Bagan Serai
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Bagan Serai باݢن سراي 峇眼色海 Bagan |
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| Small Town | |
| Nickname(s): "Kota Kecil" in Kerian District | |
| Motto: Bagan Serai Diberkati Allah (Bagan Serai Blessed By Allah) | |
 Bagan Serai
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| Coordinates: 5°0′36″N 100°31′48″E / 5.01000°N 100.53000°E | |
| Country |
 Malaysia
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| State |
 Perak
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| District | Kerian |
Bagan Serai is a mukim in Kerian District, Perak, Malaysia. It is located 52 km (32 mi) southeast of George Town, the capital city of the neighbouring state of Penang. As such, the town is also part of Greater Penang, Malaysia's second largest conurbation, with the town's logistical needs being served by Penang's well-developed transportation infrastructure.
Bagan Serai is an important collecting and processing location for the paddy plantation of the Kerian scheme. Bagan Serai is also the name of the parliamentary constituency in which the town is located. It is also notable for its Indian population established in the late 19th century more recently the subject of racism.
The word “Bagan” in Malay means a jetty or a place of landing for some business activities, and “Serai” means lemon grass, a herb often used in Malay food, which used to be mass-produced here.
Through the hearsay from old generations, Bagan Serai used to be a very busy pier for trading activities, because of the rivers that flows through this small town straight to the sea, making it a strategic location for trading activities and suitable landing spot for goods.
A slightly different version as to how Bagan Serai got its name can be found at the website "Glimpses".
Most of Malay residents here were migrated from Banjarmasin, Indonesia which in local dialects is called Banjar language. They have a distinguished dialect with most of it non intelligible to native Malay language speakers. But as all Malaysians, they do speak standard Malay language. Shops are mostly owned by Chinese-Malaysian descendants. Significant amounts of Indian-Malaysians work as rubber tappers in rubber estates. Banjar-Malay-Malaysians and "Malay" descendents work in agricultural activity which in Bagan Serai predominantly is paddy fields and palm oil.
Bagan Serai is one of 8 sub-districts of Kerian district which included Parit Buntar, Bagan Tiang, Tanjung Piandang, Kuala Kurau, Beriah, Bagan Serai, Gunong Semanggol and Selinsing. It is under the jurisdiction and administration of Majlis Daerah Kerian (Kerian District Committee).
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