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Penang

Penang, renowned as the Pearl of the Orient, is a state on the of Peninsular . Geographically, the state consists of Pulau Pinang, or Penang Island, and Seberang Perai, the mainland strip facing the island, which are separated by a small stretch of the Strait of Malacca.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include George Town and Butterworth.

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is the capital city of the 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.

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is the main town on the mainland side of Penang state in . It was named after William John , governor of the Straits Settlements from 1843-1855.

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is a beach town in Penang, . It takes up the northern coast of Penang island along with the nearby beach town of Tanjung Bungah and the local fishing village of Teluk Bahang, which are also covered on this page.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Bukit Mertajam and Air Itam.

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is a suburb of Seberang Perai in the Malaysian state of Penang. It also serves as the seat of the . As of 2020, had a population of 12,079.

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, is a town in central Penang Island. Located west of , is largely a suburban area home to the famous Penang Hill, or Bukit Bendera, and the gigantic Kek Lok Si Temple.

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is a town located in Seberang Perai Selatan district of Penang, . The majority of Chinese who live here speak Teowchew instead of the Hokkien, which is commonly used on Penang island.

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is a town in Penang, . The area makes up the south-east region of Pulau Pinang and includes the mid-way town of Gelugor, which separates and , along with Batu Muang at the south-eastern tip of the island.

is a suburb of Seberang Perai in the Malaysian state of Penang. Located at the southern bank of the and east of proper, the area was developed in the 1970s.

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is a town in Penang, . Along with the surrounding area, literally makes up the backcountry of the island, offering a laidback kampung lifestyle, with rice paddies and fruit farms scattered throughout, separated from Penang's main urban area by hills.

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is a residential neighbourhood within the city of Seberang Perai in the Malaysian state of Penang. It borders town to the north, Junjung town to the east, town to the south, and town to the west.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kek Lok Si Temple and Ayer Itam Dam.

Buddhist temple
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The is a Buddhist in in the Malaysian state of Penang. Located at , it is the largest Buddhist temple in and an important pilgrimage centre for Buddhists from , the , and other parts of .

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is a dam in within the Malaysian state of Penang. Located 7.6 km southwest of the city centre, the dam impounds the Ayer Itam River to the west of .

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The is a in within the Malaysian state of Penang. Located at the suburb of , the memorial commemorates the local Chinese who lost their lives during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the subsequent Japanese occupation of Malaya.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Paya Terubong and Farlim.

Suburb
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is a suburb of in the Malaysian state of Penang. Located nearly 7 km southwest of the city centre, it is nestled within the central valleys of and south of Air Itam.

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, officially Bandar Baru Ayer Itam, is a residential within the city of in the Malaysian state of Penang. Located 6 km southwest of the city centre, the township was created in the 1980s.

Penang

Latitude
5.4065° or 5° 24′ 23″ north
Longitude
100.2559° or 100° 15′ 21″ east
Population
1,660,000
Elevation
462 metres (1,516 feet)
Abbreviation
“PNG”
Open location code
6PQ2C744+J9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 249666046
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1733047
Wiki­data ID
Q188096
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Penang” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Pulo Pinang”
  • Arabic: “بينانق”
  • Arabic: “فولاو فينغ”
  • Armenian: “Պինանգ”
  • Asturian: “Penang”
  • Azerbaijani: “Pinanq”
  • Balinese: “Pulo Pinang”
  • Basque: “Penang”
  • Belarusian: “Пінанг”
  • Bengali: “পেনাং”
  • Buginese: “Pulau Pinang”
  • Bulgarian: “Пенанг”
  • Catalan: “Illa del Príncep de Gal·les”
  • Catalan: “Penang”
  • Catalan: “Pulau Pinang”
  • Cebuano: “Pulau Pinang (estado)”
  • Cebuano: “Pulau Pinang”
  • Chinese: “Pulau Pinang”
  • Chinese: “槟城”
  • Chinese: “槟城州”
  • Chinese: “槟州”
  • Chinese: “槟榔屿州”
  • Chinese: “檳城”
  • Czech: “Penang (Malaysia)”
  • Czech: “Penang”
  • Danish: “Penang”
  • Danish: “Pinang”
  • Danish: “Pulau Penang”
  • Danish: “Pulau Pinang”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Penang”
  • Dutch: “Penang”
  • Dutch: “Pinang”
  • Esperanto: “Penango”
  • Estonian: “Penang”
  • Estonian: “Pulau Pinang”
  • Estonian: “Pulau Pinangi osariik”
  • Finnish: “Penang”
  • Finnish: “Pulau Penang”
  • French: “Penang”
  • French: “Pulau Pinang”
  • Georgian: “პინანგი”
  • German: “MY-07”
  • German: “Penang (Malaysia)”
  • German: “Penang”
  • Greek: “Πενάνγκ”
  • Gujarati: “પેનાંગ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Pulau Pinang”
  • Hebrew: “פננג”
  • Hindi: “पिनांग”
  • Hindi: “पेनांग”
  • Hungarian: “Penang”
  • Hungarian: “Pinang”
  • Iban: “Pulau Pinang”
  • Ido: “Penang”
  • Indonesian: “Penang”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Pinang”
  • Inupiaq: “Penang Islands”
  • Inupiaq: “Penang”
  • Italian: “Penang”
  • Italian: “Pinang”
  • Japanese: “プラウ・ピナン州”
  • Japanese: “ペナン”
  • Japanese: “ペナン州”
  • Javanese: “Pulo Pinang”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Pulau Pinang”
  • Kannada: “ಪಿನಾಂಗ್”
  • Kannada: “ಪೆನಾಂಗ್”
  • Komering: “Penang”
  • Korean: “페낭 주”
  • Korean: “페낭주”
  • Korean: “풀라우 피낭 주”
  • Korean: “풀라우피낭 주”
  • Korean: “피낭 주”
  • Korean: “피낭주”
  • Latvian: “Penana”
  • Latvian: “Penanga”
  • Latvian: “Pinanga”
  • Latvian: “Pulaupinana”
  • Lithuanian: “Penangas”
  • Macedonian: “Пенанг”
  • Malagasy: “Nosy Penang”
  • Malay: “Negeri Pulau Pinang”
  • Malay: “P. Pinang”
  • Malay: “Pulau Pinang”
  • Malay: “ڤولاو ڤينڠ”
  • Malayalam: “പെനാംഗ്”
  • Marathi: “पिनांग”
  • Marathi: “पेनांग”
  • Mazanderani: “پینانگ”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Pulau Pinang”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Penang”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pulau Pinang”
  • Northern Frisian: “Penang”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Penang”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pulau Pinang”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Penang”
  • Norwegian: “Penang”
  • Ossetian: “Пинанг”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੀਨਾਂਗ”
  • Persian: “پنانگ”
  • Persian: “پیننگ”
  • Piemontese: “Penang”
  • Polish: “Penang”
  • Portuguese: “Penang”
  • Portuguese: “Penão”
  • Quechua: “Penang suyu”
  • Russian: “Пенанг”
  • Russian: “Пинанг”
  • Russian: “Пулау-Пинанг”
  • Scots: “Penang”
  • Serbian: “Пенанг”
  • Sinhala: “පෙනන්ග්”
  • Slovenian: “Penang”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Penang”
  • Spanish: “Penang”
  • Spanish: “Pulau Pinang”
  • Swedish: “Pinang”
  • Tamil: “பினாங்கு மாநிலம்”
  • Tamil: “பினாங்கு”
  • Tatar: “Пенанг штаты”
  • Tatar: “Пинанг штаты”
  • Telugu: “పెనాంగ్”
  • Thai: “Penang”
  • Thai: “เกาะปีนัง”
  • Thai: “ปีนัง”
  • Thai: “รัฐปีนัง”
  • Turkish: “Penang”
  • Ukrainian: “Пенанг”
  • Ukrainian: “Пінанг”
  • Urdu: “پینانگ”
  • Vietnamese: “Bang Penang”
  • Vietnamese: “Penang”
  • Vietnamese: “Pulau Pinang”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Penang”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Pulau Pinang”
  • Western Armenian: “Փինանկ”
  • Western Panjabi: “پینانگ”
  • Wu Chinese: “槟城”
  • Yue Chinese: “Penang”
  • Yue Chinese: “Pulau Pinang”
  • Yue Chinese: “بينانج”
  • Yue Chinese: “庇能”
  • Yue Chinese: “檳城”
  • Yue Chinese: “檳島”
  • Yue Chinese: “檳榔嶼”

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