Chow Kit

Coordinates: 3°9′47.9″N 101°41′48.8″E / 3.163306°N 101.696889°E / 3.163306; 101.696889

Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman in Chow Kit

Chow Kit is a sub-district in central Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is located around Jalan Chow Kit (Chow Kit Road) and is enclosed by the parallel streets of Jalan Raja Laut and Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman. It is named after the tin miner and municipal councilor Loke Chow Kit (陸秋傑). Today the area features a large Indonesian community, and more recently, a small African community. It has a daily wet market known as Bazaar Baru Chow Kit which is the largest wet market in Kuala Lumpur and is a tourist attraction.^[1] It also features a night market also known as Bundle Chow Kit along Lorong Haji Taib which is known for the sale of used clothings and accessories.^[2]

Transportation

The KL Monorail Chow Kit Monorail station is situated in this area and the Ampang Line PWTC LRT station is located nearby.

Image gallery

The wet market
Murtabak (pancake) seller
Chicken meat in Chow Kit
Small-sized anchovies in Chow Kit

References

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↑ "Bundle Chow Kit tetap hebat", Harian Metro. Bernama. Accessed 19 July 2007.

External links

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Chow Kit wet market

Ethnic enclaves in Malaysia

Chinese	Chinatown, Terengganu Chinatown, Sarawak Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur Gaya Street, Sabah Jonker Walk, Malacca Petaling Street, Kuala Lumpur

Indian	Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur Dhoby Ghaut, Penang Buah Pala Village, Penang Little India, Perak Little India, Malacca Little India, Penang (Market Street, Penang) Paya Besar, Kedah Sentul, Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur metropolitan area

Parliamentary constituencies	Bandar Tun Razak Batu Bukit Bintang Cheras Kepong Lembah Pantai Segambut Seputeh Setiawangsa Titiwangsa Wangsa Maju

Townships	Alam Damai Ampang Bandar Baru Sentul Bandar Malaysia Bandar Menjalara Bandar Sri Permaisuri Bandar Tasik Selatan Bangsar Bangsar South (Kerinchi) Brickfields Bukit Damansara Bukit Jalil Bukit Kiara Bukit Nanas Bukit Petaling Bukit Tunku Chow Kit Damansara Damansara Town Centre Dang Wangi Desa Petaling Desa Tun Hussein Onn Federal Hill Happy Garden Jalan Cochrane Jalan Duta Jinjang Kampung Baru Kampung Pandan Kampung Malaysia Kampung Datuk Keramat KL Eco City (Kampung Haji Abdullah Hukum) Kampung Kasipillay Kampung Sungai Penchala KL City Centre Kuchai Lama Lake Fields Lake Gardens Maluri Medan Tuanku Mid Valley City Miharja Mont Kiara Pantai Dalam Pudu Salak South Semarak Setapak Sentul Sentul Raya Shamelin Perkasa Sri Hartamas Sri Petaling Sungai Besi Taman Bukit Maluri Taman Cheras Hartamas Taman Connaught Taman Desa Taman Ibukota Taman Len Seng Taman Melati Taman Melawati Taman OUG Taman P. Ramlee Taman Taynton View Taman Tun Dr Ismail Taman U-Thant Taman Wahyu Tun Razak Exchange

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