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Map of Penang Island surveyed by Commander F C P Vereker in 1884. With an area of 295 km 2 (114 sq mi), Penang Island is the fourth largest island wholly in Malaysia, after Banggi Island, Bruit Island and Langkawi Island. It is also the most populated island city in the country, with a population of 794,313 as of 2020. [1]
Penang [a] is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia along the Strait of Malacca. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the Malay Peninsula. These two halves are physically connected by the Penang Bridge and the Second Penang Bridge.
The jurisdiction of George Town covers an area of approximately 306 km 2 (118 sq mi), encompassing the entirety of Penang Island and nine surrounding islets. [3] [10] [89] George Town is slightly more than two-fifths the size of Singapore. α The 295 km 2 (114 sq mi) Penang Island has an uneven terrain with a mountainous topography down the middle.
It is located at the northeastern coast of Penang Island, 4 km (2.5 mi) northwest of the city centre. The suburb is bordered by Tanjong Bungah to the west and Tanjong Pinang to the east. [3] The suburb was founded in the mid-17th century by Chinese settlers, and was believed to be the site of the first Chinese settlement on Penang Island. It ...
The Pinang Peranakan Mansion (Malay: Rumah Agam Peranakan Pulau Pinang) in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, is a museum dedicated to Penang's Peranakan heritage. The museum itself is housed within a distinctive green-hued mansion at Church Street, George Town, which once served as the residence and office of a 19th-century Chinese tycoon, Chung Keng Quee.
Keracut Beach is a beach in Penang National Park, Southwest Penang Island District, Penang, Malaysia. It is one of the remotest beaches in Penang and is located on the west coast of the cape at the northwest of Penang Island. It shelters a meromictic lake, i.e. one with distinct layers that do not mix.
Gurney Bay during the early stages of reclamation in 2017 First phase of Gurney Bay in 2023. Originally, plans to reclaim land off Gurney Drive were intended to provide more land for residential development, particularly the Seri Tanjong Pinang project which was carried out by Tanjung Pinang Development Sdn Bhd. [6] [7] The Penang state government later proposed turning 24.28 hectares of the ...
Komtar houses the Office of the Chief Minister of Penang, as well as agencies of the Penang state government and the Penang Island City Council.. The city centre of George Town encompasses 19 km 2 (7.3 sq mi) of the northeastern plains of Penang Island, forming the basin of the Pinang River, the main river system on the island.