Kapitan Keling Mosque
The Kapitan Keling Mosque is a mosque built in the 19th century by Indian Muslim traders in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. It is situated on the corner of Buckingham Street and Pitt Street.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mosque
- Description: Mosque in George Town, Penang, Malaysia
- Also known as: “Masjid Keling Mosque”
- Address: Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling, George Town, 10200
- Wheelchair access: no
Photo: Arne mueseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sri Maha Mariammam Temple and Sun Yat-sen Museum Penang.
Sri Maha Mariammam Temple
Hindu temple
Photo: jetsun, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Arulmigu Sri Mahamariamman Temple is a Hindu temple within George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. The oldest Hindu temple in the state, it was built in 1833, and features sculptures of gods and goddesses over its main entrance and facade. Sri Maha Mariammam Temple is situated 140 metres east of Kapitan Keling Mosque.
Sun Yat-sen Museum Penang
Museum
Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sun Yat-sen Museum Penang formerly called the Sun Yat-sen Penang Base, is a museum in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. The museum is dedicated to Sun Yat-sen, a Chinese nationalist who established the Republic of China after his efforts in the Xinhai Revolution. Sun Yat-sen Museum Penang is situated 170 metres southwest of Kapitan Keling Mosque.
Penang Islamic Museum
Museum
Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY 2.5.
The Penang Islamic Museum is a museum about Islam in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. Penang Islamic Museum is situated 190 metres southwest of Kapitan Keling Mosque.
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.
Taman Free School Flats
Neighborhood
Photo: Vnonymous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Taman Free School Flats is situated 3 km southwest of Kapitan Keling Mosque.
Kapitan Keling Mosque
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Daerah Timur Laut, Penang, West Coast, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
5.41695° or 5° 25′ 1″ northLongitude
100.33714° or 100° 20′ 14″ eastOpen location code
6PQ2C88P+QVOpenStreetMap ID
way 384337966OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q3281165
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kapitan Keling Mosque” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسجد كابيتان كيلينغ”
- Bengali: “ক্যাপ্টেন কেলিং মসজিদ”
- Chinese: “吉宁甲必丹回教堂”
- Chinese: “吉寧甲必丹回教堂”
- Chinese: “甲必丹吉灵印裔清真寺”
- Chinese: “甲必丹吉灵清真寺”
- Dutch: “Kapitan Keling Moskee”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد كابيتان كيلينج”
- Indonesian: “Masjid Kapitan Keling”
- Japanese: “カピタン・クリン・モスク”
- Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Kapitan Keling”
- Macedonian: “Џамија Капитан Келинг”
- Malay: “Masjid Kapitan Keling”
- Minangkabau: “Musajik Kapitan Keling”
- Persian: “مسجد کاپیتان کلینگ”
- Polish: “Meczet Kapitan Kling”
- Urdu: “مسجد کیپٹن کیلنگ”
- Uzbek: “Kapitan Keling masjidi”
- Western Panjabi: “مسجد کیپٹن کیلنگ”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pos Malaysia and Teochew Association.
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