Bagan Serai

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Bagan Serai Bagan
Small Town
Others transcription(s)
• Jawi	باݢن سراي
• Chinese	峇眼色海
Nickname:  "Kota Kecil" in Kerian District
Motto:  Bagan Serai Diberkati Allah (Bagan Serai Blessed By Allah)
Bagan Serai Location of Bagan Serai in Peninsular Malaysia
Coordinates: 5°0′36″N 100°31′48″E / 5.01000°N 100.53000°E / 5.01000; 100.53000
Country	Malaysia
State	Perak
District	Kerian

Bagan Serai (Jawi: باݢن سراي) 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. There is the birthplace of the No.1 badminton player, Lee Chong Wei.

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.

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 flow 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 of how Bagan Serai got its name can be found at the website "Glimpses".^[1]