Seberang Perai Utara in Numbers

By Syafiqah Nazurah Mukhtar

June 2022 STATISTICS
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SEBERANG PERAI WAS historically known as Province Wellesley, when in 1798, it was handed over by the Kedah Sultanate to the British East India Company. In recent times, however, “Seberang Perai” is used by locals to refer to land on the other side of the Perai River.Bordering Kuala Muda in Kedah, Seberang Perai Utara is the largest district in Penang, measuring 268 square kilometres and with a population density of 1,275 people per square kilometre. Seberang Perai Utara is wealthy...

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Syafiqah Nazurah Mukhtar

is an urban studies researcher who also loves to decorate homes and spaces.

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