Penang
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Penang is a Malaysie state locatit on the northwast coast o Peninsular Malaysie, bi the Strait o Malacca. It haes twa pairts: Penang Island, whaur the caipital ceety, George Town, is locatit, an Seberang Perai (umwhile Province Wellesley), on the Malay Peninsula. Penang is bordered bi Kedah tae the north an the east an Perak tae the sooth.
Penang | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Malay | Pulau Pinang |
| • Cheenese | 槟城 |
| • Tamil | பினாங்கு |
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| Eik-name(s): Pearl o the Orient | |
| Motto(s): | |
| Anthem: Untuk Negeri Kita ("For Oor State") | |
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| Coordinates: 5°24′N 100°14′E | |
| Caipital | George Town |
| Govrenment | |
| • Yang di-Pertua Negeri | Abdul Rahman Abbas |
| • Chief Meenister | Lim Guan Eng (DAP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1031 km2 (398 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
| • Total | 1,889,835 |
| • Density | 1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Penangite |
| Human Development Index | |
| • HDI (2010) | 0.773 (high) (3rd) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | Nae observed |
| Postal code | 10xxx–14xxx |
| Calling code | +604 |
| ISO 3166 code | MY-07 |
| Vehicle registration | P |
| Cedit bi Kedah tae the British East India Company | 11 August 1786 |
| Made a Breetish croun colony as pairt o the Straits Settlements | 1 Aprile 1867 |
| Japanese occupation | 19 December 1941 |
| Accession intae the Federation o Malaya | 31 Januar 1948 |
| Unthirldom as pairt o the Federation o Malaya | 31 August 1957 |
| Website | penang |
| ^[a] 2,491 fowk per km2 on Penang Island an 1,049 fowk per km2 in Seberang Perai | |
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