Today Penang Island is a major tourist destination, one of Malaysia's finest in fact.
People from all over the world come here to experience its unique blend of different cultures, taste food that makes Penang famous throughout Malaysia, laze on its beaches and explore its old city enclaves and heritage sites.
It is located at northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia and surrounded by Strait of Malacca.
The Penang's capital called Georgetown.
Penang state comprises Penang Island (293 sq km) and Province Wellesley ( 760 sq km, nowadays called Seberang Perai in Malay ), which is on the mainland of Peninsular Malaysia.
Although Seberang Perai is two-and-a-half times bigger than Penang Island in size, its population (54%) is only slightly more than that of the island.
The name "Penang" itself comes from the colonial ( Penang under the British until 1957 ) way of pronouncing the original Malay name of the island, Pulau Pinang.
Today the locals still call it Penang when speaking in English, though you may find that outside the English-speaking world, the island is often known and appear on maps as "Pinang".
The sea, consisting of the North Channel and the South Channel, separates Penang Island from Seberang Perai.
These two halves of Penang are connected by the 8-mile (13.
4km) long Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia and one of the longest in Asia.
Since its completion over twenty years ago, the Penang Bridge has seen traffic volume exceeding capacity, resulting in regular jams and necessitating the planning for a second Penang Bridge, even longer than the present one.
This second bridge will one day connect Batu Maung on the island and Batu Kawan on the mainland.
Common languages used by Penang citizen are English, Mandarin, Malay, Tamil, Hokkien and Teochew.
It is a truly magnificent and amazing travel while visit to Penang.
Penang surrounded by it's attractive whitewashed colonial buildings alongside gleaming temples, mosques, churches, labyrinthine alleys and all the sites that most tourists come to visit.
People from all over the world come here to experience its unique blend of different cultures, taste food that makes Penang famous throughout Malaysia, laze on its beaches and explore its old city enclaves and heritage sites.
It is located at northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia and surrounded by Strait of Malacca.
The Penang's capital called Georgetown.
Penang state comprises Penang Island (293 sq km) and Province Wellesley ( 760 sq km, nowadays called Seberang Perai in Malay ), which is on the mainland of Peninsular Malaysia.
Although Seberang Perai is two-and-a-half times bigger than Penang Island in size, its population (54%) is only slightly more than that of the island.
The name "Penang" itself comes from the colonial ( Penang under the British until 1957 ) way of pronouncing the original Malay name of the island, Pulau Pinang.
Today the locals still call it Penang when speaking in English, though you may find that outside the English-speaking world, the island is often known and appear on maps as "Pinang".
The sea, consisting of the North Channel and the South Channel, separates Penang Island from Seberang Perai.
These two halves of Penang are connected by the 8-mile (13.
4km) long Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia and one of the longest in Asia.
Since its completion over twenty years ago, the Penang Bridge has seen traffic volume exceeding capacity, resulting in regular jams and necessitating the planning for a second Penang Bridge, even longer than the present one.
This second bridge will one day connect Batu Maung on the island and Batu Kawan on the mainland.
Common languages used by Penang citizen are English, Mandarin, Malay, Tamil, Hokkien and Teochew.
It is a truly magnificent and amazing travel while visit to Penang.
Penang surrounded by it's attractive whitewashed colonial buildings alongside gleaming temples, mosques, churches, labyrinthine alleys and all the sites that most tourists come to visit.
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