Balik Pulau
Balik Pulau is a town in Penang, Malaysia. Along with the surrounding area, Balik Pulau literally makes up the backcountry of the island, offering a laidback kampung lifestyle, with rice paddies and fruit farms scattered throughout.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 23,600 residents
- Description: suburb of George Town, Penang, Malaysia
- Also known as: “Balek Pulau” and “Mukim 5”
Balik Pulau
- Categories: suburb and locality
- Location: Southwest District, Penang, West Coast, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
5.3507° or 5° 21′ 3″ northLongitude
100.2349° or 100° 14′ 6″ eastPopulation
23,600Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)United Nations Location Code
MY BPLOpen location code
6PQ2962M+7XOpenStreetMap ID
node 254073495OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Balik Pulau” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باليك بولاو”
- Chinese: “浮罗山背”
- Chinese: “浮羅山背”
- Dutch: “Balik Pulau”
- Korean: “발릭풀라우”
- Malay: “Balik Pulau”
- Malay: “Bandar Balik Pulau”
- Persian: “بالیک پولائو”
- Tamil: “பாலிக் புலாவ்”
- Vietnamese: “Balik Pulau”
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