Penang
Penang, renowned as the Pearl of the Orient, is a state on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Geographically, the state consists of Pulau Pinang, or Penang Island, and Seberang Perai, the mainland strip facing the island, which are separated by a small stretch of the Strait of Malacca.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Popular Destinations
George Town
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George Town is the capital city of the Malaysian state of Penang.
Butterworth
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Butterworth is the main town on the mainland side of Penang state in Malaysia.
Destinations
Bukit Mertajam
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Bukit Mertajam is the administrative centre of the city of Seberang Perai in Penang, Malaysia.
Air Itam
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Air Itam, is a town in central Penang Island. Located west of George Town, Air Itam is largely a suburban area home to the famous Penang Hill, or Bukit Bendera, and the gigantic Kek Lok Si Temple.
Bayan Lepas
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Bayan Lepas is a town in Penang, Malaysia. The area makes up the south-east region of Pulau Pinang…
Nibong Tebal
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Nibong Tebal is a town located in Seberang Perai Selatan district of Penang, Malaysia.
Balik Pulau
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Balik Pulau is a town in Penang, Malaysia. Along with the surrounding area, Balik Pulau literally makes up the backcountry of the island, offering a laidback kampung lifestyle, with rice paddies and fruit farms scattered throughout.
Seberang Jaya
Seberang Jaya is a suburb in the city of Seberang Perai, Penang, Malaysia.Simpang Ampat
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Simpang Ampat, also known as Simpang Empat, is a small town in the district of South Seberang Perai, in the state of Penang, Malaysia.
Notable Places in the Area
Kek Lok Si Temple
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The Kek Lok Si Temple is a Buddhist temple situated in Air Itam, Penang, Malaysia.
Chung Ling Private High School
Chung Ling Private High School is a in George Town, Penang, Malaysia.All Seasons Place
All Seasons Place is a shopping mall at Air Itam, a suburb of George Town in Penang, Malaysia.Localities in the Area
Paya Terubong
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Paya Terubong is a suburb of George Town in Penang, Malaysia.
Farlim
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Farlim, officially Bandar Baru Air Itam, is a residential neighbourhood within the city of George Town in Penang, Malaysia.
Penang
- Type: State with 1,660,000 residents
- Description: Malaysian state
- Neighbors: Kedah
- Categories: state of Malaysia and locality
- Location: West Coast, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
5.4065° or 5° 24' 23" northLongitude
100.2559° or 100° 15' 21" eastPopulation
1,660,000Elevation
462 metres (1,516 feet)Abbreviation
PNGOpen Location Code
6PQ2C744+J9OpenStreetMap ID
node 249666046OpenStreetMap Feature
place=stateGeoNames ID
1733047Wikidata ID
Q188096Penang Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Achinese: Pulo Pinang
- Arabic: Penang
- Arabic: بينانق
- Arabic: فولاو فينغ
- Armenian: Պինանգ
- Asturian: Penang
- Azerbaijani: Pinanq
- Basque: Penang
- Bengali: পেনাং
- Bulgarian: Пенанг
- Catalan: Illa del Príncep de Gal·les
- Catalan: Penang
- Catalan: Pulau Pinang
- Cebuano: Pulau Pinang (estado)
- Cebuano: Pulau Pinang
- Chinese: Pulau Pinang
- Chinese: 槟城
- Chinese: 槟城州
- Chinese: 槟州
- Chinese: 槟榔屿州
- Chinese: 檳城
- Czech: Penang (Malaysia)
- Czech: Penang
- Danish: Penang
- Danish: Pinang
- Danish: Pulau Penang
- Danish: Pulau Pinang
- Dimli (individual language): Penang
- Dutch: Penang
- Dutch: Pinang
- English: Penang Island
- English: Pinang
- English: Pulau Pinang
- Esperanto: Penango
- Finnish: Penang
- Finnish: Pulau Penang
- French: Penang
- French: Pulau Pinang
- German: MY-07
- German: Penang
- German: Penang (Malaysia)
- Greek: Πενάνγκ
- Gujarati: પેનાંગ
- Hakka Chinese: Pulau Pinang
- Hausa: Pulau Pinang
- Hebrew: פננג
- Hindi: पिनांग
- Hindi: पेनांग
- Hungarian: Penang
- Hungarian: Pinang
- Ido: Penang
- Indonesian: Pulau Pinang, Penang
- Indonesian: Pulau Pinang
- Inupiaq: Penang
- Inupiaq: Penang Islands
- Italian: Penang
- Italian: Pinang
- Japanese: プラウ・ピナン州
- Japanese: ペナン
- Japanese: ペナン州
- Javanese: Pulo Pinang
- Kannada: ಪೆನಾಂಗ್
- Korean: 페낭 주
- Korean: 풀라우 피낭 주
- Korean: 풀라우피낭 주
- Korean: 피낭 주
- Korean: 피낭주
- Latvian: Penanga
- Lithuanian: Penangas
- Macedonian: Пенанг
- Malay: Negeri Pulau Pinang
- Malay: P. Pinang
- Malay: Pulau Pinang
- Malay: ڤولاو ڤينڠ
- Malayalam: പെനാംഗ്
- Marathi: पिनांग
- Marathi: पेनांग
- Mazanderani: پینانگ
- Min Dong Chinese: Pulau Pinang
- Min Nan Chinese: Penang
- Min Nan Chinese: Pulau Pinang
- Northern Frisian: Penang (Bundesstoot)
- Northern Frisian: Penang
- Norwegian: Penang
- Norwegian Bokmål: Penang
- Norwegian Bokmål: Pulau Pinang
- Panjabi: ਪੀਨਾਂਗ
- Persian: پنانگ
- Persian: پیننگ
- Piemontese: Penang
- Polish: Penang
- Portuguese: Penang
- Portuguese: Penão
- Quechua: Penang suyu
- Russian: Пенанг
- Russian: Пинанг
- Russian: Пулау-Пинанг
- Scots: Penang
- Serbian: Пенанг
- Sinhala: පෙනන්ග්
- Slovenian: Penang
- Spanish: Isla de Penang
- Spanish: Penang
- Spanish: Pulau Pinang
- Swedish: Pinang
- Tamil: பினாங்கு
- Tamil: பினாங்கு மாநிலம்
- Telugu: పెనాంగ్
- Thai: Penang
- Thai: ปีนัง
- Thai: รัฐปีนัง
- Thai: เกาะปีนัง
- Turkish: Penang
- Ukrainian: Пенанг
- Urdu: پینانگ
- Vietnamese: Bang Penang
- Vietnamese: Penang
- Vietnamese: Pulau Pinang
- Waray (Philippines): Penang
- Waray (Philippines): Pulau Pinang
- Western Armenian: Փինանկ
- Western Panjabi: پینانگ
- Wu Chinese: 槟城
- Yue Chinese: Penang
- Yue Chinese: Pulau Pinang
- Yue Chinese: بينانج
- Yue Chinese: 庇能
- Yue Chinese: 檳城
- Yue Chinese: 檳島
- Yue Chinese: 檳榔嶼
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