Gelugor

Gelugor is a suburb of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. Named after a plant species, Gelugor lies along the eastern seaboard of Penang Island, between Jelutong and Sungai Dua, and nearly south of the city centre.

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Vinony's link graph records 191 inbound references to Gelugor, and connects out to North-East Penang Island, states and federal territories of Malaysia and Universiti Sains Malaysia.

The entry is geolocated on the map in MY, across 14 mapped points.

It is catalogued under topics including George Town, Penang and Populated places in Penang.

Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Gelugor
Settlement.settlement_type: Suburb of George Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Gelugor, George Town 2023.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 13
Settlement.mapframe point: none
Settlement.pushpin_map: Malaysia Penang George Town city centre
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: City
Settlement.subdivision_name2: 20px George Town
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Northeast
Settlement.postal_code_type: Postal code
Settlement.postal_code: 11700
Settlement.timezone: MST
Settlement.utc_offset: +8

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: suburb
Country: Malaysia
Located in: North-East Penang Island
Elevation: 4
Image: Gelugor, George Town 2023.jpg

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postal code: 11700
Commons category: Gelugor

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Etymology
History
Geography
Demographics
Transportation
Education
Notes
References

Gelugor had been populated as early as the late 18th century by Malay fishermen who arrived from Sumatra. The area was then cleared for agricultural plantations by David Brown, a partner of Captain Francis Light.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gelugor” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.