Butterworth

Butterworth is the main town on the mainland side of state in . It was named after William John Butterworth, governor of the Straits Settlements from 1843-1855.
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  • Type: City with 339,000 residents
  • Description: city center of Seberang Perai, Penang, Malaysia
  • Also known as: “Bagan”, “Bagan Džaja”, “Butterworth, Seberang Perai”, and “威省北海”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Butterworth and Penang Sentral.

Railway station
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station is a railway station serving…

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is an intermodal transit-oriented development in Butterworth, , .

Bridge
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The is a 1.85-kilometre long…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seberang Jaya and Perai.

is a suburb of Seberang Perai in the Malaysian state of .

Suburb
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is a suburb of Seberang in the Malaysian state of .

Suburb
is a residential neighbourhood within the…

Butterworth

Latitude
5.4082° or 5° 24′ 30″ north
Longitude
100.3697° or 100° 22′ 11″ east
Population
339,000
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
IATA airport code
BWH
UN/LOCODE
MY WOT
Open location code
6PQ2C959+7V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 205623582
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1735076
Wiki­data ID
Q1018159
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Butterworth” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بتروورث”
  • Asturian: “Butterworth”
  • Bengali: “বাটারওর্থ”
  • Cebuano: “Butterworth”
  • Chinese: “北海”
  • Chinese: “北海槟城”
  • Danish: “Butterworth”
  • Dutch: “Butterworth”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بتروورث”
  • Esperanto: “Butterworth”
  • Finnish: “Butterworth”
  • French: “Butterworth (Malaisie)”
  • French: “Butterworth”
  • German: “Butterworth”
  • Greek: “Μπάτεργουορθ”
  • Gujarati: “બટરવર્થ”
  • Hindi: “बटरवर्थ”
  • Icelandic: “Butterworth”
  • Indonesian: “Butterworth, Penang”
  • Indonesian: “Butterworth”
  • Interlingua: “Butterworth (Malaysia)”
  • Interlingua: “Butterworth”
  • Irish: “Butterworth”
  • Italian: “Butterworth”
  • Japanese: “バターワース”
  • Kannada: “ಬಟರ್ವರ್ತ್”
  • Korean: “버터워스”
  • Latvian: “Batervorta”
  • Lithuanian: “Batervortas”
  • Malagasy: “Butterworth (Penang)”
  • Malagasy: “Butterworth”
  • Malay: “Butterworth, Pulau Pinang”
  • Malay: “Butterworth”
  • Marathi: “बटरवर्थ, पेनॅंग”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Butterworth”
  • Persian: “باتروورت”
  • Polish: “Butterworth”
  • Russian: “Баттерворт”
  • Russian: “Баттеруэрт”
  • Sinhala: “බටර්වර්ත්”
  • Swedish: “Butterworth”
  • Tamil: “கோலப்புறை”
  • Tamil: “பட்டர்வொர்த்”
  • Telugu: “బట్టర్వర్త్”
  • Thai: “บัตเตอร์เวิร์ท”
  • Thai: “บัตเตอร์เวิร์ธ”
  • Turkish: “Butterworth”
  • Ukrainian: “Баттерворт”
  • Urdu: “بٹرورتھ، پینانگ”
  • Urdu: “بوتتیروورتھ ، پینانج”
  • Vietnamese: “Butterworth, Penang”
  • Vietnamese: “Butterworth, Thành phố đảo Penang”
  • Yue Chinese: “北海”

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