Town Hall

The Town Hall is a British-built administrative building in , , . It is located adjacent to the , which now serves as the seat of the Penang Island City Council.
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  • Type: Public building
  • Description: former municipal building in George Town, Penang, Malaysia
  • Also known as: “Penang Town Hall” and “Town Hall, Penang”
  • Address: Jalan Padang Kota Lama, George Town, 10200

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: City Hall and Esplanade Grounds.

Public building
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The is the local government headquarters of within the Malaysian state of . Built by the British, it now serves as the seat of the Penang Island City Council and was previously the seat of the George Town City Council.

Park
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The Esplanade is a seafront city square in the heart of within the Malaysian state of . It covers the field adjacent to , known locally as the Padang, and the seaside promenade along the edge of the field. is situated 110 metres east of Town Hall.

Public building
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is a multipurpose concert hall in within the Malaysian state of . Built in 1972, the three-storey building features a Brutalist style and contains a 1,300-seat auditorium.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include George Town and Sungai Pinang.

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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.

Quarter
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is a residential within the downtown core of in the Malaysian state of . The lies along the southern bank of the Pinang River and is bounded by Jalan to the south. is situated 3 km southwest of Town Hall.

Quarter
Dato' Kramat was a federal constituency in , , that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974. The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system. is situated 3 km west of Town Hall.

Town Hall

Latitude
5.42115° or 5° 25′ 16″ north
Longitude
100.34112° or 100° 20′ 28″ east
Levels
2
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
6PQ2C8CR+FC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 160440794
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­public
Wiki­data ID
Q29614095
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In Other Languages

From German to Persian—“Town Hall” goes by many names.
  • German: “Rathaus George Town”
  • Indonesian: “Gedung Dewan Bandaran Pulau Pinang”
  • Malay: “Dewan Bandaran, Pulau Pinang”
  • Persian: “تاون هال، پنانگ”
  • Persian: “تاون هال”

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