George Town

George Town is the capital city of the state of . 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.
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  • Type: City with 794,000 residents
  • Description: capital city of the Malaysian state of Penang
  • Also known as: “George Town, Penang”, “Georgetown”, “Penang City”, “Pinang”, and “Pinang George Town”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kapitan Keling Mosque and Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion.

Mosque
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The is a mosque built in the 19th century by Indian Muslim traders in George Town, Penang, . It is situated on the corner of Buckingham Street and Pitt Street.

Museum
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The is a government gazetted heritage building located on Leith Street in George Town, , . The mansion's external decorations and indigo-blue outer walls make it a very distinctive building, and it is sometimes referred to as The Blue Mansion.

Shopping center
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is a within George Town in the Malaysian state of . It is located at Prangin Road within the city's Central Business District, next to , and is linked to both Komtar and neighboring via overhead skybridges.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jelutong and Pulau Tikus.

Suburb
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is a suburb of George Town in the Malaysian state of . Located 3.2 km south of the city centre, has been inhabited since as early as the late 18th century, when traders from and settled around the area.

Quarter
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is a neighbourhood within the downtown core of George Town in the Malaysian state of . Named after , this upper class neighbourhood is home to Eurasian, Thai and Burmese communities.

Quarter
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is a residential within the downtown core of George Town in the Malaysian state of . The lies along the southern bank of the Pinang River and is bounded by Jalan to the south.

George Town

Latitude
5.4142° or 5° 24′ 51″ north
Longitude
100.3287° or 100° 19′ 43″ east
Population
794,000
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
IATA airport code
PEN
United Nations Location Code
MY GTI
Open location code
6PQ2C87H+MF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 205620850
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1735106
Wiki­data ID
Q61092
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“George Town” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “George Town, Penang”
  • Afrikaans: “George Town”
  • Arabic: “جورج تاون”
  • Arabic: “جورج تون”
  • Arabic: “جُورج تَوْن”
  • Arabic: “جورجتون”
  • Aragonese: “George Town”
  • Armenian: “Ջորջ Թաուն”
  • Asturian: “George Town”
  • Azerbaijani: “Corctaun”
  • Balinese: “George Town, Penang”
  • Balinese: “George Town”
  • Banjar: “George Town, Malaysia”
  • Banjar: “George Town”
  • Banjar: “Georgetown”
  • Basque: “George Town”
  • Belarusian: “Джорджтаўн (Пінанг)”
  • Belarusian: “Джорджтаўн”
  • Bengali: “জর্জ টাউন”
  • Burmese: “ဂျော့ချ်တောင်း ၊ ပီနန်ပြည်နယ်”
  • Burmese: “ပီနန်မြို့”
  • Catalan: “George Town”
  • Cebuano: “George Town (kapital sa estado sa Malasya)”
  • Cebuano: “George Town”
  • Central Kurdish: “جۆرج تاون، پێنانگ”
  • Chinese: “George Town”
  • Chinese: “乔治市”
  • Chinese: “佐治市”
  • Chinese: “喬治市”
  • Croatian: “George Town, Penang”
  • Croatian: “George Town”
  • Czech: “George Town”
  • Danish: “George Town”
  • Dutch: “George Town”
  • Dutch: “Georgetown”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جورج تاون”
  • Esperanto: “Ĝorĝtaŭno”
  • Estonian: “George Town”
  • Finnish: “George Town”
  • French: “George Town”
  • French: “Georgetown”
  • French: “Tanjung Penaga”
  • Georgian: “ჯორჯტაუნი”
  • German: “George Town (Malaysia)”
  • German: “George Town”
  • Greek: “Τζώρτζταουν”
  • Gujarati: “જ્યોર્જ ટાઉન”
  • Hakka Chinese: “George Town, Penang”
  • Hakka Chinese: “George Town”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Khiâu-chhṳ-sṳ”
  • Hebrew: “ג’ורג‘ טאון”
  • Hebrew: “ג’ורג’ טאון”
  • Hebrew: “גורג טאון”
  • Hindi: “जॉर्ज टाउन, पेनांग”
  • Hindi: “जॉर्ज टाउन”
  • Hungarian: “George Town”
  • Indonesian: “George Town, Pulau Pinang”
  • Indonesian: “George Town”
  • Indonesian: “Georgetown”
  • Irish: “Georgetown”
  • Italian: “George Town”
  • Japanese: “ジョージタウン”
  • Kannada: “ಜಾರ್ಜ್ ಟೌನ್”
  • Kannada: “ಜೋರ್ಜ್ ಟೈನ್”
  • Korean: “조지타운”
  • Latvian: “Džordžtauna”
  • Lithuanian: “Džordžtaunas”
  • Macedonian: “Џорџ Таун”
  • Maithili: “जर्ज टाउन, पेनाङ”
  • Malagasy: “George Town (Penang)”
  • Malagasy: “George Town”
  • Malay: “Bandaraya George Town”
  • Malay: “George Town, Pulau Pinang”
  • Malay: “George Town”
  • Malay: “Georgetown”
  • Malayalam: “ജോർജ്ജ് ടൗൺ, പെനങ്”
  • Malayalam: “ജോർജ്ജ് ടൗൺ”
  • Marathi: “जॉर्ज नगर”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “George Town”
  • Nepali: “जर्ज टाउन, पेनाङ”
  • Nepali: “जर्ज टाउन”
  • Northern Frisian: “George Town”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “George Town”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “George Town i Penang”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “George Town”
  • Norwegian: “George Town”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “George Town”
  • Ossetian: “Джорджтаун”
  • Pampanga: “George Town, Penang”
  • Pampanga: “George Town”
  • Persian: “جرج تاون پنانگ”
  • Persian: “جرج تاون”
  • Polish: “George Town”
  • Portuguese: “George Town”
  • Portuguese: “Penang”
  • Romanian: “George Town”
  • Russian: “Джорджтаун”
  • Scots: “George Town, Penang”
  • Scots: “George Town”
  • Serbian: “Џорџтаун”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “George Town, Penang”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “George Town”
  • Sinhala: “ජෝර්ජ් ටවුන්”
  • Slovak: “George Town”
  • Slovenian: “Georgetown”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جورج تاون”
  • Spanish: “ciudad de Pínang”
  • Spanish: “George Town”
  • Swedish: “George Town, Pinang”
  • Swedish: “George Town”
  • Swedish: “Georgetown”
  • Tagalog: “George Town”
  • Tamil: “ஜார்ஜ் டவுன், பினாங்கு”
  • Tamil: “ஜார்ஜ் டவுன்”
  • Tamil: “ஜோர்ஜ் டவுன்”
  • Tamil: “ஜோர்ஜ் நகரம்”
  • Tatar: “Джорджтаун”
  • Telugu: “జార్జ్ నగరం”
  • Thai: “จอร์จทาวน์”
  • Turkish: “George Town, Malezya”
  • Turkish: “George Town”
  • Ukrainian: “Джорджтаун”
  • Urdu: “جارج ٹاؤن، پینانگ”
  • Urdu: “جارج ٹاؤن”
  • Uzbek: “Jorjtaun (shahar)”
  • Uzbek: “Jorjtaun”
  • Venetian: “George Town”
  • Vietnamese: “George Town, Penang”
  • Vietnamese: “George Town”
  • Vietnamese: “Penang”
  • Vietnamese: “Tanjung”
  • Waray (Philippines): “George Town, Penang”
  • Waray (Philippines): “George Town”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Georgetown, Pulau Pinang”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Georgetown”
  • Western Panjabi: “جارج ٹاؤن، پینانگ”
  • Wu Chinese: “乔治市”
  • Yue Chinese: “佐治市”
  • Yue Chinese: “喬治市”
  • “George Town”
  • “George Town (Penang)”

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