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class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Legislature</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Legislature-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Local_governments" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Local_governments"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Local governments</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Local_governments-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Judiciary" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Judiciary"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Judiciary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Judiciary-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Foreign_relations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Foreign_relations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Foreign relations</span> </div> 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82" title="بينانق – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بينانق" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang" title="Penang – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Penang" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinanq" title="Pinanq – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Pinanq" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82" title="পেনাং – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="পেনাং" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_Pinang" title="Pulau Pinang – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Pulau Pinang" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3" title="Пенанг – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Пенанг" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang" title="Penang – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Penang" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_Pinang_(estado)" title="Pulau Pinang (estado) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Pulau Pinang (estado)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang" title="Penang – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Penang" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang" title="Penang – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Penang" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang" title="Penang – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Penang" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_Pinangi_osariik" title="Pulau Pinangi osariik – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Pulau Pinangi osariik" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B3%CE%BA" title="Πενάνγκ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Πενάνγκ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang" title="Penang – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Penang" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penango" title="Penango – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Penango" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang" title="Penang – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Penang" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF" title="پنانگ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پنانگ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang" title="Penang – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Penang" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_Pinang" title="Pulau Pinang – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Pulau Pinang" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8E%98%EB%82%AD%EC%A3%BC" title="페낭주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="페낭주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97" title="पिनांग – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="पिनांग" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang" title="Penang – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Penang" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_Pinang" title="Pulau Pinang – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Pulau Pinang" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ik mw-list-item"><a href="https://ik.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang" title="Penang – Inupiaq" lang="ik" hreflang="ik" data-title="Penang" data-language-autonym="Iñupiatun" data-language-local-name="Inupiaq" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Iñupiatun</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3" title="Пинанг – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Пинанг" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang" title="Penang – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Penang" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%A0%D7%92" title="פננג – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פננג" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulo_Pinang" title="Pulo Pinang – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Pulo Pinang" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%97%E0%B3%8D" title="ಪಿನಾಂಗ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಪಿನಾಂಗ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%92%E1%83%98" title="პინანგი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="პინანგი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penangas" title="Penangas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Penangas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinang" title="Pinang – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Pinang" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3" title="Пенанг – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Пенанг" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D" title="പെനാംഗ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="പെനാംഗ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97" title="पेनांग – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="पेनांग" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF" title="پینانگ – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="پینانگ" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_Pinang" title="Pulau Pinang – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Pulau Pinang" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_Pinang" title="Pulau Pinang – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Pulau Pinang" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang_(staat)" title="Penang (staat) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Penang (staat)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9A%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B3%E5%B7%9E" title="ペナン州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ペナン州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang_(Bundesstoot)" title="Penang (Bundesstoot) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Penang (Bundesstoot)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang" title="Penang – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Penang" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%97" title="ਪੀਨਾਂਗ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਪੀਨਾਂਗ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF" title="پینانگ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="پینانگ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang" title="Penang – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Penang" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang_(stan)" title="Penang (stan) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Penang (stan)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen%C3%A3o" title="Penão – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Penão" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang_suyu" title="Penang suyu – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Penang suyu" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3" title="Пинанг – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Пинанг" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang" title="Penang – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Penang" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang" title="Penang – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Penang" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3" title="Пенанг – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Пенанг" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang" title="Penang – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Penang" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinang_(delstat)" title="Pinang (delstat) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Pinang (delstat)" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81" title="பினாங்கு – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="பினாங்கு" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%90%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87" title="รัฐปีนัง – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="รัฐปีนัง" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang" title="Penang – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Penang" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bug mw-list-item"><a href="https://bug.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_Pinang" title="Pulau Pinang – Buginese" lang="bug" hreflang="bug" data-title="Pulau Pinang" data-language-autonym="Basa Ugi" data-language-local-name="Buginese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Ugi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3" title="Пінанг – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Пінанг" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF" title="پینانگ – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="پینانگ" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang" title="Penang – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Penang" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang" title="Penang – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Penang" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A7%9F%E5%9F%8E" title="槟城 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="槟城" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AA%B3%E5%9F%8E" title="檳城 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="檳城" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang" title="Penang – Dimli" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="Penang" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Dimli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zazaki</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A7%9F%E5%9F%8E" title="槟城 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="槟城" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dtp mw-list-item"><a href="https://dtp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_Pinang" title="Pulau Pinang – Central Dusun" 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class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Malaya" title="Federation of Malaya">Federation of Malaya</a></th><td class="infobox-data">31 August 1957</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Proclamation_of_Malaysia" title="Proclamation of Malaysia">Proclamation of Malaysia</a></th><td class="infobox-data">16 September 1963</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a 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class="infobox-label">Currency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Malaysian_ringgit" title="Malaysian ringgit">Malaysian ringgit</a> (RM/MYR)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B8" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+8">UTC+8</a> (<a href="/wiki/Time_in_Malaysia" title="Time in Malaysia">Malaysian Time</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date format</th><td class="infobox-data">dd-mm-yyyy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic" title="Left- and right-hand traffic">Driving side</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Left</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Calling code</th><td class="infobox-data">+604-2, +604-6, +604-8 (<a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a>)<br />+604-3, +604-5 (<a href="/wiki/Seberang_Perai" title="Seberang Perai">Seberang Perai</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_postal_codes_in_Malaysia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of postal codes in Malaysia">Postal code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="postal-code">10xxx–11xxx (<a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a>)<br />12xxx-14xxx (<a href="/wiki/Seberang_Perai" title="Seberang Perai">Seberang Perai</a>)</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:MY#Current_codes" title="ISO 3166-2:MY">MY-07</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.penang.gov.my">www<wbr />.penang<wbr />.gov<wbr />.my</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Penang</b><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/States_and_federal_territories_of_Malaysia" title="States and federal territories of Malaysia">Malaysian state</a> located on the northwest coast of <a href="/wiki/Peninsular_Malaysia" title="Peninsular Malaysia">Peninsular Malaysia</a> along the <a href="/wiki/Strait_of_Malacca" title="Strait of Malacca">Strait of Malacca</a>. It has two parts: <a href="/wiki/Penang_Island" title="Penang Island">Penang Island</a>, where the capital city, <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a>, is located, and <a href="/wiki/Seberang_Perai" title="Seberang Perai">Seberang Perai</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Malay_Peninsula" title="Malay Peninsula">Malay Peninsula</a>. These two halves are physically connected by the <a href="/wiki/Penang_Bridge" title="Penang Bridge">Penang Bridge</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Sultan_Abdul_Halim_Muadzam_Shah_Bridge" title="Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge">Second Penang Bridge</a>. The state shares borders with <a href="/wiki/Kedah" title="Kedah">Kedah</a> to the north and east, and <a href="/wiki/Perak" title="Perak">Perak</a> to the south. </p><p>Penang is one of Malaysia's most <a href="/wiki/World_Bank_high-income_economy" title="World Bank high-income economy">developed</a> economic powerhouses, with the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Malaysian_states_by_GDP#Gross_Domestic_Product_per_capita_by_state" title="List of Malaysian states by GDP">highest GDP per capita</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Malaysian_states_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of Malaysian states by Human Development Index">Human Development Index of all states</a>. It also ranks <a href="/wiki/List_of_Malaysian_states_by_mean_wage_and_median_wage#Mean_salary_map" title="List of Malaysian states by mean wage and median wage">second among the states in terms of average wages</a>. Penang is <a href="/wiki/List_of_Malaysian_states_and_municipalities_by_exports#Exports_by_state_and_federal_territory" title="List of Malaysian states and municipalities by exports">Malaysia's leading exporter</a> with over RM447 billion (US$108.94 billion) in exports in 2023, primarily through the <a href="/wiki/Penang_International_Airport" title="Penang International Airport">Penang International Airport</a> which is also the <a href="/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_Malaysia#Passenger_traffic" title="List of the busiest airports in Malaysia">nation's third busiest</a>. </p><p>Established by <a href="/wiki/Francis_Light" title="Francis Light">Francis Light</a> in 1786, Penang became part of the <a href="/wiki/Straits_Settlements" title="Straits Settlements">Straits Settlements</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Crown_colony" title="Crown colony">British crown colony</a> also comprising <a href="/wiki/Malacca" title="Malacca">Malacca</a> and <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Japan occupied Penang, but the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Jurist" title="Operation Jurist">British regained control</a> in 1945. Penang was later merged with the <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Malaya" title="Federation of Malaya">Federation of Malaya</a> (now Malaysia), which gained independence in 1957. <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Penang" title="Economy of Penang">Penang's economy</a> shifted from <a href="/wiki/Entrep%C3%B4t" title="Entrepôt">entrepôt</a> trade to electronics manufacturing and the <a href="/wiki/Tertiary_sector_of_the_economy" title="Tertiary sector of the economy">tertiary sector</a> throughout the late 20th century. </p><p>With 1.74 million residents and a population density of 1,659/km<sup>2</sup> (4,300/sq&#160;mi) as of 2020<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>, Penang is one of Malaysia's most densely populated and urbanised states.<sup id="cite_ref-Malay_Mail-2022_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Malay_Mail-2022-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Seberang Perai is <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Malaysia_by_population#Within_defined_boundaries" title="List of cities and towns in Malaysia by population">Malaysia's third largest city by population</a>. Penang is culturally diverse with a population that includes <a href="/wiki/Penangite_Chinese" title="Penangite Chinese">Chinese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malaysian_Malays" title="Malaysian Malays">Malays</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malaysians_of_Indian_descent_in_Penang" title="Malaysians of Indian descent in Penang">Indians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kristang_people" title="Kristang people">Eurasians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malaysian_Siamese" title="Malaysian Siamese">Siamese</a> and expatriates. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name Penang comes from the modern <a href="/wiki/Malay_language" title="Malay language">Malay</a> name <i>Pulau Pinang</i> which means '<a href="/wiki/Areca_nut" title="Areca nut">areca nut</a> island'.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Penang is also colloquially referred to as the "Pearl of the Orient" and "The Island of Pearls" (<a href="/wiki/Malay_language" title="Malay language">Malay</a>: <i lang="ms">Pulau Mutiara</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Over the course of history, <a href="/wiki/Penang_Island" title="Penang Island">Penang Island</a> had been known by different names by seafarers from various regions. The locals named it <i>Pulo Ka Satu</i>, meaning "The First Island", as it was the largest island on the maritime route between <a href="/wiki/Lingga_Regency" title="Lingga Regency">Lingga</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kedah" title="Kedah">Kedah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Ayutthaya_Kingdom" title="Ayutthaya Kingdom">Siamese</a>, who were the overlords of Kedah, called it <i>Ko Mak</i> (<a href="/wiki/Thai_language" title="Thai language">Thai</a>: <span lang="th">เกาะหมาก</span>).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Maritime explorers also took note of the island's abundance of areca nut. During the 15th century, <a href="/wiki/Zheng_He" title="Zheng He">Admiral Zheng He</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ming_dynasty" title="Ming dynasty">Ming China</a> referred to the island as <i>Bīngláng Yǔ</i> (<a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">traditional Chinese</a>&#58; <span lang="zh-Hant"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%AA%B3%E6%A6%94%E5%B6%BC" class="extiw" title="wikt:檳榔嶼">檳榔嶼</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">simplified Chinese</a>&#58; <span lang="zh-Hans"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%A7%9F%E6%A6%94%E5%B1%BF" class="extiw" title="wikt:槟榔屿">槟榔屿</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB" title="Pe̍h-ōe-jī">Pe̍h-ōe-jī</a>&#58; <i><span lang="nan-Latn">Pin-nn̂g-sū</span></i>; <abbr title="Literal translation"><small>lit.</small></abbr> &#39;areca nut island&#39;) in his navigational charts.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the <i>Description of Malacca</i>, Portuguese cartographer <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Godinho_de_Er%C3%A9dia" title="Manuel Godinho de Erédia">Manuel Godinho de Erédia</a> named it <i>Pulo Pinaom</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Penang" title="History of Penang">History of Penang</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New 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class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281801%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281801%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281801%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281801%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281801%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281801%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">British East India Company</a> 1786–1858<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British Raj</a> 1858–1867<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_the_British_Straits_Settlements_%281925%E2%80%931946%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_Straits_Settlements_%281925%E2%80%931946%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_the_British_Straits_Settlements_%281925%E2%80%931946%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_Straits_Settlements_%281925%E2%80%931946%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_the_British_Straits_Settlements_%281925%E2%80%931946%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_Straits_Settlements_%281925%E2%80%931946%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Straits_Settlements" title="Straits Settlements">Straits Settlements</a> 1826–1941; 1945–1946<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a> 1941–1945<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Malaya_%281896%E2%80%931950%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Malaya_%281896%E2%80%931950%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Malaya_%281896%E2%80%931950%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Malaya_%281896%E2%80%931950%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Malayan_Union" title="Malayan Union">Malayan Union</a> 1946–1948<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Malaya_%281950%E2%80%931963%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaya_%281950%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Malaya_%281950%E2%80%931963%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaya_%281950%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Malaya_%281950%E2%80%931963%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaya_%281950%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="550" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Malaya" title="Federation of Malaya">Federation of Malaya</a> 1948–1963<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a> 1963–present </p> </blockquote> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Archaeologists have discovered human remains such as the "Penang Woman", along with seashells, pottery and stone tools, in <a href="/wiki/Seberang_Perai" title="Seberang Perai">Seberang Perai</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The artefacts indicate that around 5,000 to 6,000 years ago, Penang was inhabited by nomadic <a href="/wiki/Melanesians" title="Melanesians">Melanesians</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a> era.<sup id="cite_ref-TODAY-2017_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TODAY-2017-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Star-2017c_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Star-2017c-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Pali" title="Pali">Pali</a> inscriptions on the <a href="/wiki/Cherok_Tok_Kun" title="Cherok Tok Kun">Cherok Tok Kun</a> <a href="/wiki/Megalith" title="Megalith">megalith</a> suggest the <a href="/wiki/Hindus" title="Hindus">Hindu</a>-<a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhist</a> <a href="/wiki/Bujang_Valley" title="Bujang Valley">Bujang Valley</a> civilisation, based in present-day <a href="/wiki/Kedah" title="Kedah">Kedah</a>, held authority over parts of <a href="/wiki/Seberang_Perai" title="Seberang Perai">Seberang Perai</a> by the 6th century.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The entirety of Penang later formed part of <a href="/wiki/Kedah_Sultanate" title="Kedah Sultanate">Kedah</a>, which came under <a href="/wiki/Rattanakosin_Kingdom_(1782%E2%80%931932)" title="Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)">Siamese</a> <a href="/wiki/Suzerainty" title="Suzerainty">suzerainty</a> by the late 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-Bisalputra-2020_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bisalputra-2020-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Establishment_and_British_rule">Establishment and British rule</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Establishment and British rule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_George_Town,_Penang" title="History of George Town, Penang">History of George Town, Penang</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Penang.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Penang.gif/220px-Penang.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="288" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Penang.gif/330px-Penang.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Penang.gif/440px-Penang.gif 2x" data-file-width="461" data-file-height="604" /></a><figcaption>British acquisition and expansion of Penang (in yellow) occurred between 1786 and 1874, when the final alterations to Penang's boundaries were enacted.<sup id="cite_ref-nas.gov.sg_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nas.gov.sg-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Penang's modern history began in 1786 when <a href="/wiki/Francis_Light" title="Francis Light">Francis Light</a>, a representative of the British <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a> (EIC), obtained <a href="/wiki/Penang_Island" title="Penang Island">Penang Island</a> from Sultan <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_Mukarram_Shah_of_Kedah" title="Abdullah Mukarram Shah of Kedah">Abdullah Mukarram Shah</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kedah_Sultanate" title="Kedah Sultanate">Kedah</a> in exchange for military aid. Light had been sent to the <a href="/wiki/Malay_Peninsula" title="Malay Peninsula">Malay Peninsula</a> by the EIC to build trade relations in the region, where he saw the strategic potential of Penang Island as a "convenient magazine for trade" that could enable the British to check Dutch and French territorial ambitions in <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>After negotiating an agreement with the Sultan, Light and his entourage landed on Penang Island on 17 July that year and took formal possession of the island "in the name of King <a href="/wiki/George_III" title="George III">George III</a> of England" on 11 August.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The island was renamed Prince of Wales Island after the <a href="/wiki/George_IV" title="George IV">heir to the British throne</a> and the new settlement of <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a> was established in honour of King George III.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Unbeknownst to Sultan Abdullah, Light had acted without the authority or the consent of his superiors in <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">India</a>. When the EIC reneged on military protection, the Sultan launched an attempt to recapture the Prince of Wales Island in 1791. However, the attempt was defeated by EIC forces and the Sultan sued for peace.<sup id="cite_ref-Ooi-2015_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ooi-2015-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> An annual payment of 6,000 Spanish dollars was agreed in exchange for British sovereignty over the island.<sup id="cite_ref-Jenkins-2008_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jenkins-2008-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1800, <a href="/wiki/George_Alexander_William_Leith" title="George Alexander William Leith">Lieutenant-Governor George Leith</a> secured a strip of <a href="/wiki/Hinterland" title="Hinterland">hinterland</a> across the <a href="/wiki/Penang_Strait" title="Penang Strait">Penang Strait</a>, which was subsequently named Province Wellesley (now <a href="/wiki/Seberang_Perai" title="Seberang Perai">Seberang Perai</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Jenkins-2008_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jenkins-2008-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The EIC gained permanent sovereignty over both Prince of Wales Island and the new mainland territory, while the annual payment to the Sultan of Kedah was increased to 10,000 Spanish dollars.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The British and Malaysian governments maintained the annual payments to Kedah until 2018, when the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Malaysia" title="Government of Malaysia">Malaysian federal government</a> increased the amount by RM10 million yearly.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KITLV_-_80020_-_Kleingrothe,_C.J._-_Medan_-_Quay_in_Penang_-_circa_1910.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/KITLV_-_80020_-_Kleingrothe%2C_C.J._-_Medan_-_Quay_in_Penang_-_circa_1910.tif/lossy-page1-220px-KITLV_-_80020_-_Kleingrothe%2C_C.J._-_Medan_-_Quay_in_Penang_-_circa_1910.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/KITLV_-_80020_-_Kleingrothe%2C_C.J._-_Medan_-_Quay_in_Penang_-_circa_1910.tif/lossy-page1-330px-KITLV_-_80020_-_Kleingrothe%2C_C.J._-_Medan_-_Quay_in_Penang_-_circa_1910.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/KITLV_-_80020_-_Kleingrothe%2C_C.J._-_Medan_-_Quay_in_Penang_-_circa_1910.tif/lossy-page1-440px-KITLV_-_80020_-_Kleingrothe%2C_C.J._-_Medan_-_Quay_in_Penang_-_circa_1910.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4838" data-file-height="3238" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Penang" title="Port of Penang">Port of Penang</a> in <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a> <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;">&#8201;1910</span>. Port functions were eventually relocated to <a href="/wiki/Seberang_Perai" title="Seberang Perai">Seberang Perai</a> in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-Jou-2014_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jou-2014-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>George Town grew rapidly as a <a href="/wiki/Free_economic_zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Free economic zone">free port</a> and a conduit for <a href="/wiki/Spice_trade" title="Spice trade">spice trade</a>, diverting maritime commerce away from <a href="/wiki/Dutch_East_Indies" title="Dutch East Indies">Dutch</a> outposts in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-Jackson20132_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jackson20132-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1805, Penang became a separate <a href="/wiki/Presidencies_and_provinces_of_British_India" title="Presidencies and provinces of British India">presidency</a> of <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British India</a>, sharing similar status with <a href="/wiki/Bombay_Presidency" title="Bombay Presidency">Bombay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Madras_Presidency" title="Madras Presidency">Madras</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By 1808, George Town had established its local government, while the founding of the <a href="/wiki/Penang_High_Court" title="Penang High Court">Supreme Court of Penang</a> marked the birth of Malaysia's modern judiciary.<sup id="cite_ref-Koay-2014_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Koay-2014-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1826, George Town was made the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Straits_Settlements" title="Straits Settlements">Straits Settlements</a> which included <a href="/wiki/Singapore_in_the_Straits_Settlements" title="Singapore in the Straits Settlements">Singapore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Malacca" title="Malacca">Malacca</a>. As Singapore soon supplanted George Town as the region's premier <a href="/wiki/Entrep%C3%B4t" title="Entrepôt">entrepôt</a>, Singapore became the capital instead in 1832.<sup id="cite_ref-NLB-2024_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NLB-2024-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite its secondary importance to Singapore, George Town retained its importance as a vital British entrepôt.<sup id="cite_ref-Turnbull-2012_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Turnbull-2012-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Towards the end of the 19th century, it became a major tin exporter and <a href="/wiki/British_Malaya" title="British Malaya">Malaya</a>'s primary financial centre.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Langdon-2014_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Langdon-2014-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Penang's prosperity attracted a cosmopolitan population comprising <a href="/wiki/Penangite_Chinese" title="Penangite Chinese">Chinese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malays_(ethnic_group)" title="Malays (ethnic group)">Malay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malaysians_of_Indian_descent_in_Penang" title="Malaysians of Indian descent in Penang">Indian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peranakan_Chinese" title="Peranakan Chinese">Peranakan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malaysian_Siamese" title="Malaysian Siamese">Siamese</a> and migrants of mixed European-Asian lineage referred to as "<a href="/wiki/Kristang_people" title="Kristang people">Eurasians</a>", and led to the development of hitherto rural areas such as <a href="/wiki/Butterworth,_Seberang_Perai" title="Butterworth, Seberang Perai">Butterworth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bukit_Mertajam" title="Bukit Mertajam">Bukit Mertajam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Chan_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chan-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, the population growth created social problems such as inadequate sanitation, health facilities and rampant crime, culminating in <a href="/wiki/1867_Penang_riots" title="1867 Penang riots">street violence and rioting in 1867</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ooi-19912_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ooi-19912-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Straits Settlements <a href="/wiki/Transfer_of_the_Straits_Settlements" title="Transfer of the Straits Settlements">became a British crown colony</a> within the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-Koh-2024_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Koh-2024-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Direct British rule led to improved law enforcement, and investments in health care and public transportation in Penang.<sup id="cite_ref-Turnbull-2012_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Turnbull-2012-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ooi-19912_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ooi-19912-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Owing to enhanced access to education, active participation of Asian residents in municipal affairs and substantial press freedom, George Town was perceived as being more intellectually receptive than Singapore.<sup id="cite_ref-Turnbull-2012_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Turnbull-2012-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Goh-2014_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goh-2014-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The settlement attracted intellectuals and revolutionaries, including <a href="/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling" title="Rudyard Kipling">Rudyard Kipling</a>, <a href="/wiki/W._Somerset_Maugham" title="W. Somerset Maugham">Somerset Maugham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sun_Yat-sen" title="Sun Yat-sen">Sun Yat-sen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Turnbull-2012_40-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Turnbull-2012-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Reuters-2007_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters-2007-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1910, Sun selected George Town as the centre for the <a href="/wiki/Tongmenghui" title="Tongmenghui">Tongmenghui</a>'s political activities in Southeast Asia, aimed at overthrowing the <a href="/wiki/Qing_dynasty" title="Qing dynasty">Qing dynasty</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Reuters-2007_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters-2007-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_wars">World wars</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: World wars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Marines_Parade_in_Penang_(5316034010).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Royal_Marines_Parade_in_Penang_%285316034010%29.jpg/250px-Royal_Marines_Parade_in_Penang_%285316034010%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Royal_Marines_Parade_in_Penang_%285316034010%29.jpg/330px-Royal_Marines_Parade_in_Penang_%285316034010%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Royal_Marines_Parade_in_Penang_%285316034010%29.jpg/500px-Royal_Marines_Parade_in_Penang_%285316034010%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2496" data-file-height="1950" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">British Royal Marines</a> liberating <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a> on 3 September 1945.</figcaption></figure><p>Penang emerged from <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> relatively unscathed, apart from the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Penang" title="Battle of Penang">Battle of Penang</a> during which the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_German_Navy" title="Imperial German Navy">Imperial German Navy</a> cruiser <a href="/wiki/SMS_Emden_(1908)" class="mw-redirect" title="SMS Emden (1908)">SMS <i>Emden</i></a> sank two <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_I" title="Allies of World War I">Allied</a> warships off George Town.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/Interwar_period" title="Interwar period">interwar years</a>, the British had acknowledged the need to fortify their armed forces in northern Malaya. However, complacency and lack of resources left British forces ill-prepared to confront the Japanese invasion at the onset of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a>. Although Penang Island had been designated as a fortress, Penang fell without struggle to the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army" title="Imperial Japanese Army">Imperial Japanese Army</a> on 19 December 1941 after daily aerial attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The British covertly evacuated Penang's European populace; historian Raymond Callahan since contended that "the moral collapse of British rule in Southeast Asia came not at Singapore, but at Penang".<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Penang Island was subsequently renamed <i>Tojo-to</i> after <a href="/wiki/Hideki_Tojo" title="Hideki Tojo">Prime Minister Hideki Tojo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kempeitai" title="Kempeitai">Japanese military police</a> imposed order by massacring <a href="/wiki/Penangite_Chinese" title="Penangite Chinese">Chinese civilians</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Sook_Ching" title="Sook Ching">Sook Ching</a> policy, while women were forced into <a href="/wiki/Comfort_women" title="Comfort women">sexual slavery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Swettenham_Pier" title="Swettenham Pier">Swettenham Pier</a> was converted into a major submarine base by the <a href="/wiki/Axis_powers" title="Axis powers">Axis Powers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 1944 and 1945, Allied bombers from India <a href="/wiki/Air_raids_on_Penang" title="Air raids on Penang">targeted naval and administrative buildings in George Town</a>, damaging and destroying several colonial buildings in the process.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Penang_Strait" title="Penang Strait">Penang Strait</a> was mined to restrict Japanese shipping.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Following <a href="/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan" title="Surrender of Japan">Japan's surrender</a>, George Town was the first Malayan settlement liberated by <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">British marines</a> through <a href="/wiki/Operation_Jurist" title="Operation Jurist">Operation Jurist</a> on 3 September 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-war_years">Post-war years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Post-war years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Penang was placed under <a href="/wiki/British_Military_Administration_(Malaya)" title="British Military Administration (Malaya)">British military administration</a> until 1946, after which the <a href="/wiki/Straits_Settlements" title="Straits Settlements">Straits Settlements</a> was abolished. The British sought to consolidate the various political entities in <a href="/wiki/British_Malaya" title="British Malaya">British Malaya</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_Penang" title="Crown Colony of Penang">Crown Colony of Penang</a>, under a single polity known as the <a href="/wiki/Malayan_Union" title="Malayan Union">Malayan Union</a>. Initially, the impending annexation of Penang into the vast Malay heartland proved unpopular among Penangites.<sup id="cite_ref-Koay-2016b_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Koay-2016b-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Penang_secessionist_movement" title="Penang secessionist movement">Penang Secessionist Committee</a> was formed in 1948 due to economic and ethnic concerns, but their attempt to avert Penang's merger with Malaya was unsuccessful due to British disapproval.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Christie-1998_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Christie-1998-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Koay-2016a_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Koay-2016a-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>To relieve the concerns raised by the secessionists, the British government guaranteed George Town's free port status and <a href="/wiki/1951_Malayan_local_elections#Municipal_election" title="1951 Malayan local elections">reintroduced municipal elections</a> in 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-Koay-2014_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Koay-2014-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Koay-2016a_70-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Koay-2016a-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> George Town became the first fully-elected municipality in Malaya by 1956 and was granted city status by Queen <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a> in the following year. This made George Town the first city within the Federation of Malaya, and by extension, Malaysia.<sup id="cite_ref-Wong-2013_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wong-2013-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-independence_era">Post-independence era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Post-independence era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>George Town's status as a free port was rescinded by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Malaysia" title="Government of Malaysia">Malaysian federal government</a> in 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-Goh-2014_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goh-2014-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This led to a loss of maritime trade, causing massive unemployment and <a href="/wiki/Human_capital_flight" title="Human capital flight">brain drain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Goh-2014_50-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goh-2014-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ooi-2009_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ooi-2009-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> To revive the economy, <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Penang" title="Chief Minister of Penang">Chief Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Lim_Chong_Eu" title="Lim Chong Eu">Lim Chong Eu</a> established the <a href="/wiki/Bayan_Lepas_Free_Industrial_Zone" title="Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone">Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone</a> in 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-Athukorala-2012_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Athukorala-2012-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Massive industrialisation proved instrumental in reversing Penang's economic slump and led to the state's rapid economic growth until the late 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-Athukorala-2012_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Athukorala-2012-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Teh-2016_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Teh-2016-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ooi-2010_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ooi-2010-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Under Lim's tenure, the <a href="/wiki/Penang_Bridge" title="Penang Bridge">Penang Bridge</a>, the first road link between Penang Island and the <a href="/wiki/Malay_Peninsula" title="Malay Peninsula">Malay Peninsula</a>, was built. </p><p>Persistent brain drain, aggravated by federal policies prioritising the growth of Kuala Lumpur, resulted in Penang losing its leading position in the national economy by the 21st century.<sup id="cite_ref-Goh-2014_50-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goh-2014-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This decline, compounded by various issues including incoherent urban planning, poor traffic management and the dilapidation of George Town's heritage enclave following the repeal of the Rent Control Act in 2001, contributed to growing dissatisfaction within Penang's society.<sup id="cite_ref-Jou-2014_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jou-2014-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jayaratnam-2008_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jayaratnam-2008-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In response, civil societies in George Town mobilised public support to rejuvenate the city.<sup id="cite_ref-Goh-2014_50-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goh-2014-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Li-2011_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Li-2011-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Resentment against the <a href="/wiki/Barisan_Nasional" title="Barisan Nasional">Barisan Nasional</a> (BN) administration led to the <a href="/wiki/Pakatan_Rakyat" title="Pakatan Rakyat">Pakatan Rakyat</a> bloc (now <a href="/wiki/Pakatan_Harapan" title="Pakatan Harapan">Pakatan Harapan</a>) rising to power through the <a href="/wiki/2008_Penang_state_election" title="2008 Penang state election">2008 state election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jayaratnam-2008_78-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jayaratnam-2008-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Efforts to preserve George Town's heritage architecture led to the city's historical core being designated as a <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/Historic_Cities_of_the_Straits_of_Malacca#George_Town" title="Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca">World Heritage Site</a> that year.<sup id="cite_ref-Li-2011_81-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Li-2011-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UNESCO-2008_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNESCO-2008-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="center"><div class="thumb tnone" style=""><div class="thumbinner" style="width:-moz-fit-content; width:fit-content;"><div class="thumbimage noresize" style="width:auto;"> <div style="width:100%; overflow-x:auto;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 800px; height: 360px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -30px; left: -0px; width: 800px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Skyline_of_George_Town,_Penang_at_night_Nov2024-29-17.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Skyline of George Town, Penang at night Nov2024-29-17.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Skyline_of_George_Town%2C_Penang_at_night_Nov2024-29-17.jpg/960px-Skyline_of_George_Town%2C_Penang_at_night_Nov2024-29-17.jpg" decoding="async" width="800" height="450" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Skyline_of_George_Town%2C_Penang_at_night_Nov2024-29-17.jpg/1200px-Skyline_of_George_Town%2C_Penang_at_night_Nov2024-29-17.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Skyline_of_George_Town%2C_Penang_at_night_Nov2024-29-17.jpg/1600px-Skyline_of_George_Town%2C_Penang_at_night_Nov2024-29-17.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7994" data-file-height="4496" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption">Skyline of <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a> at night <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;">&#8201;2024</span></div></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance_and_politics">Governance and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Governance and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Penang" title="Government of Penang">Government of Penang</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_State_of_Penang" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitution of the State of Penang">Constitution of the State of Penang</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Chow_Kon_Yeow_2019.jpg/120px-Chow_Kon_Yeow_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Chow_Kon_Yeow_2019.jpg/250px-Chow_Kon_Yeow_2019.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1399" data-file-height="1866" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Chow_Kon_Yeow" title="Chow Kon Yeow">Chow Kon Yeow</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Penang" title="Chief Minister of Penang">Chief Minister</a></span></div></div></div></div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Seri_Mutiara_in_George_Town,_Penang_2025.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Seri_Mutiara_in_George_Town%2C_Penang_2025.jpg/250px-Seri_Mutiara_in_George_Town%2C_Penang_2025.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Seri_Mutiara_in_George_Town%2C_Penang_2025.jpg/330px-Seri_Mutiara_in_George_Town%2C_Penang_2025.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Seri_Mutiara_in_George_Town%2C_Penang_2025.jpg/500px-Seri_Mutiara_in_George_Town%2C_Penang_2025.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7925" data-file-height="5944" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/The_Residency,_Penang" title="The Residency, Penang">Seri Mutiara</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Official_residence" title="Official residence">official residence</a> of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Penang" title="List of governors of Penang">Governor of Penang</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Penang, a former <a href="/wiki/Crown_colony" title="Crown colony">British crown colony</a>, is one of the four <a href="/wiki/States_and_federal_territories_of_Malaysia" title="States and federal territories of Malaysia">Malaysian states</a> without hereditary monarchies. The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_State_of_Penang" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitution of the State of Penang">Constitution of Penang</a>, codified in 1957, is the state's highest law, consisting of 42 articles that govern the proceedings and powers of the state government.<sup id="cite_ref-Penang_State_Gov_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Penang_State_Gov-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The head of state is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Penang" title="List of governors of Penang">Governor</a> (<a href="/wiki/Malay_language" title="Malay language">Malay</a>: <i lang="ms">Yang di-Pertua Negeri</i>), who is appointed by the <a href="/wiki/King_of_Malaysia" title="King of Malaysia">King of Malaysia</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Fuzi_Abdul_Razak" title="Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak">Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak</a> is the current Governor of Penang, having assumed office in 2021. In practice, the Governor's role is largely symbolic and ceremonial. This includes the authority to appoint the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Penang" title="Chief Minister of Penang">head of government</a> and approve legislation that has been passed by the state's legislature.<sup id="cite_ref-Penang_State_Gov-2023_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Penang_State_Gov-2023-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Penang" title="Government of Penang">Penang state government</a> has its own executive body and legislature, but their powers are limited compared to the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Malaysia" title="Government of Malaysia">Malaysian federal government</a>. According to the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Malaysia" title="Constitution of Malaysia">Federal Constitution</a>, the state can legislate on matters pertaining to Malay customs, land, agriculture and forestry, local government, civil and water works, and state administration. Matters falling under the joint purview of state and federal authorities include social welfare, wildlife protection and national parks, scholarships, husbandry, town planning, drainage and irrigation, and public health regulations.<sup id="cite_ref-Constitution_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Constitution-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 40-member <a href="/wiki/Penang_State_Legislative_Assembly" title="Penang State Legislative Assembly">Penang State Legislative Assembly</a> forms the state's legislature and is elected for a maximum term of five years from single-member constituencies through <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Penang" title="Elections in Penang">state elections</a>. Compared to the rest of <a href="/wiki/Peninsular_Malaysia" title="Peninsular Malaysia">Peninsular Malaysia</a>, Penang's electoral landscape is perceived as being more liberal and distinct due to the state's ethnic diversity and socio-economic development.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Chew-2008_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chew-2008-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Unlike other Peninsular states, <a href="/wiki/Penangite_Chinese" title="Penangite Chinese">ethnic Chinese</a> have formed the plurality in Penang for decades, and the state's economic infrastructure is based primarily on commerce and trade rather than agriculture.<sup id="cite_ref-Chew-2008_86-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chew-2008-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>, non-Malays formed the majority in 25 of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_electoral_districts_in_Penang" title="List of electoral districts in Penang">40 state constituencies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hutchinson-2023_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hutchinson-2023-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Thus, non-Malay electoral support is crucial to any political coalition aiming for power in Penang.<sup id="cite_ref-Chew-2008_86-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chew-2008-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hutchinson-2023_87-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hutchinson-2023-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Executive">Executive</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Executive"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Komtar_at_dusk,_George_Town,_Penang.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Komtar_at_dusk%2C_George_Town%2C_Penang.jpg/250px-Komtar_at_dusk%2C_George_Town%2C_Penang.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Komtar_at_dusk%2C_George_Town%2C_Penang.jpg/330px-Komtar_at_dusk%2C_George_Town%2C_Penang.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Komtar_at_dusk%2C_George_Town%2C_Penang.jpg/500px-Komtar_at_dusk%2C_George_Town%2C_Penang.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="4096" /></a><figcaption>The 68-storey <a href="/wiki/Komtar" title="Komtar">Komtar Tower</a> in <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a> also houses the Office of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Chief_Ministers_of_Penang" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Chief Ministers of Penang">Chief Minister of Penang</a>.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Penang_State_Executive_Council" title="Penang State Executive Council">Penang State Executive Council</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Penang" title="Chief Minister of Penang">Chief Minister of Penang</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Penang_State_Executive_Council" title="Penang State Executive Council">Penang State Executive Council</a> is the executive authority of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Penang" title="Government of Penang">Penang state government</a>, similar in function to the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Malaysia" title="Cabinet of Malaysia">federal Cabinet</a>. It is led by the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Penang" title="Chief Minister of Penang">Chief Minister</a>, who serves as the head of government in Penang. To this day, Penang remains the only Malaysian state where the position of the head of government has been continuously held by an <a href="/wiki/Malaysian_Chinese" title="Malaysian Chinese">ethnic Chinese</a> since the nation's independence.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Additionally, Penang was the first state to impose a two-term limit for the head of government's tenure.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The current Chief Minister of Penang is <a href="/wiki/Chow_Kon_Yeow" title="Chow Kon Yeow">Chow Kon Yeow</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Action_Party" title="Democratic Action Party">Democratic Action Party</a> (DAP), having assumed office after the <a href="/wiki/2018_Penang_state_election" title="2018 Penang state election">2018 state election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legislature">Legislature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Legislature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Penang_State_Legislative_Assembly" title="Penang State Legislative Assembly">Penang State Legislative Assembly</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_electoral_districts_in_Penang" title="List of electoral districts in Penang">List of electoral districts in Penang</a></div> <p>The unicameral 40-seat <a href="/wiki/Penang_State_Legislative_Assembly" title="Penang State Legislative Assembly">Penang State Legislative Assembly</a>, whose members are called State Assemblymen, convenes at the <a href="/wiki/Neoclassical_architecture" title="Neoclassical architecture">neoclassical</a> <a href="/wiki/Penang_State_Assembly_Building" title="Penang State Assembly Building">State Assembly Building</a> in <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a>. Penang practises the <a href="/wiki/Westminster_system" title="Westminster system">Westminster system</a> whereby the <a href="/wiki/Penang_State_Executive_Council" title="Penang State Executive Council">State Executive Council</a> members are appointed from the elected State Assemblymen. Any amendment to <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_State_of_Penang" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitution of the State of Penang">Penang's Constitution</a> requires the support of at least two-thirds of the State Legislative Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-Penang_State_Gov_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Penang_State_Gov-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Prior to a state election, it is customary to dissolve the legislature, which necessitates the consent of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Penang" title="List of governors of Penang">Governor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Penang_State_Gov-2023_83-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Penang_State_Gov-2023-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2023_Penang_state_election" title="2023 Penang state election">2023 state election</a> witnessed an unprecedented alliance between <a href="/wiki/Pakatan_Harapan" title="Pakatan Harapan">Pakatan Harapan</a> (PH) and its erstwhile adversaries <a href="/wiki/Barisan_Nasional" title="Barisan Nasional">Barisan Nasional</a> (BN).<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The PH–BN alliance currently commands a <a href="/wiki/Supermajority" title="Supermajority">supermajority</a> in the State Legislative Assembly, controlling 29 out of the 40 seats. However, the election also saw the <a href="/wiki/Right-wing_politics" title="Right-wing politics">right-wing</a> <a href="/wiki/Perikatan_Nasional" title="Perikatan Nasional">Perikatan Nasional</a> (PN) opposition bloc gaining ground in the rural Malay-majority constituencies, occupying the remaining 11 seats in the legislature.<sup id="cite_ref-Hutchinson-2023_87-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hutchinson-2023-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="6"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DUN_Penang_2023.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/DUN_Penang_2023.svg/360px-DUN_Penang_2023.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/DUN_Penang_2023.svg/540px-DUN_Penang_2023.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/DUN_Penang_2023.svg/720px-DUN_Penang_2023.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2">Affiliation </th> <th rowspan="2">Coalition/Party Leader </th> <th rowspan="2">Status </th> <th colspan="2">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2023_Penang_state_election" title="2023 Penang state election">2023 election</a> </th> <th>Current </th></tr> <tr> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#CC2200; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;">&#160;</span><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#000080; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;">&#160;</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pakatan_Harapan" title="Pakatan Harapan">Pakatan Harapan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Barisan_Nasional" title="Barisan Nasional">Barisan Nasional</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chow_Kon_Yeow" title="Chow Kon Yeow">Chow Kon Yeow</a> </td> <td>Government </td> <td>29 </td> <td>29 </td></tr> <tr> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#031e61; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;">&#160;</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Perikatan_Nasional" title="Perikatan Nasional">Perikatan Nasional</a> </td> <td>Muhammad Fauzi Yusoff<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Opposition_(Malaysia)#State_Legislative_Assemblies" title="Opposition (Malaysia)">Opposition</a> </td> <td>11 </td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">Total </th> <th>40 </th> <th>40 </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">Government majority </th> <th>18 </th> <th>18 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_governments">Local governments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Local governments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Penang is further divided into two city-level municipalities, each administered by a <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Malaysia" title="Local government in Malaysia">local government</a>. The local governments exercise power in areas such as planning and development control, public housing, public spaces, waste disposal, business licensing, markets, local transport, and municipal roads.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Penang_Island_City_Council" title="Penang Island City Council">Penang Island City Council</a> (MBPP) administers the city of <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a>, which includes the entirety of <a href="/wiki/Penang_Island" title="Penang Island">Penang Island</a>. It is made up of a <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Penang_Island" title="Mayor of Penang Island">mayor</a>, a city secretary and 24 councillors.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Seberang_Perai_City_Council" title="Seberang Perai City Council">Seberang Perai City Council</a> (MBSP) is in charge of <a href="/wiki/Seberang_Perai" title="Seberang Perai">Seberang Perai</a>. Similar in structure to the MBPP, it also consists of a mayor, a city secretary and 24 councillors.</li></ul> <p>Penang is also divided into five administrative districts – two in George Town and three in Seberang Perai. Each district is headed by a district officer. The lands and district office in each district deals with land taxation, thus differing from local governments that manage urban administration and maintenance of infrastructure.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>After <a href="/wiki/Pakatan_Rakyat" title="Pakatan Rakyat">Pakatan Rakyat</a> was <a href="/wiki/2008_Penang_state_election" title="2008 Penang state election">voted into power in 2008</a>, the newly-elected state government attempted to reinstate local government elections within Penang, which have been suspended since the 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-Gooi-2022_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gooi-2022-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Abdullah-2023_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abdullah-2023-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At the time, the <a href="/wiki/Barisan_Nasional" title="Barisan Nasional">Barisan Nasional</a>-controlled <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Malaysia" title="Government of Malaysia">federal government</a> objected to the move, which eventually led to the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Court_of_Malaysia" title="Federal Court of Malaysia">Federal Court</a>'s decision that local government elections do not fall under the jurisdiction of state governments.<sup id="cite_ref-Gooi-2022_96-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gooi-2022-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Judiciary">Judiciary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Judiciary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Penang_High_Court_(I).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Penang_High_Court_%28I%29.jpg/250px-Penang_High_Court_%28I%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Penang_High_Court_%28I%29.jpg/330px-Penang_High_Court_%28I%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Penang_High_Court_%28I%29.jpg/500px-Penang_High_Court_%28I%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5110" data-file-height="3407" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Penang_High_Court" title="Penang High Court">Penang High Court</a> building in <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a> was built in 1903.<sup id="cite_ref-Hockton-2012_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hockton-2012-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The present-day <a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Malaysia" title="Judiciary of Malaysia">Malaysian judicial system</a> traces its roots to 19th-century <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Federal_Court_Malaysia-2016_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Federal_Court_Malaysia-2016-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1807, Penang was granted a <a href="/wiki/Royal_charter" title="Royal charter">Royal Charter</a> which paved the way for the establishment of a Supreme Court.<sup id="cite_ref-Ooi-2015_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ooi-2015-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the following year, the Supreme Court of Penang (now <a href="/wiki/Penang_High_Court" title="Penang High Court">Penang High Court</a>) was inaugurated at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Cornwallis" title="Fort Cornwallis">Fort Cornwallis</a> with the appointment of <a href="/wiki/Edmond_Stanley" title="Edmond Stanley">Edmond Stanley</a> as the first Recorder. </p><p>The Penang High Court serves as the highest court in the state. Notable lawyers who served the high court include <a href="/wiki/Tunku_Abdul_Rahman" title="Tunku Abdul Rahman">Tunku Abdul Rahman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cecil_Rajendra" title="Cecil Rajendra">Cecil Rajendra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Karpal_Singh" title="Karpal Singh">Karpal Singh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hockton-2012_99-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hockton-2012-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Borneo_Post-2014_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Borneo_Post-2014-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> There are also four Magistrates Courts and two Sessions Courts throughout Penang.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_relations">Foreign relations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Foreign relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Penang is home to the largest contingent of foreign diplomatic missions among <a href="/wiki/States_and_federal_territories_of_Malaysia" title="States and federal territories of Malaysia">Malaysian states</a>. As of 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>, a total of 27 countries have either established consulates or appointed honorary consuls within Penang.<sup id="cite_ref-Okt_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Okt-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Penang" title="Government of Penang">Penang state government</a> has also inked a sister state agreement with Japan's <a href="/wiki/Kanagawa_Prefecture" title="Kanagawa Prefecture">Kanagawa Prefecture</a> and a friendship state partnership with China's <a href="/wiki/Hainan" title="Hainan">Hainan Province</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Consulates">Consulates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Consulates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This list is based on information from the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Malaysia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Malaysia)">Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a>, unless otherwise cited.<sup id="cite_ref-Okt_104-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Okt-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Cope_Taufan_140618-F-XT249-549.jpg/330px-Cope_Taufan_140618-F-XT249-549.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Cope_Taufan_140618-F-XT249-549.jpg/500px-Cope_Taufan_140618-F-XT249-549.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4787" data-file-height="3186" /></a><figcaption>Fighter jets from the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Malaysian_Air_Force" title="Royal Malaysian Air Force">Royal Malaysian Air Force</a> (RMAF) and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> (USAF) over <a href="/wiki/RMAF_Butterworth_Air_Base" title="RMAF Butterworth Air Base">RMAF Butterworth Air Base</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1861, the <a href="/wiki/Penang_and_Province_Wellesley_Volunteer_Corps" title="Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps">Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps</a> (P&amp;PWVC) was established as the second <a href="/wiki/Volunteer_military" title="Volunteer military">volunteer military force</a> in <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Malaya" title="Federation of Malaya">Malaya</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Singapore_Volunteer_Corps" title="Singapore Volunteer Corps">Singapore Volunteer Corps</a>. Initially, the unit was exclusively formed by Europeans, with other races being barred until 1899.<sup id="cite_ref-Beckett-2005_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beckett-2005-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Over time, the P&amp;PWVC transformed into the 3rd Battalion of the <a href="/wiki/Straits_Settlements_Volunteer_Force" title="Straits Settlements Volunteer Force">Straits Settlements Volunteer Force</a> (SSVF) and by 1937, the unit also contained a European machine gun platoon, a Malay rifle company, a medical section and headquarters reserve. Although enlistment increased prior to the <a href="/wiki/Malayan_campaign" title="Malayan campaign">Japanese invasion of Malaya</a>, 3rd Battalion SSVF was eventually evacuated from Penang without engaging in any combat.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since independence, the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Malaysia" title="Government of Malaysia">Malaysian federal government</a> assumes sole responsibility for the country's defence.<sup id="cite_ref-Constitution_84-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Constitution-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Penang houses the <a href="/wiki/Malaysian_Army" title="Malaysian Army">Malaysian Army</a>'s 2nd Battalion of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Malay_Regiment" title="Royal Malay Regiment">Royal Malay Regiment</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rejimen_Askar_Wataniah" title="Rejimen Askar Wataniah">Rejimen 509 Askar Wataniah</a>, which traces its lineage back to the P&amp;PWVC.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Malaysian_Navy" title="Royal Malaysian Navy">Royal Malaysian Navy</a> maintains a volunteer reserve base in <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/RMAF_Butterworth_Air_Base" title="RMAF Butterworth Air Base">RMAF Butterworth Air Base</a> also serves as the headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/Five_Power_Defence_Arrangements" title="Five Power Defence Arrangements">Five Power Defence Arrangements</a> Integrated Area Defence System (HQIADS).<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The air base continues to host Australian air force and army units on a rotational basis, including <a href="/wiki/Rifle_Company_Butterworth" title="Rifle Company Butterworth">Rifle Company Butterworth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Calflier001_George_Town_Penang_aerial.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Calflier001_George_Town_Penang_aerial.jpg/200px-Calflier001_George_Town_Penang_aerial.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Calflier001_George_Town_Penang_aerial.jpg/300px-Calflier001_George_Town_Penang_aerial.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Calflier001_George_Town_Penang_aerial.jpg/400px-Calflier001_George_Town_Penang_aerial.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a> is physically separated from <a href="/wiki/Butterworth,_Penang" class="mw-redirect" title="Butterworth, Penang">Butterworth</a> (bottom) by the <a href="/wiki/Penang_Strait" title="Penang Strait">Penang Strait</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>With a land area of only 1,049&#160;km<sup>2</sup> (405&#160;sq&#160;mi), Penang is the second smallest <a href="/wiki/States_and_federal_territories_of_Malaysia" title="States and federal territories of Malaysia">state in Malaysia</a> after <a href="/wiki/Perlis" title="Perlis">Perlis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Penang_Institute-2020_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Penang_Institute-2020-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It is located on the northwestern coastline of Peninsular Malaysia, lying between latitudes 5.59° and 5.12°N, and longitudes 100.17° and 100.56°E. The state is divided into two major halves by the <a href="/wiki/Penang_Strait" title="Penang Strait">Penang Strait</a>, which is only 3&#160;km (1.9&#160;mi) wide at the narrowest point and 13&#160;km (8.1&#160;mi) at its widest.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Penang_Island" title="Penang Island">Penang Island</a>, a 295&#160;km<sup>2</sup> (114&#160;sq&#160;mi) island.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seberang_Perai" title="Seberang Perai">Seberang Perai</a>, a 748&#160;km<sup>2</sup> (289&#160;sq&#160;mi) hinterland on the <a href="/wiki/Malay_Peninsula" title="Malay Peninsula">Malay Peninsula</a>. It shares land borders with <a href="/wiki/Kedah" title="Kedah">Kedah</a> to the north and east, and <a href="/wiki/Perak" title="Perak">Perak</a> to the south.<sup id="cite_ref-Penang_Institute-2020_114-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Penang_Institute-2020-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The state capital, <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a>, encompasses the entirety of Penang Island and a few surrounding islets, including <a href="/wiki/Jerejak_Island" title="Jerejak Island">Jerejak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Betong_Island" title="Betong Island">Betong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kendi_Island" title="Kendi Island">Kendi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rimau_Island" title="Rimau Island">Rimau</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andaman_Island,_Penang" title="Andaman Island, Penang">Andaman</a> islands.<sup id="cite_ref-PICC_118-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PICC-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On the other hand, the city of Seberang Perai covers the mainland side of Penang.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="center"><div class="thumb tnone"><div class="thumbinner" style="position: relative; 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line-height: 120%; top: 151.28px; left: 370.1px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>35</b></div><div title="Teluk Air Tawar" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 148.8px; left: 320.1px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Teluk_Air_Tawar" title="Teluk Air Tawar">Teluk Air Tawar</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:311.1px;top:143px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Teluk_Air_Tawar" title="35 Teluk Air Tawar"><img alt="35 Teluk Air Tawar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:363.1px;top:142px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Teluk_Air_Tawar" title="35 Teluk Air Tawar"><img alt="35 Teluk Air Tawar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Tasek Gelugor" style="position:absolute;top:150.2px;left:527.5px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Tasek Gelugor" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 150.98px; left: 532px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>34</b></div><div title="Tasek Gelugor" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 148.5px; left: 577px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Tasek_Gelugor" title="Tasek Gelugor">Tasek Gelugor</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:568px;top:142.7px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Tasek_Gelugor" title="34 Tasek Gelugor"><img alt="34 Tasek Gelugor" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:525px;top:141.7px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Tasek_Gelugor" title="34 Tasek Gelugor"><img alt="34 Tasek Gelugor" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Sungai Jawi" style="position:absolute;top:562.1px;left:523.1px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Sungai Jawi" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 562.88px; left: 527.6px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>33</b></div><div title="Sungai Jawi" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 560.4px; left: 567.6px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Sungai_Jawi" title="Sungai Jawi">Sungai Jawi</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:558.6px;top:554.6px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sungai_Jawi" title="33 Sungai Jawi"><img alt="33 Sungai Jawi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:520.6px;top:553.6px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sungai_Jawi" title="33 Sungai Jawi"><img alt="33 Sungai Jawi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Sungai Bakap" style="position:absolute;top:528.6px;left:530.4px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Sungai Bakap" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 529.38px; left: 534.9px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>32</b></div><div title="Sungai Bakap" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 526.9px; left: 579.9px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Sungai_Bakap" title="Sungai Bakap">Sungai Bakap</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:570.9px;top:521.1px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sungai_Bakap" title="32 Sungai Bakap"><img alt="32 Sungai Bakap" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:527.9px;top:520.1px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sungai_Bakap" title="32 Sungai Bakap"><img alt="32 Sungai Bakap" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;top:273.7px;left:387.9px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Seberang Jaya" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 274.48px; left: 392.4px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>31</b></div><div title="Seberang Jaya" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 280px; left: 392.4px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Seberang_Jaya" title="Seberang Jaya">Seberang Jaya</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:383.4px;top:274.2px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Seberang_Jaya" title="31 Seberang Jaya"><img alt="31 Seberang Jaya" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:385.4px;top:265.2px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Seberang_Jaya" title="31 Seberang Jaya"><img alt="31 Seberang Jaya" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Permatang Pauh" style="position:absolute;top:251.9px;left:407.3px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Permatang Pauh" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 252.68px; left: 411.8px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>30</b></div><div title="Permatang Pauh" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 250.2px; left: 461.8px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Permatang_Pauh" title="Permatang Pauh">Permatang Pauh</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:452.8px;top:244.4px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Permatang_Pauh" title="30 Permatang Pauh"><img alt="30 Permatang Pauh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:404.8px;top:243.4px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Permatang_Pauh" title="30 Permatang Pauh"><img alt="30 Permatang Pauh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Perai" style="position:absolute;top:292px;left:358.5px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Perai" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 292.78px; left: 363px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>29</b></div><div title="Perai" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 290.3px; left: 343px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Perai" title="Perai">Perai</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:334px;top:284.5px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Perai" title="29 Perai"><img alt="29 Perai" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:356px;top:283.5px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Perai" title="29 Perai"><img alt="29 Perai" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;top:605.5px;left:504.2px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Nibong Tebal" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 606.28px; left: 508.7px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>28</b></div><div title="Nibong Tebal" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 615.8px; left: 508.7px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Nibong_Tebal" title="Nibong Tebal">Nibong Tebal</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:499.7px;top:610px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nibong_Tebal" title="28 Nibong Tebal"><img alt="28 Nibong Tebal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:501.7px;top:597px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nibong_Tebal" title="28 Nibong Tebal"><img alt="28 Nibong Tebal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;top:224.7px;left:377px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Mak Mandin" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 225.48px; left: 381.5px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>27</b></div><div title="Mak Mandin" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 213px; left: 381.5px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Mak_Mandin" title="Mak Mandin">Mak Mandin</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:372.5px;top:207.2px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mak_Mandin" title="27 Mak Mandin"><img alt="27 Mak Mandin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:374.5px;top:216.2px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mak_Mandin" title="27 Mak Mandin"><img alt="27 Mak Mandin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;top:94.2px;left:433.8px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Kepala Batas" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 94.98px; left: 438.3px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>26</b></div><div title="Kepala Batas" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 82.5px; left: 438.3px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Kepala_Batas,_Seberang_Perai" title="Kepala Batas, Seberang Perai">Kepala Batas</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:429.3px;top:76.7px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kepala_Batas,_Seberang_Perai" title="26 Kepala Batas"><img alt="26 Kepala Batas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:431.3px;top:85.7px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kepala_Batas,_Seberang_Perai" title="26 Kepala Batas"><img alt="26 Kepala Batas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Juru" style="position:absolute;top:359.4px;left:435.1px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Juru" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 360.18px; left: 439.6px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>25</b></div><div title="Juru" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 357.7px; left: 419.6px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Juru,_Malaysia" title="Juru, Malaysia">Juru</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:410.6px;top:351.9px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Juru,_Malaysia" title="25 Juru"><img alt="25 Juru" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:432.6px;top:350.9px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Juru,_Malaysia" title="25 Juru"><img alt="25 Juru" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Bukit Tengah" style="position:absolute;top:321.1px;left:421.4px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Bukit Tengah" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 321.88px; left: 425.9px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>24</b></div><div title="Bukit Tengah" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 321.4px; left: 386.9px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Bukit_Tengah" title="Bukit Tengah">Bukit Tengah</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:377.9px;top:315.6px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bukit_Tengah" title="24 Bukit Tengah"><img alt="24 Bukit Tengah" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:418.9px;top:312.6px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bukit_Tengah" title="24 Bukit Tengah"><img alt="24 Bukit Tengah" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Bukit Tambun" style="position:absolute;top:455.3px;left:480.6px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Bukit Tambun" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 456.08px; left: 485.1px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>23</b></div><div title="Bukit Tambun" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 453.6px; left: 445.1px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Bukit_Tambun" title="Bukit Tambun">Bukit Tambun</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:436.1px;top:447.8px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bukit_Tambun" title="23 Bukit Tambun"><img alt="23 Bukit Tambun" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:478.1px;top:446.8px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bukit_Tambun" title="23 Bukit Tambun"><img alt="23 Bukit Tambun" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Bukit Minyak" style="position:absolute;top:408.7px;left:466px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Bukit Minyak" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 409.48px; left: 470.5px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>22</b></div><div title="Bukit Minyak" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 407px; left: 510.5px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Bukit_Minyak" title="Bukit Minyak">Bukit Minyak</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:501.5px;top:401.2px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bukit_Minyak" title="22 Bukit Minyak"><img alt="22 Bukit Minyak" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:463.5px;top:400.2px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bukit_Minyak" title="22 Bukit Minyak"><img alt="22 Bukit Minyak" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Bukit Mertajam" style="position:absolute;top:319.7px;left:478.3px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Bukit Mertajam" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 320.48px; left: 482.8px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>21</b></div><div title="Bukit Mertajam" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 326px; left: 527.8px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Bukit_Mertajam" title="Bukit Mertajam">Bukit Mertajam</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:518.8px;top:320.2px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bukit_Mertajam" title="21 Bukit Mertajam"><img alt="21 Bukit Mertajam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:475.8px;top:311.2px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bukit_Mertajam" title="21 Bukit Mertajam"><img alt="21 Bukit Mertajam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Batu Kawan" style="position:absolute;top:515.5px;left:454.3px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Batu Kawan" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 516.28px; left: 458.8px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>20</b></div><div title="Batu Kawan" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 513.8px; left: 418.8px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Batu_Kawan" title="Batu Kawan">Batu Kawan</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:409.8px;top:508px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Batu_Kawan" title="20 Batu Kawan"><img alt="20 Batu Kawan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:451.8px;top:507px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Batu_Kawan" title="20 Batu Kawan"><img alt="20 Batu Kawan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;top:276.5px;left:342.1px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Butterworth" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 277.28px; left: 346.6px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>19</b></div><div title="Butterworth" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 264.8px; left: 346.6px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><a href="/wiki/Butterworth,_Seberang_Perai" title="Butterworth, Seberang Perai">Butterworth</a></b></div><div style="position:absolute;left:337.6px;top:259px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Butterworth,_Seberang_Perai" title="19 Butterworth"><img alt="19 Butterworth" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:339.6px;top:268px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Butterworth,_Seberang_Perai" title="19 Butterworth"><img alt="19 Butterworth" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Silicon Island" style="position:absolute;top:477.5px;left:202.7px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Silicon Island" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 478.28px; left: 207.2px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>18</b></div><div title="Silicon Island" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 475.8px; left: 177.2px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Silicon_Island" title="Silicon Island">Silicon I.</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:168.2px;top:470px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Silicon_Island" title="18 Silicon Island"><img alt="18 Silicon Island" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:200.2px;top:469px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Silicon_Island" title="18 Silicon Island"><img alt="18 Silicon Island" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;top:434.6px;left:155.4px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Teluk Kumbar" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 435.38px; left: 159.9px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>17</b></div><div title="Teluk Kumbar" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 444.9px; left: 159.9px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Teluk_Kumbar" title="Teluk Kumbar">Teluk Kumbar</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:150.9px;top:439.1px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Teluk_Kumbar" title="17 Teluk Kumbar"><img alt="17 Teluk Kumbar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:152.9px;top:426.1px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Teluk_Kumbar" title="17 Teluk Kumbar"><img alt="17 Teluk Kumbar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Teluk Bahang" style="position:absolute;top:186.2px;left:117.9px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Teluk Bahang" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 186.98px; left: 122.4px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>16</b></div><div title="Teluk Bahang" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 184.5px; left: 82.4px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Teluk_Bahang" title="Teluk Bahang">Teluk Bahang</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:73.4px;top:178.7px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Teluk_Bahang" title="16 Teluk Bahang"><img alt="16 Teluk Bahang" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:115.4px;top:177.7px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Teluk_Bahang" title="16 Teluk Bahang"><img alt="16 Teluk Bahang" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Tanjong Tokong" style="position:absolute;top:194.6px;left:252.9px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Tanjong Tokong" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 195.38px; left: 257.4px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>15</b></div><div title="Tanjong Tokong" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 192.9px; left: 212.4px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Tanjong_Tokong" title="Tanjong Tokong">Tanjong Tokong</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:203.4px;top:187.1px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Tanjong_Tokong" title="15 Tanjong Tokong"><img alt="15 Tanjong Tokong" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:250.4px;top:186.1px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Tanjong_Tokong" title="15 Tanjong Tokong"><img alt="15 Tanjong Tokong" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Tanjong Pinang" style="position:absolute;top:183.9px;left:260.7px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Tanjong Pinang" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 184.68px; left: 265.2px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>14</b></div><div title="Tanjong Pinang" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 182.2px; left: 315.2px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Tanjong_Pinang" title="Tanjong Pinang">Tanjong Pinang</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:306.2px;top:176.4px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Tanjong_Pinang" title="14 Tanjong Pinang"><img alt="14 Tanjong Pinang" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:258.2px;top:175.4px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Tanjong_Pinang" title="14 Tanjong Pinang"><img alt="14 Tanjong Pinang" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;top:173.9px;left:221.7px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Tanjong Bungah" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 174.68px; left: 226.2px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>13</b></div><div title="Tanjong Bungah" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 162.2px; left: 226.2px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Tanjong_Bungah" title="Tanjong Bungah">Tanjong Bungah</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:217.2px;top:156.4px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Tanjong_Bungah" title="13 Tanjong Bungah"><img alt="13 Tanjong Bungah" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:219.2px;top:165.4px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Tanjong_Bungah" title="13 Tanjong Bungah"><img alt="13 Tanjong Bungah" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Relau" style="position:absolute;top:366.2px;left:203.8px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Relau" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 366.98px; left: 208.3px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>12</b></div><div title="Relau" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 364.5px; left: 188.3px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Relau" title="Relau">Relau</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:179.3px;top:358.7px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Relau" title="12 Relau"><img alt="12 Relau" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:201.3px;top:357.7px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Relau" title="12 Relau"><img alt="12 Relau" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Penang Hill" style="position:absolute;top:233.6px;left:199.8px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Penang Hill" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 234.38px; left: 204.3px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>11</b></div><div title="Penang Hill" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 231.9px; left: 169.3px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Penang_Hill" title="Penang Hill">Penang Hill</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:160.3px;top:226.1px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Penang_Hill" title="11 Penang Hill"><img alt="11 Penang Hill" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:197.3px;top:225.1px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Penang_Hill" title="11 Penang Hill"><img alt="11 Penang Hill" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Paya Terubong" style="position:absolute;top:309px;left:215.5px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Paya Terubong" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 309.78px; left: 220px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>10</b></div><div title="Paya Terubong" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 307.3px; left: 175px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Paya_Terubong" title="Paya Terubong">Paya Terubong</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:166px;top:301.5px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Paya_Terubong" title="10 Paya Terubong"><img alt="10 Paya Terubong" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:213px;top:300.5px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Paya_Terubong" title="10 Paya Terubong"><img alt="10 Paya Terubong" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Pantai Acheh" style="position:absolute;top:243px;left:94.5px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Pantai Acheh" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 243.78px; left: 99px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>9</b></div><div title="Pantai Acheh" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 241.3px; left: 59px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Pantai_Acheh" title="Pantai Acheh">Pantai Acheh</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:50px;top:235.5px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Pantai_Acheh" title="9 Pantai Acheh"><img alt="9 Pantai Acheh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:92px;top:234.5px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Pantai_Acheh" title="9 Pantai Acheh"><img alt="9 Pantai Acheh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Jelutong" style="position:absolute;top:283.2px;left:263.9px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Jelutong" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 283.98px; left: 268.4px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>8</b></div><div title="Jelutong" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 281.5px; left: 298.4px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Jelutong,_Penang" title="Jelutong, Penang">Jelutong</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:289.4px;top:275.7px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Jelutong,_Penang" title="8 Jelutong"><img alt="8 Jelutong" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:261.4px;top:274.7px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Jelutong,_Penang" title="8 Jelutong"><img alt="8 Jelutong" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Gertak Sanggul" style="position:absolute;top:440.8px;left:91px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Gertak Sanggul" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 441.58px; left: 95.5px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>7</b></div><div title="Gertak Sanggul" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 439.1px; left: 45.5px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Gertak_Sanggul" title="Gertak Sanggul">Gertak Sanggul</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:36.5px;top:433.3px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Gertak_Sanggul" title="7 Gertak Sanggul"><img alt="7 Gertak Sanggul" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:88.5px;top:432.3px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Gertak_Sanggul" title="7 Gertak Sanggul"><img alt="7 Gertak Sanggul" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Gelugor" style="position:absolute;top:314.7px;left:254px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Gelugor" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 315.48px; left: 258.5px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>6</b></div><div title="Gelugor" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 313px; left: 288.5px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Gelugor" title="Gelugor">Gelugor</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:279.5px;top:307.2px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Gelugor" title="6 Gelugor"><img alt="6 Gelugor" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:251.5px;top:306.2px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Gelugor" title="6 Gelugor"><img alt="6 Gelugor" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Bayan Lepas" style="position:absolute;top:439.5px;left:196.6px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Bayan Lepas" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 440.28px; left: 201.1px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>5</b></div><div title="Bayan Lepas" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 437.8px; left: 241.1px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Bayan_Lepas" title="Bayan Lepas">Bayan Lepas</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:232.1px;top:432px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bayan_Lepas" title="5 Bayan Lepas"><img alt="5 Bayan Lepas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:194.1px;top:431px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bayan_Lepas" title="5 Bayan Lepas"><img alt="5 Bayan Lepas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Batu Ferringhi" style="position:absolute;top:169.7px;left:160.8px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Batu Ferringhi" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 170.48px; left: 165.3px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>4</b></div><div title="Batu Ferringhi" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 158px; left: 130.3px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Batu_Ferringhi" title="Batu Ferringhi">Batu Ferringhi</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:121.3px;top:152.2px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Batu_Ferringhi" title="4 Batu Ferringhi"><img alt="4 Batu Ferringhi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:158.3px;top:161.2px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Batu_Ferringhi" title="4 Batu Ferringhi"><img alt="4 Batu Ferringhi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Balik Pulau" style="position:absolute;top:342.2px;left:148.2px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Balik Pulau" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 342.98px; left: 152.7px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>3</b></div><div title="Balik Pulau" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 340.5px; left: 117.7px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Balik_Pulau" title="Balik Pulau">Balik Pulau</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:108.7px;top:334.7px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Balik_Pulau" title="3 Balik Pulau"><img alt="3 Balik Pulau" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:145.7px;top:333.7px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Balik_Pulau" title="3 Balik Pulau"><img alt="3 Balik Pulau" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Ayer Itam" style="position:absolute;top:266.9px;left:213.3px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Ayer Itam" style="position:absolute; line-height: 120%; top: 267.68px; left: 217.8px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent;transform: translateX(-50%); font-size: 6.75px;"><b>2</b></div><div title="Ayer Itam" style="position:absolute; font-size: 12px; padding:0px 3px;line-height: 120%; top: 265.2px; left: 187.8px; color: #444433; width: max-content; background-color: transparent;text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) ; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="/wiki/Ayer_Itam" title="Ayer Itam">Ayer Itam</a></div><div style="position:absolute;left:178.8px;top:259.4px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ayer_Itam" title="2 Ayer Itam"><img alt="2 Ayer Itam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/18px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/27px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/36px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div style="position:absolute;left:210.8px;top:258.4px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ayer_Itam" title="2 Ayer Itam"><img alt="2 Ayer Itam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/14px-Transparent_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/21px-Transparent_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Transparent_square.svg/28px-Transparent_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="12" data-file-height="12" /></a></span></div><div title="Downtown George Town" style="position:absolute;top:248.1px;left:287.1px;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background-color:#000000;color:inherit"></div><div title="Downtown George Town" style="position:absolute; 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padding:1px 4px;border-radius:8px;border: 0.5px solid black;background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:88%;font-weight:bold">2</div> <a href="/wiki/Ayer_Itam" title="Ayer Itam">Ayer Itam</a><br /><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:110%;vertical-align:middle; padding:1px 4px;border-radius:8px;border: 0.5px solid black;background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:88%;font-weight:bold">3</div> <a href="/wiki/Balik_Pulau" title="Balik Pulau">Balik Pulau</a><br /><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:110%;vertical-align:middle; padding:1px 4px;border-radius:8px;border: 0.5px solid black;background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:88%;font-weight:bold">4</div> <a href="/wiki/Batu_Ferringhi" title="Batu Ferringhi">Batu Ferringhi</a><br /><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:110%;vertical-align:middle; padding:1px 4px;border-radius:8px;border: 0.5px solid black;background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:88%;font-weight:bold">5</div> <a href="/wiki/Bayan_Lepas" title="Bayan Lepas">Bayan Lepas</a><br /><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:110%;vertical-align:middle; 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padding:1px 4px;border-radius:8px;border: 0.5px solid black;background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:88%;font-weight:bold">34</div> <a href="/wiki/Tasek_Gelugor" title="Tasek Gelugor">Tasek Gelugor</a><br /><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:110%;vertical-align:middle; padding:1px 4px;border-radius:8px;border: 0.5px solid black;background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:88%;font-weight:bold">35</div> <a href="/wiki/Teluk_Air_Tawar" title="Teluk Air Tawar">Teluk Air Tawar</a><br /></div></div></div></div></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Topography">Topography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17" title="Edit section: Topography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Andaman_Island_in_George_Town,_Penang_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Andaman_Island_in_George_Town%2C_Penang_2024.jpg/220px-Andaman_Island_in_George_Town%2C_Penang_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Andaman_Island_in_George_Town%2C_Penang_2024.jpg/330px-Andaman_Island_in_George_Town%2C_Penang_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Andaman_Island_in_George_Town%2C_Penang_2024.jpg/440px-Andaman_Island_in_George_Town%2C_Penang_2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7816" data-file-height="5862" /></a><figcaption>The ongoing <a href="/wiki/Andaman_Island,_Penang" title="Andaman Island, Penang">Andaman Island</a> reclamation project in <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a> <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;">&#8201;2024</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Land_reclamation" title="Land reclamation">Reclamation</a> allows the creation of valuable land for urban development, particularly in land-scarce Penang.<sup id="cite_ref-Ramly-2008_121-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ramly-2008-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Penang Island is irregularly shaped, with a hilly and mostly forested interior. The island's coastal plains are narrow, with the most extensive plain located at the northeastern cape.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> George Town, which started off as a small settlement at the northeastern tip of the island, has expanded over the centuries to encompass the entire island, although the marshy western coast remains relatively underdeveloped.<sup id="cite_ref-Chau-2005_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chau-2005-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The highest point of the state is <a href="/wiki/Penang_Hill" title="Penang Hill">Penang Hill</a>, which stands at a height of 833&#160;m (2,733&#160;ft) at the centre of the island. On the other hand, Seberang Perai has mostly flat topography, save for a hilly region along the eastern border with Kedah.<sup id="cite_ref-Rahman-2000b_124-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rahman-2000b-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Due to land scarcity in George Town, <a href="/wiki/Land_reclamation" title="Land reclamation">land reclamation</a> projects have been undertaken at high-demand areas, particularly along the island's east coast.<sup id="cite_ref-Ramly-2008_121-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ramly-2008-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Chee-2017_125-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chee-2017-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2023, a massive reclamation project commenced off the city's southern coast to build the 920&#160;ha (2,300-acre) <a href="/wiki/Silicon_Island" title="Silicon Island">Silicon Island</a>, envisioned as a new hub for high-tech manufacturing and commerce.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Following years of reclamation works, the <a href="/wiki/Gurney_Drive,_George_Town" title="Gurney Drive, George Town">Gurney Drive</a> shoreline is also being transformed into <a href="/wiki/Gurney_Bay" title="Gurney Bay">Gurney Bay</a>, intended as "a new iconic waterfront destination for Penang".<sup id="cite_ref-Opalyn_Mok-2016_127-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Opalyn_Mok-2016-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The major rivers within Penang include the <a href="/wiki/Pinang_River_(Penang)" title="Pinang River (Penang)">Pinang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perai_River" title="Perai River">Perai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muda_River" title="Muda River">Muda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kerian_River" title="Kerian River">Kerian</a> rivers. The Muda River serves as the northern border between Seberang Perai and <a href="/wiki/Kedah" title="Kedah">Kedah</a>, while the Kerian River forms part of the southern boundary between Seberang Perai, Kedah and <a href="/wiki/Perak" title="Perak">Perak</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rahman-2000a_128-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rahman-2000a-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=18" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Penang <a href="/wiki/Bayan_Lepas" title="Bayan Lepas">(Bayan Lepas)</a> (1961-1990) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF4400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.6<br />(88.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.2<br />(90.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.2<br />(90.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.9<br />(89.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.6<br />(88.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.4<br />(88.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.0<br />(87.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.9<br />(87.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.4<br />(86.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.4<br />(86.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.7<br />(87.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.1<br />(88.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">31.3<br />(88.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF6400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.9<br />(80.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.4<br />(81.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.6<br />(81.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.7<br />(81.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.6<br />(81.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.3<br />(81.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.9<br />(80.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.8<br />(80.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.5<br />(79.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.4<br />(79.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.5<br />(79.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.7<br />(80.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">27.0<br />(80.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.2<br />(73.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.5<br />(74.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.7<br />(74.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.1<br />(75.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.2<br />(75.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.8<br />(74.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(74.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(74.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.2<br />(73.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.3<br />(73.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.3<br />(73.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(74.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">23.5<br />(74.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #98FF98; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.7<br />(2.70) </td> <td style="background: #89FF89; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.7<br />(2.82) </td> <td style="background: #24FF24; color:#000000;" class="notheme">146.4<br />(5.76) </td> <td style="background: #00AA00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">220.5<br />(8.68) </td> <td style="background: #00CE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">203.4<br />(8.01) </td> <td style="background: #00EB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">178.0<br />(7.01) </td> <td style="background: #00DF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">192.1<br />(7.56) </td> <td style="background: #009400; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">242.4<br />(9.54) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">356.1<br />(14.02) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">383.0<br />(15.08) </td> <td style="background: #009900; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">231.8<br />(9.13) </td> <td style="background: #55FF55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">113.5<br />(4.47) </td> <td style="background: #00CD00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,407.6<br />(94.79) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #C1C1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #ADADFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9 </td> <td style="background: #4C4CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14 </td> <td style="background: #5252FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14 </td> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11 </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12 </td> <td style="background: #5252FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14 </td> <td style="background: #1919FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">18 </td> <td style="background: #1414FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">19 </td> <td style="background: #3F3FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15 </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9 </td> <td style="background: #6666FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">146 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">248.8 </td> <td style="background: #E4E400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">233.2 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">235.3 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">224.5 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">203.6 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">202.4 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">205.5 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">188.8 </td> <td style="background: #CBCB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">161.0 </td> <td style="background: #CDCD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">170.2 </td> <td style="background: #D4D400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">182.1 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">209.0 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,464.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: NOAA<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA2_129-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA2-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div><p>Penang has a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_rainforest_climate" title="Tropical rainforest climate">tropical rainforest climate</a> under the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> (<i>Af</i>). The state experiences relatively consistent temperatures throughout the course of the year, with an average high of about 32&#160;°C and an average low of 24°C.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Penang's proximity to <a href="/wiki/Sumatra" title="Sumatra">Sumatra</a> makes it susceptible to dust particles carried by wind from transient forest fires that create the perennial <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asian_haze" title="Southeast Asian haze">Southeast Asian haze</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Penang Meteorological Office at <a href="/wiki/Bayan_Lepas" title="Bayan Lepas">Bayan Lepas</a> is the primary weather forecast facility for northwestern Malaysia.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nature">Nature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=19" title="Edit section: Nature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In spite of rapid urbanisation, Penang has managed to preserve a significant portion of its natural environment. Within the state, 7,761&#160;ha (77.61&#160;km<sup>2</sup>) have been designated as protected forest reserves.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2021, the 12,481&#160;ha (124.81&#160;km<sup>2</sup>) Penang Hill Biosphere Reserve was designated a <a href="/wiki/World_Network_of_Biosphere_Reserves" title="World Network of Biosphere Reserves">UNESCO Biosphere Reserve</a> in recognition of the area's biodiversity.<sup id="cite_ref-UNESCO-2022_134-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNESCO-2022-134"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The gazetted nature reserve includes the <a href="/wiki/Penang_National_Park" title="Penang National Park">Penang National Park</a>, which covers 2,562&#160;ha (25.62&#160;km<sup>2</sup>) of the northwestern tip of the island.<sup id="cite_ref-Vimal-2022_135-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vimal-2022-135"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hong-2010_136-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hong-2010-136"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It has been identified as one of the state's ecotourism destinations, alongside the <a href="/wiki/Penang_Botanic_Gardens" title="Penang Botanic Gardens">Penang Botanic Gardens</a> and the Tropical Spice Garden.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=20" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Penang" title="Economy of Penang">Economy of Penang</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox" style="width:26.0em;padding:0;"><caption class="infobox-title adr">Economy of <span class="country-name">Penang</span></caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lightblue;">Statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a></th><td class="infobox-data">US$28.016 billion <span style="font-size: 85%;">(2023)</span><sup id="cite_ref-GDP_by_state_2024_138-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GDP_by_state_2024-138"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">GDP growth</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3.3% <span style="font-size: 85%;">(2023)</span><sup id="cite_ref-GDP_by_state_2024_138-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GDP_by_state_2024-138"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">GDP per capita</div></th><td class="infobox-data">US$15,814 <span style="font-size: 85%;">(2023)</span><sup id="cite_ref-GDP_by_state_2024_138-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GDP_by_state_2024-138"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Gini_coefficient" title="Gini coefficient"><span class="wrap">Gini coefficient</span></a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">0.371 <span style="font-size: 85%;">(2022)</span><sup id="cite_ref-dosm2024_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dosm2024-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">Human Development Index</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">0.839 <span style="font-size: 85%;">(2023)</span><sup id="cite_ref-MHDI_2024_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MHDI_2024-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Labour force</div></th><td class="infobox-data">71.3% (participation rate in 2023)<sup id="cite_ref-dosm2024_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dosm2024-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Unemployment</th><td class="infobox-data">2.2% <span style="font-size: 85%;">(2023)</span><sup id="cite_ref-dosm2024_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dosm2024-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lightblue;">External</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_direct_investment" title="Foreign direct investment">FDI</a> stock</div></th><td class="infobox-data">US$13.4 billion <span style="font-size: 85%;">(2023)</span><sup id="cite_ref-mida23_139-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mida23-139"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lightblue;">Public finances</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_government_debt" title="List of countries by government debt"><span class="wrap">Government debt</span></a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">US$9.93 million<sup id="cite_ref-Mashut-2017_140-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mashut-2017-140"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="background:lightblue;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.25em;padding:0.2em;"> <i>All values, unless otherwise stated, are in <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US dollars</a>.</i></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1279587269">.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie{display:none;position:relative;width:100px;height:100px;border-radius:50%;background-color:yellowgreen;color:black;border:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie div{position:absolute;transform-origin:left bottom;background-color:#655;color:black;top:0;left:50%;width:50%;height:50%;border-radius:0 500%0 0}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie .pie50{transform-origin:left center;height:100%;border-radius:0 100%100%0/50%}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie .pie12-5{clip-path:polygon(0%0%,100%0%,0 100%)}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie .pie5{clip-path:polygon(0%0%,32.49197%0%,0 100%)}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie .pie7{clip-path:polygon(0%0%,47.056428%0%,0 100%)}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie .pie1{clip-path:polygon(0%0%,6.2914667%0%,0 100%)}@supports(clip-path:circle(50%)){.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie{display:block}}.mw-parser-output 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.smooth-pie-container{align-items:center}body.mw-mf .mw-parser-output .thumbinner .smooth-pie-legend-container{font-size:0.8125rem;line-height:1.5;color:var(--color-subtle,#54595d)}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .thumbinner .smooth-pie-legend{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fill,minmax(190px,1fr));gap:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .thumbinner .smooth-pie-footer{margin-top:.5em}}</style> <div class="pie-thumb thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="smooth-pie-container" style=""> <div class="smooth-pie-legend-container"><div class="smooth-pie-caption">Economic sectors in Penang by GDP share (2023)<sup id="cite_ref-GDP_by_state_2024_138-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GDP_by_state_2024-138"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></div> <ol class="smooth-pie-legend"> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:red;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label">Services (48%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:green;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label">Manufacturing (46.5%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:blue;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label">Construction (2.9%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:yellow;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label">Agriculture (1.9%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:orange;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label">Mining (0.1%)</span></li> </ol> </div> <div class="smooth-pie" style="width:200px;height:200px;background:#FEFDFD;color:#000;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;" title="Other (0.60%)" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="pie25" style="background:red;color:#000" title="Services (48%)"></div> <div class="pie25" style="background:red;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.230turn)" title="Services (48%)"></div> <div class="pie25" style="background:green;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.480turn)" title="Manufacturing (46.5%)"></div> <div class="pie25" style="background:green;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.695turn)" title="Manufacturing (46.5%)"></div> <div style="transform: rotate(0.945turn); background:blue;color:#000; clip-path: polygon(0% 0%, 18.42560853% 0%, 0 100%)" title="Construction (2.9%)"></div> <div style="transform: rotate(0.974turn); background:yellow;color:#000; clip-path: polygon(0% 0%, 11.99508981% 0%, 0 100%)" title="Agriculture (1.9%)"></div> <div style="transform: rotate(0.993turn); background:orange;color:#000; clip-path: polygon(0% 0%, 0.62832680% 0%, 0 100%)" title="Mining (0.1%)"></div> </div> </div></div></div> <p>Despite its small size, Penang has one of the most robust economies in Malaysia.<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The state's <a href="/wiki/Tertiary_sector_of_the_economy" title="Tertiary sector of the economy">tertiary-based economy</a> is largely driven by the manufacturing and services sectors.<sup id="cite_ref-Stats-Malaysia-2022_142-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stats-Malaysia-2022-142"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2023, Penang's <a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a> was worth nearly RM128.593 billion (US$28.016 billion) with a growth rate of 3.3%.<sup id="cite_ref-GDP_by_state_2024_138-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GDP_by_state_2024-138"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Penang's GDP per capita of RM72,586 (US$15,814) was the highest among <a href="/wiki/States_and_federal_territories_of_Malaysia" title="States and federal territories of Malaysia">Malaysian states</a>, surpassing the <a href="/wiki/World_Bank" title="World Bank">World Bank</a>'s threshold of US$14,005 to be considered a <a href="/wiki/World_Bank_high-income_economy" title="World Bank high-income economy">high-income economy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GDP_by_state_2024_138-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GDP_by_state_2024-138"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wb_143-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wb-143"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In addition, the <a href="/wiki/George_Town_Conurbation" title="George Town Conurbation">George Town Conurbation</a> had a GDP worth US$30 billion in 2020, making it the second largest <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_economy" title="Metropolitan economy">metropolitan economy</a> in Malaysia after the <a href="/wiki/Klang_Valley" title="Klang Valley">Klang Valley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GDPdistrict_144-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GDPdistrict-144"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_145-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-145"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-146"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Penang contributed approximately RM7 billion (US$1.69 billion) of Malaysia's yearly tax revenue and consistently records one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation – at 2.2% as of 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-dosm2024_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dosm2024-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Opalyn_Mok-2023a_147-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Opalyn_Mok-2023a-147"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ong-2017_148-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ong-2017-148"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Average monthly salaries rose to RM3,557 (US$859.18), the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Malaysian_states_by_mean_wage_and_median_wage#Mean_salary_map" title="List of Malaysian states by mean wage and median wage">second highest among Malaysian states</a> after <a href="/wiki/Selangor" title="Selangor">Selangor</a>, while labour force participation rate increased to 71.3% from 70.1% in the previous year.<sup id="cite_ref-dosm2024_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dosm2024-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Penang is the top destination in Malaysia for foreign investors, capturing US$13.4 billion – or nearly 33% – of the country's inbound <a href="/wiki/Foreign_direct_investment" title="Foreign direct investment">foreign direct investments</a> (FDI) in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-mida23_139-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mida23-139"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>, the bulk of Penang's FDI originated from the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands" title="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dosm2024_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dosm2024-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The state has also attracted hundreds of <a href="/wiki/Multinational_corporation" title="Multinational corporation">multinational corporations</a> (MNCs) to its shores and plays a growing role in the global electronics supply chain, holding a share of more than 5% in the world's semiconductor sales.<sup id="cite_ref-Parker-2018_150-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parker-2018-150"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Penang is concurrently <a href="/wiki/List_of_Malaysian_states_and_municipalities_by_exports" title="List of Malaysian states and municipalities by exports">Malaysia's largest exporter</a>, accounting for over RM447 billion (US$107.97 billion) – or 31% – of the country's exports in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-Trade_statistics_2024_152-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trade_statistics_2024-152"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The services sector has been growing in tandem as well, with Penang being the second most popular hub in Malaysia for Global Business Services (GBS) and the financial heart of the country's northwestern region, complemented by the state's traditional popularity as a destination for tourism, <a href="/wiki/MICE_tourism" title="MICE tourism">business events</a> and health care.<sup id="cite_ref-Opalyn_Mok-2018_153-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Opalyn_Mok-2018-153"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Penang's economic renaissance, particularly since 2008, was described by <a href="/wiki/Bloomberg_L.P." title="Bloomberg L.P.">Bloomberg</a> as Malaysia's "biggest economic success", in spite of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Malaysia" title="Government of Malaysia">federal government</a>'s focus on other states such as Johor and Sarawak.<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Penang" title="Government of Penang">Penang state government</a> has also managed to pare down public debt to RM41.1 million (US$9.93 million) by 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-Mashut-2017_140-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mashut-2017-140"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In addition, Penang's <a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">Human Development Index</a> (HDI) value increased to 0.839 as of 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Malaysian_states_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of Malaysian states by Human Development Index">the highest of all Malaysian states</a> excluding the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Territories_of_Malaysia" title="Federal Territories of Malaysia">federal territories</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MHDI_2024_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MHDI_2024-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The booming economy has also led to a considerable interest in real estate in Penang. In 2016, <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a> was ranked Malaysia's most attractive destination for commercial property investment by <a href="/wiki/Knight_Frank" title="Knight Frank">Knight Frank</a>, surpassing even Kuala Lumpur.<sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2023, Penang's residential market was ranked the second most popular in <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a> after Singapore.<sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manufacturing">Manufacturing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=21" title="Edit section: Manufacturing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bayan_Lepas_Free_Industrial_Zone_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Bayan_Lepas_Free_Industrial_Zone_2023.jpg/250px-Bayan_Lepas_Free_Industrial_Zone_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Bayan_Lepas_Free_Industrial_Zone_2023.jpg/330px-Bayan_Lepas_Free_Industrial_Zone_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Bayan_Lepas_Free_Industrial_Zone_2023.jpg/500px-Bayan_Lepas_Free_Industrial_Zone_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8064" data-file-height="6048" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bayan_Lepas_Free_Industrial_Zone" title="Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone">Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone</a>, known as the <i>Silicon Valley of the East</i>, was the first designated <a href="/wiki/Free-trade_zone" title="Free-trade zone">free-trade zone</a> in post-independence Malaysia and is now a major electronics manufacturing hub.<sup id="cite_ref-Parker-2018_150-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parker-2018-150"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure><p>In the early years following Malaya's independence, Penang's industrialisation efforts were limited to <a href="/wiki/Import_substitution_industrialization" title="Import substitution industrialization">import substitution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Athukorala-2012_74-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Athukorala-2012-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This was when <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a> still enjoyed its free port status.<sup id="cite_ref-Goh-2014_50-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goh-2014-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The first industrial estates were built in the 1960s at <a href="/wiki/Mak_Mandin" title="Mak Mandin">Mak Mandin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Perai" title="Perai">Perai</a> during the tenure of Penang's first <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Penang" title="Chief Minister of Penang">Chief Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Wong_Pow_Nee" title="Wong Pow Nee">Wong Pow Nee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, the revocation of George Town's free port status and the fall of Wong's administration in 1969 marked a turning point in Penang's economic fortunes.<sup id="cite_ref-Goh-2014_50-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goh-2014-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Athukorala-2012_74-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Athukorala-2012-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Wong's successor, <a href="/wiki/Lim_Chong_Eu" title="Lim Chong Eu">Lim Chong Eu</a>, initiated a massive transformation of Penang's economy.<sup id="cite_ref-Athukorala-2012_74-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Athukorala-2012-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Bayan_Lepas_Free_Industrial_Zone" title="Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone">Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone</a> (Bayan Lepas FIZ) in <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a> was established in 1972, followed by the <a href="/wiki/Perai_Free_Industrial_Zone" title="Perai Free Industrial Zone">Perai Free Industrial Zone</a> (Perai FIZ) in 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-Athukorala-2012_74-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Athukorala-2012-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nijkamp_160-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nijkamp-160"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The zones played a critical role in reviving Penang's economy and driving the state's economic growth in the late 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-Ooi-2009_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ooi-2009-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ooi-2010_76-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ooi-2010-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Penang" title="Government of Penang">Penang state government</a> has since embarked on building newer industrial parks within <a href="/wiki/Seberang_Perai" title="Seberang Perai">Seberang Perai</a> where land is more readily available, such as at <a href="/wiki/Seberang_Jaya" title="Seberang Jaya">Seberang Jaya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bukit_Minyak" title="Bukit Minyak">Bukit Minyak</a> and <a href="/wiki/Batu_Kawan" title="Batu Kawan">Batu Kawan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MIDA-2021_161-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MIDA-2021-161"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Penang's manufacturing sector attracted US$13.1 billion of <a href="/wiki/Foreign_direct_investment" title="Foreign direct investment">foreign direct investments</a> (FDI) in 2023, accounting for almost 47% of Malaysia's total that year.<sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Among the hundreds of MNCs with manufacturing operations in Penang are <a href="/wiki/Technology_company" title="Technology company">technology firms</a> such as <a href="/wiki/AMD" title="AMD">AMD</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bosch_(company)" title="Bosch (company)">Bosch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Broadcom" title="Broadcom">Broadcom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dell" title="Dell">Dell</a>, <a href="/wiki/HP_Inc." title="HP Inc.">HP Inc.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Intel" title="Intel">Intel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Motorola" title="Motorola">Motorola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Osram_Opto_Semiconductors_GmbH" title="Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH">Osram</a> and <a href="/wiki/Renesas_Electronics" title="Renesas Electronics">Renesas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MIDA-20212_165-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MIDA-20212-165"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times">Financial Times</a> in 2024, Penang is well-positioned to benefit from the ongoing <a href="/wiki/China%E2%80%93United_States_trade_war" title="China–United States trade war">China–United States trade war</a>, as restrictions push businesses to adopt the <a href="/wiki/China_Plus_One" title="China Plus One">China Plus One</a> strategy.<sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Services">Services</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=22" title="Edit section: Services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Skyline_of_George_Town,_Penang_at_night_January_2025_02-01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Skyline_of_George_Town%2C_Penang_at_night_January_2025_02-01.jpg/250px-Skyline_of_George_Town%2C_Penang_at_night_January_2025_02-01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Skyline_of_George_Town%2C_Penang_at_night_January_2025_02-01.jpg/330px-Skyline_of_George_Town%2C_Penang_at_night_January_2025_02-01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Skyline_of_George_Town%2C_Penang_at_night_January_2025_02-01.jpg/500px-Skyline_of_George_Town%2C_Penang_at_night_January_2025_02-01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7979" data-file-height="5984" /></a><figcaption>Skyscrapers along <a href="/wiki/Gurney_Drive,_George_Town" title="Gurney Drive, George Town">Gurney Drive</a>, part of <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a>'s <a href="/wiki/George_Town_Central_Business_District,_Penang" title="George Town Central Business District, Penang">Central Business District</a> (CBD).</figcaption></figure> <p>The services sector contributed 48% of Penang's GDP as of 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup> and employed almost <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac"><span class="num">3</span>&#8260;<span class="den">5</span></span> of the state's workforce.<sup id="cite_ref-dosm2024_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dosm2024-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GDP_by_state_2024_138-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GDP_by_state_2024-138"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a> is the commercial hub of northern Malaysia.<sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>, finance and ancillary services contributed 9% of Penang's GDP.<sup id="cite_ref-GDP_by_state_2024_138-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GDP_by_state_2024-138"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Penang_International_Airport" title="Penang International Airport">Penang International Airport</a> (PIA) is the country's third busiest and in 2023, handled RM365 billion (US$93 billion) worth of exports, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Malaysian_states_and_municipalities_by_exports#Exports_by_city_and_municipality" title="List of Malaysian states and municipalities by exports">highest of all entry points nationwide</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dept_Statistics_Malaysia-2023_170-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dept_Statistics_Malaysia-2023-170"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2024, the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Penang" title="Port of Penang">Port of Penang</a> processed over 1.4 million <a href="/wiki/Twenty-foot_equivalent_unit" title="Twenty-foot equivalent unit">TEUs</a> of cargo, the third highest among Malaysia's seaports.<sup id="cite_ref-Ministry_of_Transport_2024_171-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ministry_of_Transport_2024-171"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_172-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-172"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Traditionally one of Malaysia's most popular tourist destinations, Penang has embarked on <a href="/wiki/Economic_diversity" title="Economic diversity">economic diversification</a> by expanding its tourism offerings in areas such as <a href="/wiki/Medical_tourism" title="Medical tourism">health care</a>, <a href="/wiki/MICE_tourism" title="MICE tourism">business events</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ecotourism" title="Ecotourism">ecotourism</a> and cruise arrivals.<sup id="cite_ref-Penang_state_govt-2021b_173-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Penang_state_govt-2021b-173"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Penang is the leading destination in Malaysia for <a href="/wiki/Medical_tourism" title="Medical tourism">medical tourism</a>, as well as the country's second most popular destination for meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) after Kuala Lumpur.<sup id="cite_ref-Mulyanto-2023_174-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mulyanto-2023-174"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The state's retail sector is characterised by a diverse range of establishments, including modern shopping malls and traditional shophouses that specialise in local delicacies and produce.<sup id="cite_ref-Mui-20032_177-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mui-20032-177"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ng-20062_178-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ng-20062-178"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Penang is also a major hub for <a href="/wiki/Outsourcing" title="Outsourcing">shared services and outsourcing</a> (SSO). By 2016, the state attracted RM4.1 billion of investments for global business services (GBS), the second largest share in the country after Kuala Lumpur.<sup id="cite_ref-Opalyn_Mok-2018a_179-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Opalyn_Mok-2018a-179"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Offshoring" title="Offshoring">offshore</a> expansion of multinational firms to Penang has led to the creation of thousands of jobs and an increased demand for new office spaces within the state.<sup id="cite_ref-Opalyn_Mok-2018a_179-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Opalyn_Mok-2018a-179"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In addition, Penang is home to a thriving <a href="/wiki/Startup_company" title="Startup company">startup</a> community, driven by home-grown companies like <a href="/wiki/Piktochart" title="Piktochart">Piktochart</a> and DeliverEat.<sup id="cite_ref-Chia-2017_182-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chia-2017-182"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-183"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Utilities">Utilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=23" title="Edit section: Utilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Water supply, which comes under the jurisdiction of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Penang" title="Government of Penang">Penang state government</a>, is wholly managed by the <a href="/wiki/Penang_Water_Supply_Corporation" title="Penang Water Supply Corporation">Penang Water Supply Corporation</a> (PBAPP). The state enjoys the lowest domestic <a href="/wiki/Water_tariff" title="Water tariff">water tariff</a> in Malaysia, at RM0.32 (US$0.08) per 1,000 litres, but also records the highest domestic water consumption per capita in Malaysia at 278&#160;L (61&#160;imp&#160;gal; 73&#160;US&#160;gal) in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-185"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Over 80% of Penang's water supply comes from the <a href="/wiki/Muda_River" title="Muda River">Muda River</a>, which forms the northern border between <a href="/wiki/Seberang_Perai" title="Seberang Perai">Seberang Perai</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kedah" title="Kedah">Kedah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This leaves the state vulnerable to effluents from upstream Kedah, as well as constant political disputes between the neighbouring states over the river.<sup id="cite_ref-187" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-187"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-188" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-188"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> To counter water supply disruptions, PBAPP has contingency plans in place to draw water from alternative sources such as the <a href="/wiki/Ayer_Itam_Dam" title="Ayer Itam Dam">Ayer Itam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Teluk_Bahang_Dam" title="Teluk Bahang Dam">Teluk Bahang</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mengkuang_Dam" title="Mengkuang Dam">Mengkuang</a> dams.<sup id="cite_ref-189" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-189"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The state government has also been negotiating with neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Perak" title="Perak">Perak</a> to secure additional water supply.<sup id="cite_ref-190" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-190"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1904, <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a> became the first city within <a href="/wiki/British_Malaya" title="British Malaya">British Malaya</a> to be supplied with electricity.<sup id="cite_ref-191" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-191"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At present, electricity for industrial and domestic consumption is provided by <a href="/wiki/Tenaga_Nasional" title="Tenaga Nasional">Tenaga Nasional</a> (TNB). In 2024, TNB built a RM500 million (US$120.77 million) overhead power grid comprising 31 <a href="/wiki/High-voltage_direct_current#Monopole" title="High-voltage direct current">monopole</a> <a href="/wiki/Transmission_tower" title="Transmission tower">transmission towers</a> across the <a href="/wiki/Penang_Strait" title="Penang Strait">Penang Strait</a>, boosting power transmission to George Town to 2,000 MW.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Star-2022a_192-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Star-2022a-192"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Star-2022b_193-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Star-2022b-193"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-194" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-194"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>193<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Collaboration between TNB and the two city governments in Penang to replace existing street lighting with energy-efficient <a href="/wiki/LED_street_light" title="LED street light">LED street lights</a> is ongoing.<sup id="cite_ref-195" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-195"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>194<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Municipal_solid_waste" title="Municipal solid waste">Municipal solid waste</a> is disposed at the Pulau Burung landfill in Seberang Perai.<sup id="cite_ref-196" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-196"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The amount of solid waste generated in Penang has been steadily increasing over the years, from 838,365 metric tons in 2009 to 1,518,010 metric tons in 2019, with an average increase of 6.5%.<sup id="cite_ref-Penang_report_2020_197-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Penang_report_2020-197"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, Penang boasts the highest recycling rate in the country, standing at 47% as of 2019<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-Penang_report_2020_197-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Penang_report_2020-197"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-198" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-198"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> To streamline the waste management process, the two city governments reintroduced a <a href="/wiki/Waste_sorting" title="Waste sorting">waste sorting</a> policy in 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-199" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-199"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, Penang had become the first Malaysian state to require the installation of <a href="/wiki/Fiber-optic_communication" title="Fiber-optic communication">fibre-optic communication infrastructure</a> for all development projects.<sup id="cite_ref-200" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-200"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>199<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of September&#160;2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>, <a href="/wiki/5G" title="5G">5G</a> coverage had reached 73.4% of the populated areas in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-201" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-201"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>200<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2024, <a href="/wiki/DE-CIX" title="DE-CIX">DE-CIX</a> inaugurated the Penang Internet Exchange (PIX), with internet traffic being routed through a <a href="/wiki/Data_center" title="Data center">data centre</a> at <a href="/wiki/Bayan_Baru" title="Bayan Baru">Bayan Baru</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-202" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-202"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>201<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-203" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-203"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>202<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> State government agencies have been promoting the <a href="/wiki/Digital_economy" title="Digital economy">digital economy</a> and intensifying efforts to attract high-value <a href="/wiki/Technology_company" title="Technology company">technology players</a> to further boost the state's economic growth.<sup id="cite_ref-204" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-204"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=24" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Penang" title="Transport in Penang">Transport in Penang</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Land">Land</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=25" title="Edit section: Land"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:View_of_Penang_Bridge_2025.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/View_of_Penang_Bridge_2025.jpg/220px-View_of_Penang_Bridge_2025.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/View_of_Penang_Bridge_2025.jpg/330px-View_of_Penang_Bridge_2025.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/View_of_Penang_Bridge_2025.jpg/440px-View_of_Penang_Bridge_2025.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2984" data-file-height="2238" /></a><figcaption>Middle span of the <a href="/wiki/Penang_Bridge" title="Penang Bridge">Penang Bridge</a>, with <a href="/wiki/High-voltage_direct_current#Monopole" title="High-voltage direct current">monopole</a> <a href="/wiki/Transmission_tower" title="Transmission tower">transmission towers</a> in the background, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;">&#8201;2025</span>.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_streets_in_George_Town,_Penang" title="List of streets in George Town, Penang">List of streets in George Town, Penang</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Penang_Island" title="Penang Island">Penang Island</a> is physically connected to mainland <a href="/wiki/Seberang_Perai" title="Seberang Perai">Seberang Perai</a> by two road bridges – the 13.5&#160;km (8.4&#160;mi) <a href="/wiki/Penang_Bridge" title="Penang Bridge">Penang Bridge</a> and the 24&#160;km (15&#160;mi) <a href="/wiki/Sultan_Abdul_Halim_Muadzam_Shah_Bridge" title="Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge">Second Penang Bridge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ICE-2023_205-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ICE-2023-205"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>204<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Seberang Perai is accessible through the <a href="/wiki/North%E2%80%93South_Expressway_(Malaysia)" title="North–South Expressway (Malaysia)">North-South Expressway</a>, a 966&#160;km-long (600&#160;mi) expressway that stretches along the western part of <a href="/wiki/Peninsular_Malaysia" title="Peninsular Malaysia">Peninsular Malaysia</a>. Furthermore, the <a href="/wiki/Keretapi_Tanah_Melayu" title="Keretapi Tanah Melayu">Keretapi Tanah Melayu</a> (KTM) <a href="/wiki/KTM_West_Coast_railway_line" title="KTM West Coast railway line">West Coast Line</a> runs through the city, with the <a href="/wiki/Butterworth_railway_station" title="Butterworth railway station">Butterworth railway station</a> serving as the principal terminal in northwestern Malaysia.<sup id="cite_ref-206" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-206"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>205<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Aside from regular KTM services, Butterworth is also one of the main stops of the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_and_Oriental_Express" title="Eastern and Oriental Express">Eastern and Oriental Express service</a> between <a href="/wiki/Bangkok" title="Bangkok">Bangkok</a> and <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-207" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-207"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>206<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Penang_Sentral" title="Penang Sentral">Penang Sentral</a> is the main transit hub within Penang, located in close proximity to the <a href="/wiki/Sultan_Abdul_Halim_Ferry_Terminal" title="Sultan Abdul Halim Ferry Terminal">Sultan Abdul Halim Ferry Terminal</a> and the Butterworth railway station.<sup id="cite_ref-208" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-208"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>207<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Within George Town, the <a href="/wiki/Tun_Dr_Lim_Chong_Eu_Expressway" title="Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway">Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway</a> is a coastal highway that runs along the city's eastern seaboard, connecting the <a href="/wiki/Central_George_Town,_Penang" title="Central George Town, Penang">city centre</a> with the Penang Bridge, the <a href="/wiki/Bayan_Lepas_Free_Industrial_Zone" title="Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone">Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone</a> and the Second Penang Bridge.<sup id="cite_ref-209" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-209"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>208<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Malaysia_Federal_Route_6" title="Malaysia Federal Route 6">Federal Route 6</a> is a pan-island trunk road that circles the city, while the <a href="/wiki/George_Town_Inner_Ring_Road" title="George Town Inner Ring Road">George Town Inner Ring Road</a> serves as the main thoroughfare within the city centre.<sup id="cite_ref-jkr_210-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jkr-210"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>209<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-211" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-211"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>210<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, the major <a href="/wiki/Toll_road" title="Toll road">toll routes</a> within Seberang Perai include the <a href="/wiki/Butterworth_Outer_Ring_Road" title="Butterworth Outer Ring Road">Butterworth Outer Ring Road</a> (BORR) and the <a href="/wiki/Butterworth%E2%80%93Kulim_Expressway" title="Butterworth–Kulim Expressway">Butterworth-Kulim Expressway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-212" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-212"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>211<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Public_transportation">Public transportation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=26" title="Edit section: Public transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Funicular_to_the_top_of_the_Penang_Hill,_Georgetown,_Penang,_Malaysia.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Funicular_to_the_top_of_the_Penang_Hill%2C_Georgetown%2C_Penang%2C_Malaysia.JPG/220px-Funicular_to_the_top_of_the_Penang_Hill%2C_Georgetown%2C_Penang%2C_Malaysia.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Funicular_to_the_top_of_the_Penang_Hill%2C_Georgetown%2C_Penang%2C_Malaysia.JPG/330px-Funicular_to_the_top_of_the_Penang_Hill%2C_Georgetown%2C_Penang%2C_Malaysia.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Funicular_to_the_top_of_the_Penang_Hill%2C_Georgetown%2C_Penang%2C_Malaysia.JPG/440px-Funicular_to_the_top_of_the_Penang_Hill%2C_Georgetown%2C_Penang%2C_Malaysia.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Penang_Hill_Railway" title="Penang Hill Railway">Penang Hill Railway</a>, Malaysia's only funicular railway system, ascends slopes that are said to be the steepest in the world at an angle of 27.9°.<sup id="cite_ref-213" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-213"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>212<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_bus_routes_in_Penang" title="List of bus routes in Penang">List of bus routes in Penang</a>; <a href="/wiki/Cycling_in_Penang_Island" title="Cycling in Penang Island">Cycling in Penang Island</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Trolleybuses_in_George_Town,_Penang" title="Trolleybuses in George Town, Penang">Trolleybuses in George Town, Penang</a></div> <p>Under British rule, <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a> was a pioneer in public transportation within <a href="/wiki/British_Malaya" title="British Malaya">Malaya</a>. The city's first tram system, originally powered by steam, began operations in the 1880s, but the trams became obsolete by 1936.<sup id="cite_ref-214" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-214"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>213<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-215" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-215"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>214<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Cycle_rickshaw" title="Cycle rickshaw">trishaw</a> from the colonial era still plies the city's streets, catering primarily to tourists.<sup id="cite_ref-216" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-216"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>215<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Transit_bus" title="Transit bus">Public buses</a> form the backbone of public transportation in Penang. Established in 2007, <a href="/wiki/Rapid_Penang" title="Rapid Penang">Rapid Penang</a> is the state's main public transport operator, with 46 active routes throughout the <a href="/wiki/George_Town_Conurbation" title="George Town Conurbation">George Town Conurbation</a> including interstate routes into the neighbouring towns of <a href="/wiki/Sungai_Petani" title="Sungai Petani">Sungai Petani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kulim_District" title="Kulim District">Kulim</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kerian_District" title="Kerian District">Kerian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-217" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-217"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>216<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The only rail-based transportation system within Penang is the century-old <a href="/wiki/Penang_Hill_Railway" title="Penang Hill Railway">Penang Hill Railway</a>, a funicular service to the peak of <a href="/wiki/Penang_Hill" title="Penang Hill">Penang Hill</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-218" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-218"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>217<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Penang_Hill_cable_car" title="Penang Hill cable car">cable car system is being constructed</a> as of 2025<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup> to reduce overreliance on the railway.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_219-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-219"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>218<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Penang" title="Government of Penang">Penang state government</a> has also planned to introduce <a href="/wiki/Urban_rail_transit" title="Urban rail transit">urban rail</a> throughout the state as part of the <a href="/wiki/Penang_Transport_Master_Plan" title="Penang Transport Master Plan">Penang Transport Master Plan</a>. In 2024, the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Malaysia" title="Government of Malaysia">Malaysian federal government</a> assumed control of the <a href="/wiki/Mutiara_line" title="Mutiara line">Mutiara LRT line</a> from the state government. Spanning a distance of 29.5&#160;km (18.3&#160;mi), the line is the first domestic <a href="/wiki/Light_rail" title="Light rail">light rail system</a> outside the <a href="/wiki/Klang_Valley" title="Klang Valley">Klang Valley</a>, and will link the cities of George Town and <a href="/wiki/Seberang_Perai" title="Seberang Perai">Seberang Perai</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Sun-2024_220-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Sun-2024-220"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>219<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Construction commenced in 2025 and is expected to be complete by 2031.<sup id="cite_ref-221" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-221"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>220<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>To promote urban mobility, pedestrian and cycling infrastructure throughout the state are also being upgraded.<sup id="cite_ref-222" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-222"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>221<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Chan-2017b_223-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chan-2017b-223"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>222<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2016, George Town became the first city in Malaysia to operate a <a href="/wiki/Bicycle-sharing_system" title="Bicycle-sharing system">public bicycle-sharing service</a> with the inauguration of <a href="/wiki/LinkBike" title="LinkBike">LinkBike</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Chan-2017a_224-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chan-2017a-224"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>223<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air">Air</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=27" title="Edit section: Air"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Penang_International_Airport_Dec2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Penang_International_Airport_Dec2024.jpg/220px-Penang_International_Airport_Dec2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Penang_International_Airport_Dec2024.jpg/330px-Penang_International_Airport_Dec2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Penang_International_Airport_Dec2024.jpg/440px-Penang_International_Airport_Dec2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5677" data-file-height="4258" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Penang_International_Airport" title="Penang International Airport">Penang International Airport</a> (PIA) has an annual capacity of 6.5 million passengers, but passenger traffic had already exceeded its capacity even before the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-225" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-225"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-226" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-226"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>225<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Penang_International_Airport" title="Penang International Airport">Penang International Airport</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Penang_International_Airport" title="Penang International Airport">Penang International Airport</a> (PIA) is located 16&#160;km (9.9&#160;mi) south of <a href="/wiki/Central_George_Town,_Penang" title="Central George Town, Penang">downtown George Town</a>. It serves as the main airport for northwestern Malaysia, with services to major regional cities such as <a href="/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur" title="Kuala Lumpur">Kuala Lumpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bangkok" title="Bangkok">Bangkok</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taipei" title="Taipei">Taipei</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xiamen" title="Xiamen">Xiamen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shanghai" title="Shanghai">Shanghai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doha" title="Doha">Doha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dubai" title="Dubai">Dubai</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Penang_state_govt-2021a_227-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Penang_state_govt-2021a-227"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>226<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-228" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-228"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>227<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> PIA is <a href="/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_Malaysia" title="List of the busiest airports in Malaysia">Malaysia's third busiest airport in passenger traffic</a>, recording more than 7.6 million passengers in 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-Ministry_of_Transport-2023a_229-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ministry_of_Transport-2023a-229"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>228<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It is also the country's second busiest in terms of cargo tonnage and handles the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Malaysian_states_and_municipalities_by_exports#Exports_by_city_and_municipality" title="List of Malaysian states and municipalities by exports">largest export volume of all entry points nationwide</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dept_Statistics_Malaysia-2023_170-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dept_Statistics_Malaysia-2023-170"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of 2025<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>, the airport is being upgraded to raise its annual capacity from 6.5 million passengers to 12 million by 2028.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_219-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-219"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>218<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sea">Sea</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=28" title="Edit section: Sea"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Port_of_Penang,_Seberang_Perai_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Port_of_Penang%2C_Seberang_Perai_2024.jpg/220px-Port_of_Penang%2C_Seberang_Perai_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Port_of_Penang%2C_Seberang_Perai_2024.jpg/330px-Port_of_Penang%2C_Seberang_Perai_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Port_of_Penang%2C_Seberang_Perai_2024.jpg/440px-Port_of_Penang%2C_Seberang_Perai_2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8064" data-file-height="6048" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Penang" title="Port of Penang">Port of Penang</a> was declared a <a href="/wiki/Free_economic_zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Free economic zone">Free Commercial Zone</a> (FCZ) in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-230" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-230"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>229<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Formerly a vital British <a href="/wiki/Entrep%C3%B4t" title="Entrepôt">entrepôt</a>, Penang's maritime trade has significantly declined due to the loss of <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a>'s free-port status in 1969 and the concurrent development of <a href="/wiki/Port_Klang" title="Port Klang">Port Klang</a> near the federal capital <a href="/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur" title="Kuala Lumpur">Kuala Lumpur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Goh-2014_50-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goh-2014-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Despite this, the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Penang" title="Port of Penang">Port of Penang</a> remains the primary harbour for northwestern Malaysia and <a href="/wiki/Southern_Thailand" title="Southern Thailand">southern Thailand</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-231" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-231"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>230<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It handled more than 1.4 million <a href="/wiki/Twenty-foot_equivalent_unit" title="Twenty-foot equivalent unit">TEUs</a> of cargo in 2024, the third highest among Malaysia's seaports.<sup id="cite_ref-GDP_by_state_2024_138-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GDP_by_state_2024-138"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_172-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-172"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Swettenham_Pier" title="Swettenham Pier">Swettenham Pier</a>, situated within <a href="/wiki/George_Town_Central_Business_District,_Penang" title="George Town Central Business District, Penang">downtown George Town</a>, accommodates cruise ships and is one of the major entry points into the city. In 2017, Swettenham Pier recorded 125 port calls, surpassing <a href="/wiki/Port_Klang" title="Port Klang">Port Klang</a> as the busiest cruise shipping terminal in Malaysia.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Sun-2017_232-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Sun-2017-232"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>231<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The pier has attracted some of the world's largest cruise liners, such as the <i><a href="/wiki/Queen_Mary_2" title="Queen Mary 2">Queen Mary 2</a></i>, and also sees occasional port visits by warships.<sup id="cite_ref-233" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-233"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>232<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-234" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-234"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>233<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The cross-strait <a href="/wiki/Penang_ferry_service" title="Penang ferry service">Penang ferry service</a> connects George Town and <a href="/wiki/Seberang_Perai" title="Seberang Perai">Seberang Perai</a>, and was formerly the only transportation link between the island city and the mainland until the completion of the <a href="/wiki/Penang_Bridge" title="Penang Bridge">Penang Bridge</a> in 1985. At present, four ferries ply the <a href="/wiki/Penang_Strait" title="Penang Strait">Penang Strait</a> between both cities daily.<sup id="cite_ref-235" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-235"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>234<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=29" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261442011">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1881 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">190,597</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1891 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">231,224</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+21.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1901 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">247,808</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+7.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1911 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">270,537</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+9.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1921 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">292,485</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+8.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1931 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">340,259</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+16.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1947 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">446,321</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+31.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1957 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">572,100</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+28.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1970 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">776,124</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+35.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1980 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">954,638</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+23.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1991 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,116,801</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+17.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2000 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,313,449</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+17.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2010 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,526,324</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+16.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2020 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,740,405</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+14.0%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-2020KF_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020KF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-236" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-236"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>235<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-237" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-237"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>236<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-238" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-238"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>237<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Penang" title="Demographics of Penang">Demographics of Penang</a></div> <p>As of 2020<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>, Penang had a population of 1,740,405 and the highest population density of all <a href="/wiki/States_and_federal_territories_of_Malaysia" title="States and federal territories of Malaysia">Malaysian states</a> at 1,659/km<sup>2</sup> (4,300/sq&#160;mi).<sup id="cite_ref-2020KF_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020KF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Penang is Malaysia's second most urbanised state, with an urbanisation level of 92.5%.<sup id="cite_ref-Malay_Mail-2022_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Malay_Mail-2022-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Residents of Penang are colloquially known as Penangites or "Penang-lang".<sup id="cite_ref-239" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-239"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>238<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>54% of Penang's population resided in <a href="/wiki/Seberang_Perai" title="Seberang Perai">Seberang Perai</a>, Malaysia's third largest city, while <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a> was home to the remaining 46%.<sup id="cite_ref-Dept_Statistics_Malaysia-2022_240-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dept_Statistics_Malaysia-2022-240"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>239<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> George Town serves as the <a href="/wiki/Core_city" title="Core city">core city</a> of the <a href="/wiki/George_Town_Conurbation" title="George Town Conurbation">George Town Conurbation</a>, Malaysia's <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Malaysia_by_population#Largest_metropolitan_areas_by_population" title="List of cities and towns in Malaysia by population">second largest metropolitan area</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-World_Bank-2015_241-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_Bank-2015-241"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>240<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 2015 and 2016, Penang had the highest migration effectiveness ratio among Malaysian states, due to the state's diversified economy. Most interstate immigrants came from Perak, Selangor, Kedah, Johor and Kuala Lumpur.<sup id="cite_ref-242" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-242"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>241<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-243" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-243"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>242<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-interstatemigrant2_244-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-interstatemigrant2-244"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>243<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnicities">Ethnicities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=30" title="Edit section: Ethnicities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="barbox tright" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,white); color: var(--color-base,black)"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:none"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Ethnic composition of Penang (2020)<sup id="cite_ref-Dept_Statistics_Malaysia-2022_240-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dept_Statistics_Malaysia-2022-240"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>239<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Ethnicities / Nationality</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">Percentage</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Penangite_Chinese" title="Penangite Chinese">Chinese</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Red; width:41.3%; overflow: hidden;">&#8201;</div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">41.3%</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Malays_(ethnic_group)" title="Malays (ethnic group)">Malay</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Green; width:40.7%; overflow: hidden;">&#8201;</div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">40.7%</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Orang_Asal" title="Orang Asal">Other Bumiputeras</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Teal; width:0.5%; overflow: hidden;">&#8201;</div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.5%</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Malaysians_of_Indian_descent_in_Penang" title="Malaysians of Indian descent in Penang">Indian</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Orange; width:8.9%; overflow: hidden;">&#8201;</div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">8.9%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Others</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:DarkGray; width:0.6%; overflow: hidden;">&#8201;</div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.6%</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Non-Malaysians</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Purple; width:8.1%; overflow: hidden;">&#8201;</div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">8.1%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <p>As of 2020<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>, <a href="/wiki/Penangite_Chinese" title="Penangite Chinese">ethnic Chinese</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bumiputera_(Malaysia)" title="Bumiputera (Malaysia)"><i>Bumiputeras</i></a>, which include <a href="/wiki/Malaysian_Malays" title="Malaysian Malays">Malays</a> and <a href="/wiki/Orang_Asal" title="Orang Asal">indigenous East Malaysians</a>, each constituted about 41% of Penang's population, while <a href="/wiki/Malaysians_of_Indian_descent_in_Penang" title="Malaysians of Indian descent in Penang">Indians</a> made up nearly 9%.<sup id="cite_ref-2020KF_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020KF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Borneo_Post-2017_245-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Borneo_Post-2017-245"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>244<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Chinese community in Penang includes the <a href="/wiki/Peranakan_Chinese" title="Peranakan Chinese">Peranakan Chinese</a>, a hybrid ethnicity known for their distinctive architecture, costumes and <a href="/wiki/Peranakan_cuisine" title="Peranakan cuisine">cuisine</a>. The state is also home to a cosmopolitan mix of <a href="/wiki/Kristang_people" title="Kristang people">ethnic Eurasians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malaysian_Siamese" title="Malaysian Siamese">Siamese</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arab_Malaysians" title="Arab Malaysians">Arabs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-246" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-246"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>245<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-247" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-247"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>246<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-248" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-248"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>247<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Foreigners comprised 8% of Penang's population in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-Dept_Statistics_Malaysia-2022_240-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dept_Statistics_Malaysia-2022-240"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>239<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Over 38% of Penang's expatriates resided within <a href="/wiki/Central_George_Town,_Penang" title="Central George Town, Penang">downtown George Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paya_Terubong" title="Paya Terubong">Paya Terubong</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bayan_Lepas" title="Bayan Lepas">Bayan Lepas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dept_Statistics_Malaysia-2024_249-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dept_Statistics_Malaysia-2024-249"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>248<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> George Town's affordable living costs, natural destinations, health care infrastructure, an established ecosystem of <a href="/wiki/Multinational_corporation" title="Multinational corporation">multinational companies</a> (MNCs) and the widespread use of English have been cited as pull factors for expatriates.<sup id="cite_ref-250" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-250"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>249<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-251" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-251"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>250<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=31" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Malay_language" title="Malay language">Malay</a> is the official language of Penang. <a href="/wiki/British_English" title="British English">English</a> once served as the official language during British rule and recently there have been calls to reinstate it as one of Penang's official languages.<sup id="cite_ref-252" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-252"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>251<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-253" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-253"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>252<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> is the most widely spoken language among ethnic Indians, while Penang's Chinese population uses a variety of Chinese dialects such as <a href="/wiki/Teochew_Min" title="Teochew Min">Teochew</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hakka_Chinese" title="Hakka Chinese">Hakka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Cantonese</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ooi-2015_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ooi-2015-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Teresa_Wai-2022_254-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Teresa_Wai-2022-254"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>253<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Penang_Hokkien" title="Penang Hokkien">Penang Hokkien</a> serves as the <i><a href="/wiki/Lingua_franca" title="Lingua franca">lingua franca</a></i> between the different ethnic groups in Penang, with efforts being made at the grassroots level to preserve its relevance.<sup id="cite_ref-Opalyn_Mok-2016-12_255-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Opalyn_Mok-2016-12-255"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>254<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-256" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-256"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>255<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-257" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-257"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>256<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religions">Religions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=32" title="Edit section: Religions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="barbox tright" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,white); color: var(--color-base,black)"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Religions in Penang (2020)<sup id="cite_ref-2020KF_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020KF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Religion</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">Percentage</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Green; width:45.5%; overflow: hidden;">&#8201;</div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">45.5%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:gold; width:37.6%; overflow: hidden;">&#8201;</div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">37.6%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:darkorange; width:8.4%; overflow: hidden;">&#8201;</div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">8.4%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Blue; width:4.3%; overflow: hidden;">&#8201;</div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">4.3%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Gray; width:2.4%; overflow: hidden;">&#8201;</div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.4%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Irreligion" title="Irreligion">No religion</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Black; width:1.7%; overflow: hidden;">&#8201;</div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.7%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div><p>Penang, like other <a href="/wiki/Peninsular_Malaysia" title="Peninsular Malaysia">Peninsular</a> states, has Islam as its official religion.<sup id="cite_ref-Penang_State_Gov_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Penang_State_Gov-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Even so, Penang is one of two states in Malaysia where Islam is not in the majority, the other being <a href="/wiki/Sarawak" title="Sarawak">Sarawak</a>. As of 2020<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>, Muslims constituted over 45% of Penang's population, followed by Buddhists at nearly 38%, Hindus at more than 8% and Christians at 4%.<sup id="cite_ref-2020KF_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020KF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Penang allows freedom of religion and religious assembly, and is one of three states to have a dedicated department for non-Muslim affairs. In 2021, the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Penang" title="Government of Penang">Penang state government</a> formed the Penang Harmony Corporation to further enhance interreligious harmony in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-Opalyn_Mok-2023_258-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Opalyn_Mok-2023-258"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>257<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=33" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Main_gate_at_the_Universiti_Sains_Malaysia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Main_gate_at_the_Universiti_Sains_Malaysia.jpg/250px-Main_gate_at_the_Universiti_Sains_Malaysia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Main_gate_at_the_Universiti_Sains_Malaysia.jpg/330px-Main_gate_at_the_Universiti_Sains_Malaysia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Main_gate_at_the_Universiti_Sains_Malaysia.jpg/500px-Main_gate_at_the_Universiti_Sains_Malaysia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Universiti_Sains_Malaysia" title="Universiti Sains Malaysia">Universiti Sains Malaysia</a>, Malaysia's second oldest tertiary institution, was founded in 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-259" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-259"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>258<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cmglee_Penang_Free_School_main_gate.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Cmglee_Penang_Free_School_main_gate.jpg/220px-Cmglee_Penang_Free_School_main_gate.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Cmglee_Penang_Free_School_main_gate.jpg/330px-Cmglee_Penang_Free_School_main_gate.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Cmglee_Penang_Free_School_main_gate.jpg/440px-Cmglee_Penang_Free_School_main_gate.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="2560" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Penang_Free_School" title="Penang Free School">Penang Free School</a>, founded in 1816, is the oldest English school in Southeast Asia.</figcaption></figure><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Education_in_Penang" title="Education in Penang">Education in Penang</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Penang" title="List of schools in Penang">List of schools in Penang</a></div><p>As with the rest of Malaysia, Penang's education system falls under the purview of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Malaysia" title="Government of Malaysia">federal government</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Constitution_84-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Constitution-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> While <a href="/wiki/Malay_language" title="Malay language">Malay</a> and <a href="/wiki/British_English" title="British English">English</a> are mandatory subjects in all schools, vernacular schools are also permitted to use either <a href="/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese" title="Mandarin Chinese">Mandarin</a> or <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> as the medium of instruction.<sup id="cite_ref-260" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-260"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>259<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Penang's literacy rate is the third highest in Malaysia after <a href="/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur" title="Kuala Lumpur">Kuala Lumpur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Selangor" title="Selangor">Selangor</a>, standing at 99.5% as of 2014<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-UN-2016_261-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN-2016-261"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>260<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Moreover, Penang's <a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">Human Development Index</a> (HDI) value of 0.839 is also <a href="/wiki/List_of_Malaysian_states_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of Malaysian states by Human Development Index">the highest among Malaysian states</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MHDI_2024_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MHDI_2024-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Penang is home to 49 tertiary institutions (including universities, colleges, medical colleges, industrial training institutes and teaching schools), 13 international and expatriate schools, 128 secondary schools, 271 primary schools and 609 kindergartens.<sup id="cite_ref-InvestPenang-2011_262-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-InvestPenang-2011-262"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>261<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-263" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-263"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>262<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-264" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-264"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>263<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a> is home to some of Malaysia's oldest schools. Established in 1816, <a href="/wiki/Penang_Free_School" title="Penang Free School">Penang Free School</a> (PFS) is the oldest English school in <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a>. British colonial rule had also encouraged the growth of <a href="/wiki/Mission_school" title="Mission school">mission schools</a> in George Town such as <a href="/wiki/St._Xavier%27s_Institution" title="St. Xavier&#39;s Institution">St. Xavier's Institution</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._George%27s_Girls%27_School" title="St. George&#39;s Girls&#39; School">St. George's Girls' School</a> and <a href="/wiki/Methodist_Boys%27_School,_Penang" title="Methodist Boys&#39; School, Penang">Methodist Boys' School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ooi-2015_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ooi-2015-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Penang is also a pioneer in Malaysia's present-day Chinese education system, with the establishment of its first Chinese school in 1819.<sup id="cite_ref-265" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-265"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>264<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-266" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-266"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>265<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Prominent Chinese schools in the state include <a href="/wiki/Chung_Ling_High_School" title="Chung Ling High School">Chung Ling High School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Penang_Chinese_Girls%27_High_School" title="Penang Chinese Girls&#39; High School">Penang Chinese Girls' High School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heng_Ee_High_School" title="Heng Ee High School">Heng Ee High School</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jit_Sin_High_School" title="Jit Sin High School">Jit Sin High School</a>, among others. In addition, George Town has 13 international and expatriate schools that offer either British, American or <a href="/wiki/International_Baccalaureate" title="International Baccalaureate">International Baccalaureate</a> syllabuses.<sup id="cite_ref-267" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-267"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>266<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Universiti_Sains_Malaysia" title="Universiti Sains Malaysia">Universiti Sains Malaysia</a> (USM) is the premier public university in Penang. As of 2025<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>, it is ranked 146th in the <a href="/wiki/QS_World_University_Rankings" title="QS World University Rankings">QS World University Rankings</a>, third in Malaysia after <a href="/wiki/University_of_Malaya" title="University of Malaya">Universiti Malaya</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_University_of_Malaysia" title="National University of Malaysia">Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-268" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-268"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>267<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Most of the other tertiary institutions in the state are privately-run, including <a href="/wiki/Wawasan_Open_University" title="Wawasan Open University">Wawasan Open University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Han_Chiang_University_College_of_Communication" class="mw-redirect" title="Han Chiang University College of Communication">Han Chiang University College of Communication</a>, <a href="/wiki/DISTED_College" title="DISTED College">DISTED College</a> and <a href="/wiki/RCSI_%26_UCD_Malaysia_Campus" title="RCSI &amp; UCD Malaysia Campus">RCSI &amp; UCD Malaysia Campus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-InvestPenang-2011_262-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-InvestPenang-2011-262"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>261<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/RECSAM" title="RECSAM">RECSAM</a>, one of the 26 specialist institutions of the <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asian_Ministers_of_Education_Organization" title="Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization">Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization</a>, is headquartered in George Town.<sup id="cite_ref-269" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-269"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>268<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Penang Public Library Corporation is the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Penang" title="Government of Penang">state government</a> body tasked with the operation of public libraries throughout the state.<sup id="cite_ref-270" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-270"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>269<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Penang" title="Government of Penang">Penang state government</a> launched Malaysia's first <a href="/wiki/Digital_library" title="Digital library">digital library</a>, situated within the grounds of PFS.<sup id="cite_ref-Francis-2016_271-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Francis-2016-271"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>270<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Similar digital libraries have since been built at various locations throughout the state.<sup id="cite_ref-272" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-272"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>271<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Healthcare">Healthcare</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=34" title="Edit section: Healthcare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Penang_General_Hospital_(2011).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Penang_General_Hospital_%282011%29.jpg/220px-Penang_General_Hospital_%282011%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Penang_General_Hospital_%282011%29.jpg/330px-Penang_General_Hospital_%282011%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Penang_General_Hospital_%282011%29.jpg/440px-Penang_General_Hospital_%282011%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Penang_General_Hospital" title="Penang General Hospital">Penang General Hospital</a> in <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a> is a 1,100-bedded <a href="/wiki/Tertiary_referral_hospital" title="Tertiary referral hospital">tertiary referral hospital</a> within northwestern Malaysia.<sup id="cite_ref-Voon-2020_273-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Voon-2020-273"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>272<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure><p>Health care in Penang is provided by a <a href="/wiki/Two-tier_healthcare" title="Two-tier healthcare">two-tier system</a> consisting of public and private hospitals. The <a href="/wiki/Penang_General_Hospital" title="Penang General Hospital">Penang General Hospital</a>, administered and funded by the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Health_(Malaysia)" title="Ministry of Health (Malaysia)">Malaysian Ministry of Health</a>, is the main <a href="/wiki/Tertiary_referral_hospital" title="Tertiary referral hospital">tertiary referral hospital</a> within northwestern Malaysia.<sup id="cite_ref-Voon-2020_273-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Voon-2020-273"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>272<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It is supported by five other public hospitals in Penang, all of which also come under the administration of the country's Ministry of Health.<sup id="cite_ref-274" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-274"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>273<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition, Penang has 19 private hospitals that offer specialist services, making the state the leading hub for <a href="/wiki/Medical_tourism_in_Malaysia" title="Medical tourism in Malaysia">medical tourism in Malaysia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Mulyanto-2023_174-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mulyanto-2023-174"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Penang_Institute-2023_275-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Penang_Institute-2023-275"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>274<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The total number of beds in public and private hospitals in Penang is 4,329, or nearly 248.7 beds per 10,000 people, higher than the national average.<sup id="cite_ref-Penang_Institute-2023_275-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Penang_Institute-2023-275"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>274<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> While private hospitals in Penang operate independently of the Ministry of Health, there have been instances of public-private cooperation, such as during the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a> which saw private hospitals sharing equipment and taking in non-COVID-19 patients in need of urgent medical procedures.<sup id="cite_ref-276" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-276"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>275<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The infant mortality rate in Penang has decreased significantly, dropping by 85% between 1970 and 2000 to 5.7 per 1,000 live births.<sup id="cite_ref-OECD_277-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OECD-277"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>276<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Similarly, the neonatal mortality rate has also decreased by 84.7% during the corresponding period to 4.1 per 1,000 live births. As of 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>, the life expectancy at birth in Penang is 71.9 years for men and 77.2 years for women.<sup id="cite_ref-278" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-278"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>277<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to an official survey in 2019, Penang recorded one of the lowest obesity rates in Malaysia, with an obesity rate of 18.6%.<sup id="cite_ref-279" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-279"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>278<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=35" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Penang" title="Culture of Penang">Culture of Penang</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chingay_in_George_Town_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Chingay_in_George_Town_2024.jpg/220px-Chingay_in_George_Town_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Chingay_in_George_Town_2024.jpg/330px-Chingay_in_George_Town_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Chingay_in_George_Town_2024.jpg/440px-Chingay_in_George_Town_2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2936" data-file-height="3915" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Chingay_parade" title="Chingay parade">Chingay</a> troupe in <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a>. To this day, the Chingay parade continues to be a major expression of <a href="/wiki/Penangite_Chinese" title="Penangite Chinese">Penang Chinese</a> identity.<sup id="cite_ref-280" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-280"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>279<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Festivals">Festivals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=36" title="Edit section: Festivals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Penang's cosmopolitan society results in a great number of celebrations and festivities throughout the year. The state hosts major cultural and religious events, including <a href="/wiki/Chinese_New_Year" title="Chinese New Year">Chinese New Year</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eid_al-Fitr" title="Eid al-Fitr">Eid al-Fitri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diwali" title="Diwali">Diwali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thaipusam" title="Thaipusam">Thaipusam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vaisakhi" title="Vaisakhi">Vaisakhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vesak" title="Vesak">Vesak</a> and <a href="/wiki/Songkran_(Thailand)" title="Songkran (Thailand)">Songkran</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-281" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-281"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>280<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Chinese New Year celebrations last for 15 days and are marked with festivities unique to the state, such as the birthday of the <a href="/wiki/Jade_Emperor" title="Jade Emperor">Jade Emperor</a>, and the annual opening of Chinese ancestral halls and associations in <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-282" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-282"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>281<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jeremy_Tan-2024_283-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeremy_Tan-2024-283"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>282<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The 15th and final day of Chinese New Year is celebrated with a <a href="/wiki/Peranakan_Chinese" title="Peranakan Chinese">Peranakan Chinese</a>-inspired <a href="/wiki/Lantern_Festival" title="Lantern Festival">Lantern Festival</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeremy_Tan-2024_283-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeremy_Tan-2024-283"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>282<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>George Town is credited as the origin of a unique form of the <a href="/wiki/Chingay_parade" title="Chingay parade">Chingay procession</a>, which involves participants balancing oversized flags on their heads or hands.<sup id="cite_ref-284" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-284"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>283<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A state-held Chingay parade takes place in George Town annually, although Chingay performances are also frequently included in Chinese festivals and significant state events throughout Penang.<sup id="cite_ref-285" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-285"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>284<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Expatriates residing in Penang have introduced their celebrations to the state. <a href="/wiki/Bon_(festival)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bon (festival)">Bon Odori</a>, a Japanese festival celebrated annually in George Town, has gained popularity among locals.<sup id="cite_ref-286" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-286"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>285<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day" title="Saint Patrick&#39;s Day">St. Patrick's Day</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oktoberfest" title="Oktoberfest">Oktoberfest</a>, traditionally celebrated by ethnic Irish and German communities respectively, are also celebrated in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-287" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-287"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>286<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-288" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-288"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>287<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Penang also hosts several major festivals each year, including the <a href="/wiki/George_Town_Festival" title="George Town Festival">George Town Festival</a> which has become one of the largest arts events in <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a> since its inaugural event in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-Chen-2014_289-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chen-2014-289"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>288<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2018, the <a href="/wiki/George_Town_Literary_Festival" title="George Town Literary Festival">George Town Literary Festival</a> became the first Southeast Asian literary event to achieve the international Literary Festival Award at the <a href="/wiki/London_Book_Fair" title="London Book Fair">London Book Fair</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-290" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-290"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>289<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arts">Arts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=37" title="Edit section: Arts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Motion_And_Stillness_(243518115).jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Motion_And_Stillness_%28243518115%29.jpeg/220px-Motion_And_Stillness_%28243518115%29.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Motion_And_Stillness_%28243518115%29.jpeg/330px-Motion_And_Stillness_%28243518115%29.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Motion_And_Stillness_%28243518115%29.jpeg/440px-Motion_And_Stillness_%28243518115%29.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1363" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Zacharevic" title="Ernest Zacharevic">Ernest Zacharevic</a>'s <i>Children on a Bicycle</i> at <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Street,_George_Town" title="Armenian Street, George Town">Armenian Street</a> in <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a>. This mural was among <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a>'</i>s compilation of graffiti destinations worldwide in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-Chang-2014_291-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chang-2014-291"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>290<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Bangsawan" title="Bangsawan">Bangsawan</a> is a form of Malay theatre that originated in Penang at the end of the 19th century, and incorporates Indian, Western, Islamic, Chinese and Indonesian influences. It was a popular outdoor performance in the 1920s.<sup id="cite_ref-292" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-292"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>291<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Another unique form of theatre that began in Penang is <a href="/wiki/Boria_(theatre)" title="Boria (theatre)">boria</a>, which features singing accompanied by violin, maracas and tabla. Boria reached the height of its popularity in the 1930s and was typically performed as a form of satire. While the British imposed a ban on boria in <a href="/wiki/Singapore_in_the_Straits_Settlements" title="Singapore in the Straits Settlements">Singapore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Malacca" title="Malacca">Malacca</a>, the art form was never banned in Penang.<sup id="cite_ref-293" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-293"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>292<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Apart from traditional forms of art, the <a href="/wiki/Penang_Philharmonic_Orchestra" title="Penang Philharmonic Orchestra">Penang Philharmonic Orchestra</a>, funded by the state, was established in 2010 to elevate the standard of <a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical music</a> in Penang. Dewan Sri Pinang and <a href="/wiki/SPICE_Arena" title="SPICE Arena">SPICE Arena</a> in George Town are the main venues for performing arts and concerts within the state.<sup id="cite_ref-PCEB-2022a_294-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCEB-2022a-294"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>293<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a> is a hub for the arts and culture scene in Malaysia. The inscription of parts of George Town as a <a href="/wiki/Historic_Cities_of_the_Straits_of_Malacca#George_Town" title="Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca">UNESCO World Heritage Site</a> has enhanced cultural and creative industries within the city.<sup id="cite_ref-295" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-295"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>294<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2012, Lithuanian artist <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Zacharevic" title="Ernest Zacharevic">Ernest Zacharevic</a> created a series of six wall paintings depicting local culture, inhabitants and lifestyles as part of the <a href="/wiki/George_Town_Festival" title="George Town Festival">George Town Festival</a>. The city is also adorned with 52 wrought iron caricatures and 18 wall murals that showcase the city's history and the daily lives of the local community.<sup id="cite_ref-Chang-2014_291-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chang-2014-291"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>290<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Additionally, art exhibitions are held at the city's event spaces like the <a href="/wiki/Hin_Bus_Depot" title="Hin Bus Depot">Hin Bus Depot</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sia_Boey_Urban_Archaeological_Park" title="Sia Boey Urban Archaeological Park">Sia Boey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-296" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-296"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>295<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-297" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-297"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>296<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Penang's literary heritage stems from the colonial-era <a href="/wiki/Peranakan_Chinese" title="Peranakan Chinese">Peranakan Chinese</a> literature and its role as a translation hub in <a href="/wiki/British_Malaya" title="British Malaya">Malaya</a>, where prior to <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the publishing industry facilitated the translation of <a href="/wiki/Chinese_literature" title="Chinese literature">Chinese</a> and <a href="/wiki/Western_literature" title="Western literature">Western</a> literary works into <a href="/wiki/Malay_language" title="Malay language">Malay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-298" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-298"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>297<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ramli_2017_299-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ramli_2017-299"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>298<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Post-independence, the state's literary scene has diversified, with independent local publishers and retailers such as Areca Books, Gerakbudaya and the George Town World Heritage Incorporated (GTWHI) running alongside major bookstore chains like <a href="/wiki/Popular_Holdings" title="Popular Holdings">Popular Holdings</a> and <a href="/wiki/MPH_Group" title="MPH Group">MPH Group</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ramli_2017_299-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ramli_2017-299"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>298<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media">Media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=38" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cmglee_Penang_The_Star_Northern_Hub.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Cmglee_Penang_The_Star_Northern_Hub.jpg/250px-Cmglee_Penang_The_Star_Northern_Hub.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Cmglee_Penang_The_Star_Northern_Hub.jpg/330px-Cmglee_Penang_The_Star_Northern_Hub.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Cmglee_Penang_The_Star_Northern_Hub.jpg/500px-Cmglee_Penang_The_Star_Northern_Hub.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/The_Star_(Malaysia)" title="The Star (Malaysia)"><i>The Star</i></a>'s Northern Hub in <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a>. One of the major English dailies in Malaysia, it had been known for its "liberal flavour" prior to <a href="/wiki/Operation_Lalang" title="Operation Lalang">a government crackdown in 1987</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-300" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-300"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>299<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a> was once the hub of Malaysia's print press. The nation's first newspaper, the <i>Prince of Wales Island Gazette</i>, was founded in the city in 1806.<sup id="cite_ref-Wong2_301-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wong2-301"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>300<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nambiar-2021_302-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nambiar-2021-302"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>301<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Under British rule, Penang had relatively more press freedom as compared to <a href="/wiki/Singapore_in_the_Straits_Settlements" title="Singapore in the Straits Settlements">Singapore</a>, which had a stronger government apparatus.<sup id="cite_ref-Goh-2014_50-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goh-2014-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-303" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-303"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>302<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_Star_(Malaysia)" title="The Star (Malaysia)"><i>The Star</i></a>, one of Malaysia's top English dailies, started as a regional newspaper that was first published in George Town in the 1970s, while the country's oldest Chinese newspaper, <i><a href="/wiki/Kwong_Wah_Yit_Poh" title="Kwong Wah Yit Poh">Kwong Wah Yit Poh</a></i>, was also established in the city in 1910.<sup id="cite_ref-304" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-304"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>303<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mcy_305-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mcy-305"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>304<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In addition, the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Penang" title="Government of Penang">Penang state government</a> publishes its own multi-lingual newspaper, <i>Buletin Mutiara</i>, which is distributed for free every fortnight. The newspaper focuses on current issues within Penang, providing valuable information and insights for the local community.<sup id="cite_ref-Mutiara-2013_306-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mutiara-2013-306"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>305<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The well-preserved colonial-era cityscape has made <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a> a popular <a href="/wiki/Filming_location" title="Filming location">filming location</a> for movies and television series that depict Asian culture.<sup id="cite_ref-307" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-307"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>306<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Films and series that were filmed within the city include <i><a href="/wiki/Crazy_Rich_Asians" title="Crazy Rich Asians">Crazy Rich Asians</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Anna_and_the_King" title="Anna and the King">Anna and the King</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Lust,_Caution" title="Lust, Caution">Lust, Caution</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Little_Nyonya" title="The Little Nyonya">The Little Nyonya</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/You_Mean_the_World_to_Me_(film)" title="You Mean the World to Me (film)"><i>You Mean the World to Me</i></a>; the latter was the first movie to be produced entirely in <a href="/wiki/Penang_Hokkien" title="Penang Hokkien">Penang Hokkien</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-308" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-308"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>307<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> George Town was also featured as a pit-stop in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Amazing_Race_16" title="The Amazing Race 16">The Amazing Race 16</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Amazing_Race_Asia_5" title="The Amazing Race Asia 5">The Amazing Race Asia 5</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Amazing_Race_Australia_7" title="The Amazing Race Australia 7">The Amazing Race Australia 7</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-309" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-309"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>308<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-310" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-310"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>309<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-311" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-311"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>310<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Architecture">Architecture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=39" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Penang" title="Architecture of Penang">Architecture of Penang</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_George_Town,_Penang" title="List of tallest buildings in George Town, Penang">List of tallest buildings in George Town, Penang</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti" /><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:292px;max-width:292px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:155px;max-width:155px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:98px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Penang_Malaysia_Sunrise_at_Tanjong_Bungah_Mosque-04and_(4461552447).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Kek_Lok_Si_at_dusk.jpg/197px-Kek_Lok_Si_at_dusk.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Kek_Lok_Si_at_dusk.jpg/262px-Kek_Lok_Si_at_dusk.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:144px;max-width:144px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:94px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A_Hindu_temple_in_Penang_Malaysia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/A_Hindu_temple_in_Penang_Malaysia.jpg/250px-A_Hindu_temple_in_Penang_Malaysia.jpg" decoding="async" width="142" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/A_Hindu_temple_in_Penang_Malaysia.jpg/330px-A_Hindu_temple_in_Penang_Malaysia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:144px;max-width:144px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:94px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cmglee_Penang_Anglican_church_night.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Cmglee_Penang_Anglican_church_night.jpg/250px-Cmglee_Penang_Anglican_church_night.jpg" decoding="async" width="142" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Cmglee_Penang_Anglican_church_night.jpg/330px-Cmglee_Penang_Anglican_church_night.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Clockwise from top left: <a href="/wiki/Penang_Floating_Mosque" title="Penang Floating Mosque">Tanjong Bungah Floating Mosque</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kek_Lok_Si" title="Kek Lok Si">Kek Lok Si</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._George%27s_Church,_Penang" title="St. George&#39;s Church, Penang">St. George's Church</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arulmigu_Karumariamman_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Arulmigu Karumariamman Temple">Arulmigu Karumariamman Temple</a></div></div></div></div> <p>In 2008, <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> gazetted nearly 260&#160;ha (2.6&#160;km<sup>2</sup>) within <a href="/wiki/Central_George_Town,_Penang" title="Central George Town, Penang">downtown George Town</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Historic_Cities_of_the_Straits_of_Malacca#George_Town" title="Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca">World Heritage Site</a>. The city centre is recognised by UNESCO for its "unique architectural and cultural townscape without parallel anywhere in East and Southeast Asia".<sup id="cite_ref-UNESCO-2008_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNESCO-2008-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Shophouse" title="Shophouse">Shophouses</a> sit alongside Anglo-Indian bungalows, mosques, temples, churches, and European-style administrative and commercial complexes, forming the city's multicultural framework.<sup id="cite_ref-312" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-312"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>311<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Elsewhere within the city, Siamese and Burmese cultures are prominently displayed at places of worship such as <a href="/wiki/Wat_Chayamangkalaram" title="Wat Chayamangkalaram">Wat Chayamangkalaram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dhammikarama_Burmese_Temple" title="Dhammikarama Burmese Temple">Dhammikarama Burmese Temple</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kek_Lok_Si" title="Kek Lok Si">Kek Lok Si</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-313" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-313"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>312<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Apart from the colonial-era architecture, George Town is home to most of Penang's skyscrapers, including <a href="/wiki/Komtar" title="Komtar">Komtar Tower</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marriott_Residences_Penang" title="Marriott Residences Penang">Marriott Residences</a> and <a href="/wiki/Muze_@_PICC" title="Muze @ PICC">Muze @ PICC</a>. There has been rising demand for residential high-rises at the suburbs since 2015, driven by the growing need for strata housing and the city's thriving economy.<sup id="cite_ref-Lum-2016_314-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lum-2016-314"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>313<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cuisine">Cuisine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=40" title="Edit section: Cuisine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Penang_cuisine" title="Penang cuisine">Penang cuisine</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Penang_Hokkien_Prawn_Noodles.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Penang_Hokkien_Prawn_Noodles.JPG/220px-Penang_Hokkien_Prawn_Noodles.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Penang_Hokkien_Prawn_Noodles.JPG/330px-Penang_Hokkien_Prawn_Noodles.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Penang_Hokkien_Prawn_Noodles.JPG/440px-Penang_Hokkien_Prawn_Noodles.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>A bowl of Penang <a href="/wiki/Hokkien_mee" title="Hokkien mee">Hokkien mee</a></figcaption></figure><p>Penang's culinary scene incorporates <a href="/wiki/Malay_cuisine" title="Malay cuisine">Malay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chinese_cuisine" title="Chinese cuisine">Chinese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_cuisine" title="Indian cuisine">Indian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peranakan_cuisine" title="Peranakan cuisine">Peranakan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thai_cuisine" title="Thai cuisine">Thai</a> influences, evident in the variety of street food that includes <a href="/wiki/Char_kway_teow" title="Char kway teow">char kway teow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laksa" title="Laksa">asam laksa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nasi_kandar" title="Nasi kandar">nasi kandar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cripps-2017_315-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cripps-2017-315"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>314<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Described by <i><a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a></i> as "the food capital of Malaysia", <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a> was also listed by <a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)"><i>Time</i></a> and <i><a href="/wiki/Lonely_Planet" title="Lonely Planet">Lonely Planet</a></i> as one of the best in Asia for street food.<sup id="cite_ref-Cripps-2017_315-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cripps-2017-315"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>314<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fitzpatrick-20042_316-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fitzpatrick-20042-316"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>315<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Barton-20142_317-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barton-20142-317"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>316<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to <i>Time</i> in 2004, only in the city "could food this good be this cheap".<sup id="cite_ref-Fitzpatrick-20042_316-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fitzpatrick-20042-316"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>315<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Robin Barton of the <i>Lonely Planet</i> remarked that the city was a "culinary epicentre of the many cultures that arrived after it was set up as a trading port in 1786, from Malays to Indians, Acehenese to Chinese, Burmese to Thais".<sup id="cite_ref-Barton-20142_317-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barton-20142-317"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>316<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Over the years, Penang's culinary scene has expanded to include fine dining establishments, adding to its already diverse street food options.<sup id="cite_ref-318" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-318"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>317<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-319" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-319"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>318<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2022, the <i><a href="/wiki/Michelin_Guide" title="Michelin Guide">Michelin Guide</a></i> made its debut in the state, in recognition of its "small-scale restaurants and street food that embodies Malaysia's distinctive streetside dining culture".<sup id="cite_ref-320" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-320"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>319<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The 2025 edition of the <i>Michelin Guide</i> features 69 eateries throughout the state.<sup id="cite_ref-321" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-321"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>320<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports">Sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=41" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SPICE_Arena_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/SPICE_Arena_2023.jpg/199px-SPICE_Arena_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="199" height="265" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/SPICE_Arena_2023.jpg/298px-SPICE_Arena_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/SPICE_Arena_2023.jpg/397px-SPICE_Arena_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6048" data-file-height="8064" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/SPICE_Arena" title="SPICE Arena">SPICE Arena</a> is also one of the major venues in Penang for <a href="/wiki/MICE_tourism" title="MICE tourism">business events</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PCEB-2022a_294-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCEB-2022a-294"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>293<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Despite its small size, Penang has hosted regional and international sporting events, such as the <a href="/wiki/2001_SEA_Games" title="2001 SEA Games">2001 SEA Games</a>, <a href="/wiki/2013_Women%27s_World_Open_Squash_Championship" title="2013 Women&#39;s World Open Squash Championship">2013 Women's World Open Squash Championship</a> and <a href="/wiki/2018_Asia_Pacific_Masters_Games" title="2018 Asia Pacific Masters Games">Asia's first Masters Games in 2018</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-322" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-322"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>321<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-323" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-323"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>322<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-324" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-324"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>323<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The state represents itself with its own sports teams in the interstate <a href="/wiki/Sukma_Games" title="Sukma Games">Sukma Games</a>. </p><p>Penang is home to a variety of sports facilities. The <a href="/wiki/Penang_State_Stadium" title="Penang State Stadium">Penang State Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Seberang_Perai" title="Seberang Perai">Seberang Perai</a> is the state's main stadium, while the <a href="/wiki/City_Stadium,_Penang" title="City Stadium, Penang">City Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Penang" title="George Town, Penang">George Town</a> is the home ground of <a href="/wiki/Penang_F.C." title="Penang F.C.">Penang FC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PCEB-2022a_294-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCEB-2022a-294"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>293<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-325" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-325"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>324<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/SPICE_Arena" title="SPICE Arena">SPICE Arena</a> in George Town is another major sporting venue, consisting of an indoor arena and an aquatics centre.<sup id="cite_ref-326" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-326"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>325<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The city is also home to Malaysia's oldest equestrian centre – the <a href="/wiki/Penang_Turf_Club" title="Penang Turf Club">Penang Turf Club</a>, which was established in 1864.<sup id="cite_ref-327" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-327"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>326<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Major annual sporting events in Penang include the Penang International Dragon Boat Festival and the <a href="/wiki/Penang_Bridge_International_Marathon" title="Penang Bridge International Marathon">Penang Bridge International Marathon</a>. The Penang International Dragon Boat Festival takes place every December and attracts participants from abroad.<sup id="cite_ref-328" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-328"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>327<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Penang_Bridge_International_Marathon" title="Penang Bridge International Marathon">Penang Bridge International Marathon</a>, which features the iconic <a href="/wiki/Penang_Bridge" title="Penang Bridge">Penang Bridge</a> as its route, has also gained international recognition, attracting about 20,000 participants from 61 countries in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-329" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-329"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>328<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=42" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Penang is the birthplace of illustrious Malaysian and Singaporean personalities, professionals and politicians, including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chan_Kim_Boon" title="Chan Kim Boon">Chan Kim Boon</a> (1851–1920), novelist and translator<sup id="cite_ref-330" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-330"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>329<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wu_Lien-teh" title="Wu Lien-teh">Wu Lien-teh</a> (1879–1960), physician and inventor of the respiratory mask<sup id="cite_ref-331" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-331"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>330<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hon_Sui_Sen" title="Hon Sui Sen">Hon Sui Sen</a> (1916–1983), former <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(Singapore)" title="Ministry of Finance (Singapore)">cabinet minister in Singapore</a><sup id="cite_ref-332" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-332"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>331<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wee_Chong_Jin" title="Wee Chong Jin">Wee Chong Jin</a> (1917–2005), first <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Singapore" title="Chief Justice of Singapore">Chief Justice of Singapore</a><sup id="cite_ref-333" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-333"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>332<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Ramlee" title="P. Ramlee">P. Ramlee</a> (1929–1973), actor, filmmaker, musician, composer and icon of Malay-language entertainment<sup id="cite_ref-334" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-334"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>333<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdullah_Ahmad_Badawi" title="Abdullah Ahmad Badawi">Abdullah Ahmad Badawi</a> (born 1939), fifth <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Malaysia" title="Prime Minister of Malaysia">Prime Minister of Malaysia</a><sup id="cite_ref-335" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-335"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>334<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karpal_Singh" title="Karpal Singh">Karpal Singh</a> (1940–2014), lawyer, politician and former national chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Action_Party" title="Democratic Action Party">Democratic Action Party</a><sup id="cite_ref-Borneo_Post-2014_102-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Borneo_Post-2014-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pik-Sen_Lim" title="Pik-Sen Lim">Lim Pik-Sen</a> (born 1944), British actress<sup id="cite_ref-336" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-336"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>335<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anwar_Ibrahim" title="Anwar Ibrahim">Anwar Ibrahim</a> (born 1947), tenth and current Prime Minister of Malaysia<sup id="cite_ref-337" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-337"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>336<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Choo" title="Jimmy Choo">Jimmy Choo</a> (born 1948), fashion designer knighted with the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">Order of the British Empire</a><sup id="cite_ref-338" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-338"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>337<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Arumugam" title="David Arumugam">David Arumugam</a> (born 1950), singer and founder of the pop band <a href="/wiki/Alleycats_(Malaysian_band)" title="Alleycats (Malaysian band)">Alleycats</a><sup id="cite_ref-339" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-339"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>338<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeohlee_Teng" title="Yeohlee Teng">Yeohlee Teng</a> (born 1951), American fashion designer<sup id="cite_ref-340" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-340"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>339<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khaw_Boon_Wan" title="Khaw Boon Wan">Khaw Boon Wan</a> (born 1952), former <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Singapore" title="Cabinet of Singapore">cabinet minister in Singapore</a><sup id="cite_ref-341" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-341"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>340<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hock_Tan" title="Hock Tan">Tan Hock Eng</a> (born 1952), <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">chief executive officer</a> of <a href="/wiki/Broadcom" title="Broadcom">Broadcom</a><sup id="cite_ref-342" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-342"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>341<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazrin_Shah_of_Perak" title="Nazrin Shah of Perak">Sultan Nazrin Shah</a> (born 1956), reigning monarch of the neighbouring state of <a href="/wiki/Perak" title="Perak">Perak</a><sup id="cite_ref-343" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-343"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>342<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keat_Gin_Ooi" title="Keat Gin Ooi">Ooi Keat Gin</a> (born 1959), academician and historian<sup id="cite_ref-344" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-344"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>343<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saw_Teong_Hin" title="Saw Teong Hin">Saw Teong Hin</a> (born 1962), film director<sup id="cite_ref-345" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-345"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>344<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tan_Twan_Eng" title="Tan Twan Eng">Tan Twan Eng</a> (born 1972), award-winning novelist<sup id="cite_ref-346" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-346"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>345<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicol_David" title="Nicol David">Nicol David</a> (born 1983), former world number one female <a href="/wiki/Squash_(sport)" title="Squash (sport)">squash</a> player<sup id="cite_ref-347" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-347"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>346<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 January</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Buletin+Mutiara&amp;rft.atitle=A+Super+Happy+Day+for+the+Loh+Family+After+Kean+Yew+Becomes+World+Badminton+Champion&amp;rft.date=2021-12-20&amp;rft.aulast=Ong&amp;rft.aufirst=K.H.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buletinmutiara.com%2Fa-super-happy-day-for-the-loh-family-after-kean-yew-becomes-world-badminton-champion%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APenang" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=45" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBarber2010" class="citation book cs1">Barber, Andrew (2010). <i>Penang At War&#160;: A History of Penang During and Between the First and Second World Wars 1914–1945</i>. AB&amp;B. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-983-43372-3-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-983-43372-3-0"><bdi>978-983-43372-3-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Penang+At+War+%3A+A+History+of+Penang+During+and+Between+the+First+and+Second+World+Wars+1914%E2%80%931945&amp;rft.pub=AB%26B&amp;rft.date=2010&amp;rft.isbn=978-983-43372-3-0&amp;rft.aulast=Barber&amp;rft.aufirst=Andrew&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APenang" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBayly2004" class="citation book cs1">Bayly, Christopher (2004). <i>Forgotten Armies: The Fall of British Asia, 1941–1945</i>. <a href="/wiki/Allen_Lane" title="Allen Lane">Allen Lane</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7139-9463-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7139-9463-6"><bdi>978-0-7139-9463-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Forgotten+Armies%3A+The+Fall+of+British+Asia%2C+1941%E2%80%931945&amp;rft.pub=Allen+Lane&amp;rft.date=2004&amp;rft.isbn=978-0-7139-9463-6&amp;rft.aulast=Bayly&amp;rft.aufirst=Christopher&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APenang" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFJenkins2008" class="citation book cs1">Jenkins, Gwynn (2008). <i>Contested Space: Cultural Heritage and Identity Reconstructions: Conservation Strategies Within a Developing Asian City</i>. <a href="/wiki/LIT_Verlag" title="LIT Verlag">LIT Verlag</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-8258-1366-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-8258-1366-6"><bdi>978-3-8258-1366-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Contested+Space%3A+Cultural+Heritage+and+Identity+Reconstructions%3A+Conservation+Strategies+Within+a+Developing+Asian+City&amp;rft.pub=LIT+Verlag&amp;rft.date=2008&amp;rft.isbn=978-3-8258-1366-6&amp;rft.aulast=Jenkins&amp;rft.aufirst=Gwynn&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APenang" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFJouMichael_HsiaoAveline-Dubach2014" class="citation book cs1">Jou, Sue-Ching; Michael Hsiao, Hsin-Huang; Aveline-Dubach, Natacha (2014). <i>Globalization and New Intra-Urban Dynamics in Asian Cities</i>. <a href="/wiki/National_Taiwan_University" title="National Taiwan University">National Taiwan University</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-986-350-021-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-986-350-021-6"><bdi>978-986-350-021-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Globalization+and+New+Intra-Urban+Dynamics+in+Asian+Cities&amp;rft.pub=National+Taiwan+University&amp;rft.date=2014&amp;rft.isbn=978-986-350-021-6&amp;rft.aulast=Jou&amp;rft.aufirst=Sue-Ching&amp;rft.au=Michael+Hsiao%2C+Hsin-Huang&amp;rft.au=Aveline-Dubach%2C+Natacha&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APenang" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFHockton2012" class="citation book cs1">Hockton, Keith (2012). <i>Penang: An Inside Guide to Its Historic Homes, Buildings, Monuments and Parks</i>. <a href="/wiki/MPH_Group" title="MPH Group">MPH Group</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-967-415-303-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-967-415-303-8"><bdi>978-967-415-303-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Penang%3A+An+Inside+Guide+to+Its+Historic+Homes%2C+Buildings%2C+Monuments+and+Parks&amp;rft.pub=MPH+Group&amp;rft.date=2012&amp;rft.isbn=978-967-415-303-8&amp;rft.aulast=Hockton&amp;rft.aufirst=Keith&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APenang" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFKhoo2007" class="citation book cs1">Khoo, Su Nin (2007). <i>Streets of George Town, Penang</i>. Areca Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-983-9886-00-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-983-9886-00-9"><bdi>978-983-9886-00-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Streets+of+George+Town%2C+Penang&amp;rft.pub=Areca+Books&amp;rft.date=2007&amp;rft.isbn=978-983-9886-00-9&amp;rft.aulast=Khoo&amp;rft.aufirst=Su+Nin&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APenang" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFLewis_Su2016" class="citation book cs1">Lewis Su, Lin (2016). <i>Cities in Motion: Urban Life and Cosmopolitanism in Southeast Asia, 1920–1940</i>. <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_University_Press" title="Cambridge University Press">Cambridge University Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-107-10833-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-107-10833-2"><bdi>978-1-107-10833-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Cities+in+Motion%3A+Urban+Life+and+Cosmopolitanism+in+Southeast+Asia%2C+1920%E2%80%931940&amp;rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&amp;rft.date=2016&amp;rft.isbn=978-1-107-10833-2&amp;rft.aulast=Lewis+Su&amp;rft.aufirst=Lin&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APenang" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFLangdon2014" class="citation book cs1">Langdon, Marcus (2014). <i>George Town's Historic Commercial and Civic Precincts</i>. George Town World Heritage Incorporated. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-967-12281-2-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-967-12281-2-8"><bdi>978-967-12281-2-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=George+Town%27s+Historic+Commercial+and+Civic+Precincts&amp;rft.pub=George+Town+World+Heritage+Incorporated&amp;rft.date=2014&amp;rft.isbn=978-967-12281-2-8&amp;rft.aulast=Langdon&amp;rft.aufirst=Marcus&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APenang" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFOoiGoh2010" class="citation book cs1">Ooi, Kee Beng; Goh, Ban Lee (2010). <i>Pilot Studies for a New Penang</i>. <a href="/wiki/ISEAS_%E2%80%93_Yusof_Ishak_Institute" title="ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute">ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-981-4279-69-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-981-4279-69-7"><bdi>978-981-4279-69-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Pilot+Studies+for+a+New+Penang&amp;rft.pub=ISEAS+%E2%80%93+Yusof+Ishak+Institute&amp;rft.date=2010&amp;rft.isbn=978-981-4279-69-7&amp;rft.aulast=Ooi&amp;rft.aufirst=Kee+Beng&amp;rft.au=Goh%2C+Ban+Lee&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APenang" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFFrancis2006" class="citation book cs1">Francis, Ric (2006). <i>Penang Trams, Trolleybuses &amp; Railways: Municipal Transport History, 1880s–1963</i>. Areca Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-983-42834-0-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-983-42834-0-7"><bdi>978-983-42834-0-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Penang+Trams%2C+Trolleybuses+%26+Railways%3A+Municipal+Transport+History%2C+1880s%E2%80%931963&amp;rft.pub=Areca+Books&amp;rft.date=2006&amp;rft.isbn=978-983-42834-0-7&amp;rft.aulast=Francis&amp;rft.aufirst=Ric&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APenang" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Penang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=46" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_State_of_Penang" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitution of the State of Penang">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Penang" title="Elections in Penang">Elections</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Penang_state_election" title="2008 Penang state election">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Penang_state_election" title="2013 Penang state election">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Penang_state_election" title="2018 Penang state election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Penang_state_election" title="2023 Penang state election">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_electoral_districts_in_Penang" title="List of electoral districts in Penang">Constituencies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Penang" title="Government of Penang">Government</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Penang_State_Executive_Council" title="Penang State Executive Council">Executive</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Penang" title="List of governors of Penang">Governor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chief_Ministers_of_Penang" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Chief Ministers of Penang">Chief Minister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chief_Minister_of_Penang" title="Deputy Chief Minister of Penang">Deputy Chief Minister</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penang_State_Legislative_Assembly" title="Penang State Legislative Assembly">Legislature</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Penang_State_Legislative_Assembly" title="Speaker of the Penang State Legislative Assembly">Speaker</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Geography_of_Penang" title="Template:Geography of Penang">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Penang" title="History of Penang">History</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_George_Town,_Penang" title="History of George Town, Penang">George Town</a></li></ul></li> <li>Symbols <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Untuk_Negeri_Kita" title="Untuk Negeri Kita">Anthem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Penang" title="Coat of arms of Penang">Coats of arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Penang" title="Flag of Penang">Flag</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Penang" title="Architecture of Penang">Architecture</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_George_Town,_Penang" title="List of tallest buildings in George Town, Penang">Tallest skyscrapers in George Town</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_Penang" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuisine of Penang">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Penang" title="Demographics of Penang">Demographics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Penangite_Chinese" title="Penangite Chinese">Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysians_of_Indian_descent_in_Penang" title="Malaysians of Indian descent in Penang">Indians</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Penang" title="Economy of Penang">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Penang" title="Education in Penang">Education</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Penang" title="List of schools in Penang">List of schools</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Penang" title="Transport in Penang">Transportation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_streets_in_George_Town,_Penang" title="List of streets in George Town, Penang">Streets in George Town</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tourist_attractions_in_Penang" title="List of tourist attractions in Penang">Tourist attractions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Administrative<br />divisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Metropolitan<br />area</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Town_Conurbation" title="George Town Conurbation">George Town Conurbation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_George_Town.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Seal_of_George_Town.svg/20px-Seal_of_George_Town.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Seal_of_George_Town.svg/30px-Seal_of_George_Town.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ayer_Itam" title="Ayer Itam">Ayer Itam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balik_Pulau" title="Balik Pulau">Balik Pulau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batu_Ferringhi" title="Batu Ferringhi">Batu Ferringhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayan_Lepas" title="Bayan Lepas">Bayan Lepas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bayan_Lepas_Free_Industrial_Zone" title="Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone">FIZ</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_George_Town,_Penang" title="Central George Town, Penang">Downtown George Town</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Town_Central_Business_District,_Penang" title="George Town Central Business District, Penang">CBD</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gelugor" title="Gelugor">Gelugor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gertak_Sanggul" title="Gertak Sanggul">Gertak Sanggul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jelutong,_Penang" title="Jelutong, Penang">Jelutong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pantai_Acheh" title="Pantai Acheh">Pantai Acheh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paya_Terubong" title="Paya Terubong">Paya Terubong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penang_Hill" title="Penang Hill">Penang Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Relau" title="Relau">Relau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanjong_Bungah" title="Tanjong Bungah">Tanjong Bungah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanjong_Pinang" title="Tanjong Pinang">Tanjong Pinang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanjong_Tokong" title="Tanjong Tokong">Tanjong Tokong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teluk_Bahang" title="Teluk Bahang">Teluk Bahang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teluk_Kumbar" title="Teluk Kumbar">Teluk Kumbar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: right;">Residential<br />neighbourhoods</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ayer_Rajah,_Penang" title="Ayer Rajah, Penang">Ayer Rajah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farlim" title="Farlim">Bandar Baru Air Itam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandar_Sri_Pinang" title="Bandar Sri Pinang">Bandar Sri Pinang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batu_Lanchang" title="Batu Lanchang">Batu Lanchang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batu_Maung" title="Batu Maung">Batu Maung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batu_Uban" title="Batu Uban">Batu Uban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayan_Baru" title="Bayan Baru">Bayan Baru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bukit_Dumbar" title="Bukit Dumbar">Bukit Dumbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bukit_Jambul" title="Bukit Jambul">Bukit Jambul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clan_Jetties" title="Clan Jetties">Clan Jetties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kampong_Serani" title="Kampong Serani">Kampong Serani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kampung_Siam,_Penang" title="Kampung Siam, Penang">Kampung Siam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macallum_Street_Ghaut" title="Macallum Street Ghaut">Macallum Street Ghaut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minden_Heights" title="Minden Heights">Minden Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Erskine" title="Mount Erskine">Mount Erskine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Court,_Penang" title="People&#39;s Court, Penang">People's Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulau_Tikus" title="Pulau Tikus">Pulau Tikus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifle_Range,_Penang" title="Rifle Range, Penang">Rifle Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sungai_Ara" title="Sungai Ara">Sungai Ara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sungai_Dua" title="Sungai Dua">Sungai Dua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sungai_Nibong" title="Sungai Nibong">Sungai Nibong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sungai_Pinang" title="Sungai Pinang">Sungai Pinang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taman_Free_School" title="Taman Free School">Taman Free School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taman_Tun_Sardon" title="Taman Tun Sardon">Taman Tun Sardon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Light_Waterfront" title="The Light Waterfront">The Light</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: right;">Villages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kampung_Buah_Pala" title="Kampung Buah Pala">Kampung Buah Pala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kampung_Seronok" title="Kampung Seronok">Kampung Seronok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permatang_Damar_Laut" title="Permatang Damar Laut">Permatang Damar Laut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teluk_Tempoyak" title="Teluk Tempoyak">Teluk Tempoyak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: right;">Islands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andaman_Island,_Penang" title="Andaman Island, Penang">Andaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betong_Island" title="Betong Island">Betong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gazumbo_Island" title="Gazumbo Island">Gazumbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerejak_Island" title="Jerejak Island">Jerejak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendi_Island" title="Kendi Island">Kendi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lovers%27_Isle" title="Lovers&#39; Isle">Lovers'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penang_Island" title="Penang Island">Penang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rimau_Island" title="Rimau Island">Rimau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silicon_Island" title="Silicon Island">Silicon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tikus_Island" title="Tikus Island">Tikus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: right;">Districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North-East_District_(Penang)" title="North-East District (Penang)">Northeast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South-West_District_(Penang)" title="South-West District (Penang)">Southwest</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seberang_Perai_City_Council_(MBSP_-_Majlis_Bandaraya_Seberang_Perai)_Logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Seberang_Perai_City_Council_%28MBSP_-_Majlis_Bandaraya_Seberang_Perai%29_Logo.png/20px-Seberang_Perai_City_Council_%28MBSP_-_Majlis_Bandaraya_Seberang_Perai%29_Logo.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Seberang_Perai_City_Council_%28MBSP_-_Majlis_Bandaraya_Seberang_Perai%29_Logo.png/30px-Seberang_Perai_City_Council_%28MBSP_-_Majlis_Bandaraya_Seberang_Perai%29_Logo.png 1.5x, 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/>and suburbs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Batu_Kawan" title="Batu Kawan">Batu Kawan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bukit_Mertajam" title="Bukit Mertajam">Bukit Mertajam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bukit_Minyak" title="Bukit Minyak">Bukit Minyak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bukit_Tambun" title="Bukit Tambun">Bukit Tambun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bukit_Tengah" title="Bukit Tengah">Bukit Tengah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butterworth,_Seberang_Perai" title="Butterworth, Seberang Perai">Butterworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juru,_Malaysia" title="Juru, Malaysia">Juru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepala_Batas,_Seberang_Perai" title="Kepala Batas, Seberang Perai">Kepala Batas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mak_Mandin" title="Mak Mandin">Mak Mandin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nibong_Tebal" title="Nibong Tebal">Nibong Tebal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perai" title="Perai">Perai</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Perai_Free_Industrial_Zone" title="Perai Free Industrial Zone">FIZ</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permatang_Pauh" title="Permatang Pauh">Permatang Pauh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seberang_Jaya" title="Seberang Jaya">Seberang Jaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sungai_Bakap" title="Sungai Bakap">Sungai Bakap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sungai_Jawi" title="Sungai Jawi">Sungai Jawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tasek_Gelugor" title="Tasek Gelugor">Tasek Gelugor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teluk_Air_Tawar" title="Teluk Air Tawar">Teluk Air Tawar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: right;">Residential<br />neighbourhoods</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alma,_Bukit_Mertajam" title="Alma, Bukit Mertajam">Alma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagan_Ajam" title="Bagan Ajam">Bagan Ajam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagan_Dalam" title="Bagan Dalam">Bagan Dalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagan_Jermal,_Butterworth" title="Bagan Jermal, Butterworth">Bagan Jermal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagan_Luar" title="Bagan Luar">Bagan Luar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherok_Tok_Kun" title="Cherok Tok Kun">Cherok Tok Kun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penanti" title="Penanti">Penanti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinang_Tunggal" title="Pinang Tunggal">Pinang Tunggal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simpang_Ampat,_Seberang_Perai" title="Simpang Ampat, Seberang Perai">Simpang Ampat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sungai_Dua,_Butterworth" title="Sungai Dua, Butterworth">Sungai Dua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Val_d%27Or,_Penang" title="Val d&#39;Or, Penang">Val d'Or</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: right;">Villages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Machang_Bubok" title="Machang Bubok">Machang Bubok New Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mengkuang_Titi" title="Mengkuang Titi">Mengkuang Titi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permatang_Pasir" title="Permatang Pasir">Permatang Pasir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permatang_Rambai" title="Permatang Rambai">Permatang Rambai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permatang_Tinggi" title="Permatang Tinggi">Permatang Tinggi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: right;">Islands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aman_Island" title="Aman Island">Aman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gedung_Island" title="Gedung Island">Gedung</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: right;">Districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Seberang_Perai_District" title="North Seberang Perai District">North Seberang Perai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Seberang_Perai_District" title="Central Seberang Perai District">Central Seberang Perai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Seberang_Perai_District" title="South Seberang Perai District">South Seberang Perai</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons page"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/20px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/40px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span> <a 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