Air Itam
Air Itam, is a town in central Penang Island. Located west of George Town, Air Itam is largely a suburban area home to the famous Penang Hill, or Bukit Bendera, and the gigantic Kek Lok Si Temple.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Type: Town with 17,000 residents
- Description: suburb of George Town, Penang, Malaysia
- Also known as: “Ayer Itam”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kek Lok Si Temple and Ayer Itam War Memorial Park.
Kek Lok Si Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: Arne mueseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
The Kek Lok Si Temple is a Buddhist temple in George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. Located at Ayer Itam, it is the largest Buddhist temple in Malaysia and an important pilgrimage centre for Buddhists from Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore and other parts of Southeast Asia.
Ayer Itam War Memorial Park
Park
Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ayer Itam War Memorial Park is a war memorial in George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang. Located at the suburb of Ayer Itam, the memorial commemorates the local Chinese who lost their lives during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the subsequent Japanese occupation of Malaya.
Chung Ling Private High School
School
Chung Ling Private High School is a Chinese independent high school in Malaysia, located in George Town, Penang. Its affiliate schools are Chung Ling High School and Chung Ling Butterworth High School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paya Terubong and Farlim.
Paya Terubong
Suburb
Photo: HundenvonPenang, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Paya Terubong is a suburb of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. Located nearly 7 km southwest of the city centre, it is nestled within the central valleys of Penang Island and south of Air Itam.
Farlim
Suburb
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Farlim, officially Bandar Baru Ayer Itam, is a residential neighbourhood within the city of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. Located 6 km southwest of the city centre, the township was created in the 1980s.
Jelutong
Suburb
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Jelutong is a suburb of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. Located 3.2 km south of the city centre, Jelutong has been inhabited since as early as the late 18th century, when traders from Aceh and India settled around the area. Jelutong is situated 4½ km east of Air Itam.
Air Itam
- Category: suburb
- Location: Daerah Timur Laut, Penang, West Coast, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
5.4019° or 5° 24′ 7″ northLongitude
100.2778° or 100° 16′ 40″ eastPopulation
17,000Elevation
118 metres (387 feet)Open location code
6PQ2C72H+P4OpenStreetMap ID
node 2946090769
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Air Itam” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “亚依淡”
- Chinese: “亞依淡”
- Dutch: “Air Itam”
- Esperanto: “Air Itam”
- French: “Air Itam”
- German: “Air Itam”
- Indonesian: “Air itam”
- Indonesian: “Air Itam”
- Malay: “Air Itam, Pulau Pinang”
- Malay: “Air Itam”
- Persian: “ایر ایتام”
- Polish: “Ayer Itam”
- Russian: “Эйр-Итам”
- Tamil: “ஆயர் ஈத்தாம், பினாங்கு”
- Tamil: “ஆயர் ஈத்தாம்”
- Thai: “ไอร์อีตัม”
- Vietnamese: “Air Itam”
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