Penang
Penang Island is the main constituent island of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is located off the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia by the Malacca Strait, with the Penang Strait separating the island from Seberang Perai on the mainland.- Type: Island
- Description: island on west coast of Penang, Malaysia
- Also known as: “Ilha Penang”, “Penang Island”, “Prince of Wales Island”, “Prince of Wales Islands”, “Pulo Peenang”, “페낭 섬”, “풀라우 피낭”, “槟榔屿”, and “槟榔屿岛”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Kek Lok Si Temple and Ayer Itam War Memorial Park.
Kek Lok Si Temple
Buddhist temple
Ayer Itam War Memorial Park
Park
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Air Itam and Balik Pulau.
Penang
- Categories: administrative territorial entity, political territorial entity, and landform
- Location: Penang, West Coast, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
5.3729° or 5° 22′ 23″ north
Longitude
100.2496° or 100° 14′ 59″ east
Population
860,000
Elevation
182 metres (597 feet)
Open location code
6PQ296FX+5V
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Penang” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة بينانق”
- Azerbaijani: “Pinanq adası”
- Basque: “Penang uhartea”
- Bengali: “পেনাং দ্বীপ”
- Breton: “Enez Penang”
- Catalan: “Penang”
- Cebuano: “Pulau Pinang (pulo sa Malasya, Pulau Pinang)”
- Cebuano: “Pulau Pinang”
- Chinese: “槟岛”
- Chinese: “檳城”
- Chinese: “檳島”
- Czech: “Penang”
- Dutch: “Penang”
- Esperanto: “Penango”
- Estonian: “Pinangi saar”
- Finnish: “Penang”
- Finnish: “Pulau Pinang”
- French: “île de Penang”
- French: “Île de Penang”
- French: “Penang”
- Galician: “Penang”
- German: “Penang”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Penang”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Pinang, Pulau Pinang”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Pinang”
- Italian: “Isola di Penang”
- Italian: “Penang”
- Japanese: “ペナン島”
- Japanese: “ペナン州”
- Korean: “피낭섬”
- Latvian: “Pinana (sala)”
- Latvian: “Pinana”
- Lithuanian: “Penango sala”
- Macedonian: “Пенаншки Остров”
- Malay: “Pulau Pinang”
- Malayalam: “പെനാങ്ക് ദ്വീപ്”
- Nyanja: “Penang Island”
- Persian: “پنانگ”
- Persian: “جزیره پنانگ”
- Polish: “Penang”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Penang”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Penão”
- Russian: “Пинанг”
- Slovenian: “Penang”
- Spanish: “isla de Penang”
- Spanish: “Isla de Penang”
- Swedish: “Pinang”
- Tamil: “பினாங்கு தீவு”
- Turkish: “Penang Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Острів Пенанг”
- Urdu: “جزیرہ پینانگ”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Penang”
- Yue Chinese: “檳榔嶼”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Kampung Titi Serong and Titi Perupok.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Penara Bukit Forest Reserve and Bukit Penara.
Penang: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: George Town and Butterworth.
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