Lunas, Kedah

Lunas is a sub-districts of Kulim,it located 45 minutes from Penang, it lies between Butterworth and Kulim. Lunas also serves as state assembly districts and also the Parliament Constituency of Padang Serai, Kedah.

Development history

The town with all its old shophouses was pretty much founded and developed in the 1900s' when British army colonized Malaya at that time. During that period many local people including Chinese and Indian migrant work at rubber estates that was formerly owned by British.

Today, there are still many well-preserved gems such as pre-war shophouses, a traditional “wooden bungalow on stilts” post office and also the colonial-style Soon Cheng Sai mansion. Lunas is considered a town more than 100 years old. In the year 2009, Lunas celebrated its 120th anniversary

Demographics

Lunas is a small multi-racial town. Indians are the largest population in Lunas area and many of them work or owned one or two rubber estates, while most of the Chinese people stay at Lunas Street and work as retailers or live in residential area near to the town. Furthermore, many Malay people live in nearby residential area including in the village and work in farming industries or as retailers.

Lunas is connected by only one main street. The main street almost 90% surrounded by shop lots and some have been converted to residences. Lunas also has two wet markets,...
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