Cities

George Town

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "George Town." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/george-town-penang.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). George Town. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/george-town-penang

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-george-town,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {George Town},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/george-town-penang},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

George Town is the capital of the Malaysian state of Penang and the core city of the George Town Conurbation, Malaysia's second largest metropolitan area.

Facts

Population

794,313 1

Area (sq km)

306 1

Founding Year

1786 1

Population Estimate Year

2020 1

Latitude

5.41444 degrees north 1

Longitude

100.32917 degrees east 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Malaysia

Source George Town (Wikipedia)

Penang

George Town is associated with Penang.

Source George Town (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Penang

George Town is the capital of Penang.

Source George Town (Wikipedia)

On Continent

Asia

Sources

1. George Town (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationLead section

Quote, Lead section

George Town is the capital of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is the core city of the George Town Conurbation, Malaysia's second largest metropolitan area with a population of 2.84 million and the second largest metropolitan economy in the country.

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