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Farlim

Farlim, officially Bandar Baru Ayer Itam, is a residential within the city of in the Malaysian state of . Located 6 km southwest of the city centre, the township was created in the 1980s.
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  • Type: Suburb with 10,300 residents
  • Description: neighbourhood of Georgetown in Northeast Penang Island, Penang, Malaysia
  • Also known as: “Bandar Baru Air Itam” and “Bandar Baru Ayer Itam”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kek Lok Si Temple and Ayer Itam War Memorial Park.

Buddhist temple
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The is a Buddhist in in the Malaysian state of . Located at , it is the largest Buddhist temple in and an important pilgrimage centre for Buddhists from , the , and other parts of .

Park
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The is a in within the Malaysian state of . Located at the suburb of , the memorial commemorates the local Chinese who lost their lives during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the subsequent Japanese occupation of Malaya.

School
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is a national-type chinese secondary school in , Penang, Malaysia. It was initially established in 1917 as a primary school, and later became a junior high school in 1923, becoming the oldest extant Chinese high school in Malaysia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Air Itam and Paya Terubong.

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, is a town in central . Located west of , is largely a suburban area home to the famous Penang Hill, or Bukit Bendera, and the gigantic Kek Lok Si Temple.

Suburb
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is a suburb of in the Malaysian state of . Located nearly 7 km southwest of the city centre, it is nestled within the central valleys of and south of Air Itam.

Suburb
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is a residential neighbourhood within the downtown core of in the Malaysian state of . It is sandwiched between Farlim to the west and to the east.

Farlim

Latitude
5.39198° or 5° 23′ 31″ north
Longitude
100.28507° or 100° 17′ 6″ east
Population
10,300
Elevation
95 metres (312 feet)
Open location code
6PQ297RP+Q2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2946090770
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
13117901
Wiki­data ID
Q5435446
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Farlim” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “发林”
  • Chinese: “發林”
  • Malay: “Farlim”
  • Vietnamese: “Farlim”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Taman Thean Teik and Happy Valley.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Penang Ephphatha Deaf Chruch and Pejabat Pos Bandar Baru Ayer Itam.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Farlim”. Photo: Semi-auto, CC BY-SA 4.0.