Thean Hou Temple
Thean Hou Temple is a place of worship in Daerah Timur Laut, Penang. Thean Hou Temple is situated nearby to the dive center PADI diving centre, as well as near the scenic viewpoint Street Art - Kungfu girl.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion and Camera Museum.
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 170 metres north of Thean Hou Temple.
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 130 metres east of Thean Hou Temple.
Kapitan Keling Mosque
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. Kapitan Keling Mosque is situated 440 metres southeast of Thean Hou Temple.
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
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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
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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 Thean Hou Temple.
Thean Hou Temple
- Type: Place of worship
- Categories: religious organization and religion
- Location: Daerah Timur Laut, Penang, West Coast, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
5.42001° or 5° 25′ 12″ northLongitude
100.33459° or 100° 20′ 5″ eastOpen location code
6PQ2C8CM+2ROpenStreetMap ID
way 982386575OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=religious
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“Thean Hou Temple” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “天后宫”
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