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The Penang Graffiti Park was launched in 2012. [3] [5] The idea for the establishment of a 'Youth Park' came into being in 1970, in response to concerns over juvenile delinquency and a lack of recreational areas. [1] At the time, the area now known as the City Park was an abandoned 40-acre (16-hectare) granite quarry.
Penang National Park is the first protected area legally gazetted under Malaysia's National Park Act of 1980, signifying the state and federal governments' environmental protection efforts. It was established to preserve flora and fauna as well as objects with geological, archaeological , historical, ethnological , scientific, and scenic interests.
The name Penang comes from the modern Malay name Pulau Pinang which means 'areca nut island'. [6] Penang is also colloquially referred to as the "Pearl of the Orient" and "The Island of Pearls" (Malay: Pulau Mutiara). [7] [8] Over the course of history, Penang Island had been known by different names by seafarers from various regions.
Sungai Nibong is a residential neighbourhood within the city of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. It lies near the eastern coast of Penang Island, about 8.6 km (5.3 mi) south of the city centre. Sungai Nibong is best known as the site of the annual Penang Island Festival, more popularly called 'Pesta Pulau Pinang' in Malay.
Map of Penang Island surveyed by Commander F C P Vereker in 1884. With an area of 295 km 2 (114 sq mi), Penang Island is the fourth largest island wholly in Malaysia, after Banggi Island, Bruit Island and Langkawi Island. It is also the most populated island city in the country, with a population of 794,313 as of 2020. [1]
Komtar houses the Office of the Chief Minister of Penang, as well as agencies of the Penang state government and the Penang Island City Council.. The city centre of George Town encompasses 19 km 2 (7.3 sq mi) of the northeastern plains of Penang Island, forming the basin of the Pinang River, the main river system on the island.
City of Penang Island Bandaraya Pulau Pinang Penang. Northeast District (since 1957) Southwest District (since 2015) Penang Island City Council Majlis Bandaraya Pulau Pinang: 1 January 1957 by Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, as the City of George Town 31 March 2015 by Abdul Halim of Kedah, Yang di-Pertuan Agong XIV, as the City of ...
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