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Penang is a state of Malaysia located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Strait of Malacca. It comprises two parts – Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai (formerly Province Wellesley in English) on the Malay Peninsula. The state of Penang is bordered by Kedah to the north and east, and Perak to the south.
Highly urbanised and industrialised, Penang is one of the most developed and economically important states in the country, and is a thriving tourist destination. George Town, which was founded by the British in 1786, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Penang has the third-highest Human Development Index in Malaysia, after the state of Selangor and the federal territory of Kuala Lumpur. Its heterogeneous population is highly diverse in ethnicity, culture, language and religion. A resident of Penang is colloquially known as a Penangite (in English),Penangkaran (In Penang Tamil or a Penang Lang (in Penang Hokkien).
Penang is a state in Malaysia.
Penang may also refer to:
- Penang Island
- Penang International Airport
- Penang Bridge
- Penang or Phanaeng curry
Usage examples of "penang".
For me, no yellow liverless individuals, with characteristic bamboo and pigtail--emblems of half-a-million--returned to his native shores from Ceylon or remote Penang.
When Lowder came out of the room, he no longer carried the Penang lawyer.
With the fall of Singapore, Penang, and Martaban, the Bay of Bengal is now vulnerable to what must be considered the superior sea- and air-power of Japan in that area.
While they had been lying at Penang, surrounded by the enemy, and had watched the submarines at their moorings, Tsao had come and gone with the cool confidence of a professional agent, not the junior clerk Villiers had once known.
But Richard Tsao had said there were only two German seaplanes, and they were at Penang, a further two hundred miles beyond the intended target.
Here in Batavia we have Shao Yen, who has interests out as far as the Moluccas and up to Penang.