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 highest contributor to the country's GDP. The city proper spans an area of 306 km2 (118 sq mi) encompassing Penang Island and surrounding islets, and had a population of 794,313 as of 2020.
Image: George Town, Penang at night (2) (cropped 4to 3, KOMTAR centred)
Image: Gurney Drive at night
Image: Butterworth and Penang Scenery (31409353540)
Image: Penang from Penang Road on rainy day 1 (15955759379, closeup)
Captain Francis Light was a British explorer and the founder of the British colony of Penang and its capital city of George Town in 1786. Light and his lifelong partner, Martina Rozells, were the parents of William Light, who founded the city of Adelaide in South Australia.
Family tree of the Capel family descendants of Light
The tomb of Francis Light in Penang's Protestant Cemetery.