Khoo Kongsi
The Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi, or Khoo Kongsi for short, is the largest Hokkien clanhouse in Malaysia, with elaborate and highly ornamented architecture, a mark of the dominant presence of the Chinese in Penang, Malaysia.Photo: Gryffindor, Public domain.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Chinese clan temple in George Town, Penang, Malaysia
- Also known as: “Khoo Kongsi Clan Temple” and “Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi”
- Address: 18 Medan Cannon, George Town, 10200
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Acheen Street Mosque and Penang Islamic Museum.
Acheen Street Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lebuh Aceh Mosque is a 19th-century mosque built by the Acehnese situated on Acheen Street, George Town, Penang, Malaysia. Next to the mosque lay the cemetery of the mosque's original benefactor, Tengku Syed Hussain Al-Aidid and members of his family. Acheen Street Mosque is situated 160 metres west of Khoo Kongsi.
Penang Islamic Museum
Museum
Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY 2.5.
The Penang Islamic Museum is a museum about Islam in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. Penang Islamic Museum is situated 240 metres northwest of Khoo Kongsi.
Kapitan Keling Mosque
Mosque
The Kapitan Keling Mosque is a mosque built in the 19th century by Indian Muslim traders in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. It is situated on the corner of Buckingham Street and Pitt Street. Kapitan Keling Mosque is situated 300 metres north of Khoo Kongsi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include George Town and Sungai Pinang.
George Town
Photo: Gp song, CC BY-SA 3.0.
George Town is the capital city of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is Malaysia's sixth largest city, with a population of about 708,000, with 1.7 million in the metro area, as of 2020.
Sungai Pinang
Quarter
Photo: arches, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sungai Pinang is a residential neighbourhood within the downtown core of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. The neighbourhood lies along the southern bank of the Pinang River and is bounded by Jalan Sungai Pinang to the south.
Taman Free School Flats
Neighborhood
Photo: Vnonymous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Taman Free School is a residential neighbourhood within the downtown core of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. It is named after the nearby Penang Free School. Taman Free School Flats is situated 3 km west of Khoo Kongsi.
Khoo Kongsi
- Categories: temple, Chinese temple, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Daerah Timur Laut, Penang, West Coast, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
5.41427° or 5° 24′ 51″ northLongitude
100.33759° or 100° 20′ 15″ eastOpen location code
6PQ2C87Q+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 6832811985OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q6402268
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Min Nan Chinese—“Khoo Kongsi” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “龍山堂邱公司”
- Estonian: “Khoo Kongsi”
- German: “Khoo Kongsi”
- Indonesian: “Kelenteng Ceah Kongsi”
- Indonesian: “Klenteng Ceah Kongsi”
- Japanese: “クー・コンシ”
- Japanese: “邱公司”
- Malay: “Khoo Kongsi”
- Malay: “Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Liông-san-tông Khu Kong-si”
- “Khoo Kongsi”
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