Penang Gaol
Penang Gaol is a prison in Daerah Timur Laut, Penang. Penang Gaol is situated nearby to the post office Pejabat Pos Dato Keramat, as well as near the government office Pejabat Pengarah Penjara Negeri Pulau Pinang.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Penang General Hospital and Loh Guan Lye Specialists Centre.
Penang General Hospital
Hospital
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The Penang General Hospital is the public hospital of the city of George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang. Opened in 1854, it is the largest government hospital in Penang as well as the state's oldest. Penang General Hospital is situated 290 metres northwest of Penang Gaol.
Loh Guan Lye Specialists Centre
Hospital
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Loh Guan Lye Specialists Centre is a private hospital in George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang. Established in 1975, the 273-bed hospital has been expanded over the years and now consists of three wings - the Main Wing, a Diagnostic Wing, and a Women and Children Wing. Loh Guan Lye Specialists Centre is situated 1 km northeast of Penang Gaol.
Mahindarama Buddhist Temple
Buddhist temple
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Mahindarama Buddhist Temple is a Theravada Buddhist temple within George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. The only Sri Lankan temple in the state, it is also one of the select few in Malaysia that houses the relics of the Buddha. Mahindarama Buddhist Temple is situated 1 km southwest of Penang Gaol.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dato Keramat and Taman Free School Flats.
Dato Keramat
Quarter
Dato' Kramat was a federal constituency in Penang, Malaysia, 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.
Taman Free School Flats
Neighborhood
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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.
George Town
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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.
Penang Gaol
- Type: Prison
- Also known as: “Penang Jail”, “Penjara Pulau Pinang”, and “Penjara Reman Pulau Pinang”
- Category: government building
- Location: Daerah Timur Laut, Penang, West Coast, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
5.41498° or 5° 24′ 54″ northLongitude
100.31284° or 100° 18′ 46″ eastInception
1849Open location code
6PQ2C877+X4OpenStreetMap ID
way 179745730OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prison
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In Other Languages
“Penang Gaol” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “槟城监狱”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pejabat Pos Dato Keramat and Pejabat Pengarah Penjara Negeri Pulau Pinang.
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