (Wednesday) Pasar Malam Taman Desa Permai Sungai Lalang (Saturday) Perodua vehicle service centreService centre in Kedah list at Perodua's official website Petronas petrol stationPetrol Station Locator at Petronas' official consumer website Police station of Sungai LalangDirektori Polis DiRaja Malaysia Sehingga September 2016 (Royal Police Malaysia's directory as of September 2016) Pusat Mel Sungai Petani (Mail Processing Centre Sungai Petani) Shell Sungai Lalang petrol stationShell station locator on Shell Malaysia's official website Shell Aman Jaya petrol station YaPEIM store
Industrial The following industrial areas are situated in Sungai Lalang: Kawasan Perindustrian Sungai Lalang Kawasan Perusahaan MIEL Sungai Lalang Kawasan Perusahaan Ringan Desa Aman
Transportation
Railway Sungai Lalang used to be served by rail service in the 1920s with its own railway station. In 1975, communist had attempted to blow up a section of the railway in Sungai Lalang, which had caused a five and a half hour long curfew order issued to people in Kampung Baru Sungai Lalang as the officers were deployed to try to catch the communist. Train stopped serving the station and it got abandoned before it was torn down for the railway upgrade works to electrify and double the track, without constructing any replacement station.
Road Sungai Lalang is mainly served by the Federal Route 1 which goes through the town, and Kedah State Route K152 that connects to Bukit Selambau. Bus service in Sungai Lalang includes Red Omnibus route 02 (Sungai Petani—Alor Setar) and Tanjung Mewah route 12 (Sungai Petani—Taman Bandar Baru Sungai Lalang).
Education Primary education + Primary schools in Sungai LalangNational primary school list in Kuala Muda District from Ministry of Education's website.Chinese National-type primary school list in Kuala Muda District from Ministry of Education's website.Tamil National-type primary school list in Kuala Muda District from Ministry of Education's website. Name Name in Native Script School Code Number of StudentSenarai Sekolah Rendah dan Menengah Jun 2022 (List of Primary and Secondary Schools as at June 2022) from Ministry of Education's website. Number of Teacher Image Sekolah Kebangsaan Aman Jaya KBA3006KBA3006 at Ministry of Education's website. 283 27 Sekolah Kebangsaan Ambangan Heights KBA3054KBA3054 at Ministry of Education's Website 1276 95 Sekolah Kebangsaan Bandar Baru Sungai Lalang KBA3047KBA3047 at Ministry of Education's Website 1238 90 Sekolah Kebangsaan Sungai Lalang KBA3016KBA3016 at Ministry of Education's Website 760 53 Sekolah Kebangsaan Sungkap Para KBA3017KBA3017 at Ministry of Education's Website 59 11 Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Cina) Chung Hwa Sungai Lalang KBC3061KBC3061 at Ministry of Education's website 321 30 Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Tamil) Ladang Sungkap Para KBD3083KBD3083 at Ministry of Education's Website 14 8 Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Tamil) Ladang Sungai Getah KBD3095KBD3095 at Ministry of Education's website 155 14 Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Tamil) Tun Sambanthan KBD3085KBD3085 at Ministry of Education's website 139 16
Secondary education + Secondary school in Sungai LalangSecondary school list in Kuala Muda District from Ministry of Education's website. Name Name in Native Script School Code Number of Student Number of Teacher Image Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Aman Jaya KEA3111KEA3111 at Ministry of Education's website 2196 172
Polling districts These polling districts are in Sungai Lalang, as per the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023. Parliamentary constituencyState constituencyPolling DistrictsCodeLocationMerbok (P104)Bukit Selambau (N25)BUKIT LEMBU014/25/03SEKOLAH KEBANGSAAN AMAN JAYA, SUNGAI LALANGTAMAN BANDAR BARU014/25/04SEKOLAH KEBANGSAAN BANDAR BARU SUNGAI LALANGSEKOLAH MENENGAH KEBANGSAAN AMAN JAYA, SUNGAI LALANGSUNGAI LALANG014/25/05SEKOLAH JENIS KEBANGSAAN (CINA) CHUNG HWA, SUNGAI LALANGTAMAN DESA AMAN014/25/06SEKOLAH KEBANGSAAN SUNGAI LALANG, SUNGAI LALANGAMBANGAN HEIGHT014/25/20SEKOLAH KEBANGSAAN AMBANGAN HEIGHT, SUNGAI LALANG
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