St Xavier’s Institution
St. Xavier's Institution, at Farquhar Street in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, is the oldest Lasallian school in Southeast Asia and one of the Catholic Lasallian schools in Malaysia.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: School
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: all-boys secondary school in George Town, Penang, Malaysia
- Also known as: “Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan St Xavier”, “SMK St. Xavier”, and “St. Xavier’s Institution”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Camera Museum and Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion.
Camera Museum
Museum
Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Camera Museum is a museum in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. Camera Museum is situated 110 metres southwest of St Xavier’s Institution.
Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion
Museum
Photo: Mahen Bala, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion is a government gazetted heritage building located on Leith Street in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. 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. Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion is situated 220 metres northwest of St Xavier’s Institution.
Church of the Assumption
Church
Photo: Will Ellis, CC BY 2.0.
The Church of the Assumption is a Roman Catholic church within George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. Established following the founding of George Town in 1786, it is the third oldest Catholic church in Malaysia. Church of the Assumption is situated 150 metres east of St Xavier’s Institution.
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.
Pulau Tikus
Quarter
Photo: Vnonymous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pulau Tikus is a neighbourhood within the downtown core of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. Named after a rock just off the coast of Penang Island, this upper class neighbourhood is home to Eurasian, Thai and Burmese communities. Pulau Tikus is situated 3 km northwest of St Xavier’s Institution.
St Xavier’s Institution
- Categories: National secondary school and education
- Location: Daerah Timur Laut, Penang, West Coast, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
5.42056° or 5° 25′ 14″ northLongitude
100.33652° or 100° 20′ 12″ eastOpen location code
6PQ2C8CP+6JOpenStreetMap ID
way 122640058OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q12708186
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Persian—“St Xavier’s Institution” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “圣芳济国中”
- Chinese: “圣芳济国民中学”
- Chinese: “聖芳濟國中”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مؤسسة سانت كزافييه”
- German: “St. Xavier’s Institution”
- Japanese: “聖ザビエル学院”
- Malay: “Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan St. Xavier”
- Persian: “مؤسسه سنت خاویر”
- “Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan St. Xavier”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Brother Charles Garden and Friendship Park.
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