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Penang, Malaysiai
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PenangState
MalaysiaCountry

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View of the Penang tin mining area, ca. 1910.

Penang, Malaysia
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View of the Penang tin mining area, ca. 1910.

Penang, Malaysia
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View of the Penang tin mining area, ca. 1910.

Penang, Malaysia
09163860017272327242712.jpg
View of the Penang tin mining area, ca. 1910.

Penang, Malaysia
02851140017272327252683.jpg
View of the Penang tin mining area, ca. 1910.

Penang, Malaysia
06784370017272327254599.jpg
View of the Penang tin mining area, ca. 1910.

Penang, Malaysia
09163860017272327242712.jpg
View of the Penang tin mining area, ca. 1910.

Penang, Malaysia
02851140017272327252683.jpg
View of the Penang tin mining area, ca. 1910.

Penang, Malaysia
Neighbouring regions:
Type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
George Town300,000 (2012)
Bukit Mertajam212,329 (2012)
Kampung Sungai Ara140,849 (2018)
Tasek Glugor135,786 (2012)
Butterworth107,591 (2017)
Perai65,301 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
254945
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:254945:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Pulau Pinang
Other Languages:
French:
Penang, Malaisie
German:
Penang, Malaysia
Italian:
Penang, Malesia
Russian:
Пинанг, Малайзия
Simplified Chinese:
槟城, 马来西亚
Spanish:
Penang, Malasia
Achinese:
Pulo Pinang, Malaysia
Arabic:
بينانق, ماليزيا
Armenian:
Պինանգ, Մալազիա
Asturian:
Penang, Malasia
Azeri:
Pinanq, Malayziya
Basque:
Penang, Malaysia
Bengali:
পেনাং, মালয়েশিয়া
Bulgarian:
Пенанг, Малайзия
Catalan:
Penang, Malàisia
Cebuano:
Pulau Pinang , Malasya
Czech:
Penang, Malajsie
Danish:
Penang, Malaysia
Dutch:
Penang, Maleisië
Esperanto:
Penango, Malajzio
Farsi/Persian:
پنانگ, مالزی
Finnish:
Penang, Malesia
Greek:
Πενάνγκ, Μαλαισία
Gujarati:
પેનાંગ, મલેશિયા
Hakka:
Pulau Pinang, Mâ-lòi-sî-â
Hebrew:
פננג, מלזיה
Hindi:
पिनांग, मलेशिया
Hungarian:
Pinang, Malajzia
Ido:
Penang, Malaizia
Indonesian:
Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Inupiaq:
Penang, Malaysia
Japanese:
ペナン, マレーシア
Javanese:
Pulo Pinang, Malaysia
Kannada:
ಪೆನಾಂಗ್, ಮಲೇಶಿಯ
Korean:
피낭, 말레이시아
Latvian:
Penanga, Malaizija
Lithuanian:
Penangas, Malaizija
Macedonian:
Пенанг, Малезија
Malay:
Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Malayalam:
പെനാംഗ്, മലേഷ്യ
Marathi:
पेनांग, मलेशिया
Min Dong Chinese:
Pulau Pinang, Mā-lài-să̤-ā
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Penang, Má-lâi-se-a
Norwegian:
Penang, Malaysia
Piedmontese:
Penang, Malaysia
Polish:
Penang, Malezja
Portuguese:
Penang, Malásia
Punjabi:
ਪੀਨਾਂਗ, ਮਲੇਸ਼ੀਆ
Quechua:
Penang suyu, Malasya
Scots:
Penang, Malaysie
Sinhalese:
පෙනන්ග්, මලයාසියාව
Swedish:
Pinang, Malaysia
Tamil:
பினாங்கு, மலேசியா
Telugu:
పెనాంగ్, మలేషియా
Thai:
รัฐปีนัง, ประเทศมาเลเซีย
Traditional Chinese:
檳城, 馬來西亞
Turkish:
Penang, Malezya
Ukrainian:
Пенанг, Малайзія
Urdu:
پینانگ, ملائیشیا
Vietnamese:
Penang, Malaysia
Waray:
Penang, Malaysia
Wu Chinese:
槟城, 马来西亚
Zazaki:
Penang, Malêzya


Pulau Pinang is the island of Penang.
This is one of the eleven states and two federal territories on the Malay Peninsula.
"Penang" may refer to either the island of Penang (Pulau Pinang) or the state of Penang.

Note: the modern Malay name Pulau Pinang which means "areca nut island".

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1 valid mineral.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘKaolinite9.ED.05Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
OOxygen
Oⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
AlAluminium
Alⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
SiSilicon
Siⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang
Wikidata ID:Q188096
GeoNames ID:1733047

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