George Town, Penang
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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 s
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History of Penang
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The State of Penang, one of the most developed and urbanised Malaysian states, is located at the nation's northwest coast along the Malacca Strait. To a greater degree than other Malaysian states, the
Fort Cornwallis, in the heart of George Town, was constructed at the spot where Francis Light first set foot on Penang Island.
George Town was named after King George III, who reigned over the British Empire between 1760 and 1820. Coronation Portrait by Allan Ramsay, 1762.
Francis Light's grave in the Old Protestant Cemetery in George Town
An 1818 painting depicting George Town and Province Wellesley (in the horizon), as seen from a hilltop