George Town
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.Photo: HundenvonPenang, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Gp song, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: City with 794,000 residents
- Description: capital city of the Malaysian state of Penang
- Neighbors: Bayan Lepas
Notable Places in the Area
Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion
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.
Kapitan Keling Mosque
The Kapitan Keling Mosque is a mosque built in the 19th century by Indian Muslim traders in George Town, Penang, Malaysia.Penang City Stadium
Photo: Vnonymous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The City Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, and serves as the home stadium of the Penang state football team, Penang FA.
Localities in the Area
Jelutong
Photo: Visnu92, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jelutong is a suburb of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang.
Pulau Tikus
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.
Sungai Pinang
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Sungai Pinang is a residential neighbourhood within the downtown core of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang.
George Town
- Categories: city of Malaysia, big city and locality
- Location: Daerah Timur Laut, Penang, West Coast, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
5.4142° or 5° 24' 51" northLongitude
100.3287° or 100° 19' 43" eastPopulation
794,000Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)Open Location Code
6PQ2C87H+MFOpenStreetMap ID
node 205620850OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
1735106Wikidata ID
Q61092George Town Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: George Town, Penang
- Afrikaans: George Town
- Arabic: George Town, Penang
- Arabic: جورج تاون
- Arabic: جورج تون
- Arabic: جورجتون
- Arabic: جُورج تَوْن
- Armenian: Ջորջ Թաուն
- Asturian: George Town
- Azerbaijani: Corctaun
- Balinese: George Town, Penang
- Banjar: George Town, Malaysia
- Banjar: George Town
- Banjar: Georgetown
- Basque: George Town
- Belarusian: Джорджтаўн (Пінанг)
- Belarusian: Джорджтаўн
- Bengali: জর্জ টাউন
- Burmese: ဂျော့ချ်တောင်း ၊ ပီနန်ပြည်နယ်
- Burmese: ပီနန်မြို့
- Catalan: George Town
- Central Kurdish: جۆرج تاون، پێنانگ
- Chinese: George Town
- Chinese: 乔治市
- Chinese: 佐治市
- Chinese: 喬治市
- Croatian: George Town, Penang
- Croatian: George Town
- Czech: George Town
- Danish: George Town
- Dutch: George Town
- Dutch: Georgetown
- Egyptian Arabic: جورج تاون
- English: George Town, Penang
- English: Georgetown
- Esperanto: Ĝorĝtaŭno
- Estonian: George Town
- Finnish: George Town
- French: George Town
- French: Georgetown
- Georgian: ჯორჯტაუნი
- German: George Town
- Greek: Τζώρτζταουν
- Gujarati: જ્યોર્જ ટાઉન
- Hakka Chinese: George Town
- Hakka Chinese: Khiâu-chhṳ-sṳ
- Hausa: George Town, Penang
- Hebrew: ג'ורג' טאון
- Hebrew: גורג טאון
- Hindi: जॉर्ज टाउन
- Hungarian: George Town
- Indonesian: George Town
- Indonesian: Georgetown
- Irish: Georgetown
- Italian: George Town
- Japanese: ジョージタウン
- Kannada: ಜಾರ್ಜ್ ಟೌನ್
- Korean: 조지타운
- Latvian: Džordžtauna
- Lithuanian: Džordžtaunas
- Macedonian: Џорџ Таун
- Maithili: जर्ज टाउन, पेनाङ
- Malay: Bandaraya George Town
- Malay: George Town, Pulau Pinang
- Malay: George Town
- Malay: Georgetown
- Malayalam: ജോർജ്ജ് ടൗൺ, പെനങ്
- Malayalam: ജോർജ്ജ് ടൗൺ
- Marathi: जॉर्ज नगर
- Min Nan Chinese: George Town
- Nepali: जर्ज टाउन, पेनाङ
- Nepali: जर्ज टाउन
- Norwegian: George Town
- Norwegian Bokmål: George Town
- Occitan (post 1500): George Town
- Pampanga: George Town, Penang
- Pampanga: George Town
- Persian: جرج تاون
- Persian: جرج تاون پنانگ
- Polish: George Town
- Portuguese: George Town
- Portuguese: Penang
- Romanian: George Town
- Russian: Джорджтаун
- Scots: George Town, Penang
- Scots: George Town
- Serbian: Џорџтаун
- Serbo-Croatian: George Town, Penang
- Serbo-Croatian: George Town
- Sinhala: ජෝර්ජ් ටවුන්
- Slovak: George Town
- Slovenian: Georgetown
- South Azerbaijani: جورج تاون
- Spanish: George Town
- Spanish: Pinang
- Swedish: George Town, Pinang
- Swedish: George Town
- Swedish: Georgetown
- Tagalog: George Town, Penang
- Tamil: ஜார்ஜ் டவுன், பினாங்கு
- Tamil: ஜார்ஜ் டவுன்
- Tamil: ஜோர்ஜ் டவுன்
- Tamil: ஜோர்ஜ் நகரம்
- Telugu: జార్జ్ నగరం
- Thai: จอร์จทาวน์
- Turkish: George Town
- Ukrainian: Джорджтаун
- Urdu: جارج ٹاؤن، پینانگ
- Uzbek: Jorjtaun (shahar)
- Uzbek: Jorjtaun
- Venetian: George Town
- Vietnamese: George Town
- Vietnamese: Penang
- Vietnamese: Tanjung
- Waray (Philippines): George Town
- Waray (Philippines): Georgetown, Pulau Pinang
- Waray (Philippines): Georgetown
- Wu Chinese: 乔治市
- Yue Chinese: 佐治市
- Yue Chinese: 喬治市
- Pinang George Town
- जॉर्ज टाउन, पेनांग
Other Places Named George Town
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page George Town. Photo: Gp song, CC BY-SA 3.0.