Lengkok Nipah, Sungai Dua

Lengkok Nipah, Sungai Dua (28 February 2013)


Lengkok Nipah is a main road in Sungai Dua, Penang. It passes through the housing developments of Taman Jubilee and Taman Lip Sin. The road connects Jalan Sungai Dua to Jalan Bukit Gambir. It forms a number of junctions with minor roads, among them Lengkok Nipah 4, Lengkok Nipah 2, Jalan Nipah, Lorong Nipah 3 and Lorong Nipah.

As with Jalan Nipah, Lengkok Nipah was named after the palm tree Nipa fruticans which is often found in wetlands and swampy places. The Lengkok Nipah area itself used to be vegetable farms before it was developed into the present housing estates. The rural houses began making way for the urban development in the late 1970s, accelerating in the 80s and 90s.

Map of Lengkok Nipah, Penang

Sights along Lengkok Nipah

Getting there

Rapid Penang bus 301 passes through Lengkok Nipah.

Lengkok Nipah, Sungai Dua (15 June 2023)


Lengkok Nipah roadsign (4 October 2021)


Lengkok Nipah, Sungai Dua (28 February 2013)


Nipah palms growing beside Sungai Kuala Jalan Baru (27 February 2013)

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