Seberang Perai
Seberang Perai , also Seberang Prai , formerly Province Wellesley in English , is the coastal strip on the Malay Peninsula opposite the island of Penang. Both are parts of the Malaysian state of Penang . Seberang Perai, which covers an area of 739 km², has a total of almost 840,000 inhabitants (as of 2010).
location
The largest city is Butterworth with over 100,000 inhabitants . Other cities are Bukit Mertajam, Seberang Jaya, Sungai Puyu, Nibong Tebal and Kepala Batas. Together these form the administrative unit of Sebarang Perai.
Seberang Perai is connected to Penang Island by the Penang Bridge and ferries. In Butterworth there is a station of the Malaysian state railway Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM), a container terminal and a junction of the north-south highway .
history
The coastal strip was originally part of the Sultanate of Kedah . It was ceded by the Sultan of Kedah in 1798 and became part of the British Straits Settlements .
The province Wellesley got its English-speaking name after Richard Wellesley , from 1797 to 1805 Governor General of the British East India Company .
With the independence of Malaysia, the Province of Wellesley remained part of the state of Penang and was later officially renamed Seberang Perai (Malay: seberang = opposite; perai = scattered).
administration
Seberang Perai is administered by the Majlis Perbandaran Seberang Perai (MPSP), English Municipal Council of the Province Wellesley , analogous to the Majlis Perbandaran Pulau Pinang (MPPP) or Municipal Council of Penang Island on the island of Penang.
Seberang Perai itself is divided into three districts, each with its own administrative authority:
| District | location | Area (2011) |
Population (2010) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perai Utara | north | 263 km² | 295,979 |
| Perai Tengah | center | 235 km² | 371.975 |
| Perai Selatan | south | 241 km² | 171.045 |
| total | 739 km² | 838,999 | |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Statistics Yearbook Malaysia 2011: Tables. (PDF; 2.64 MB) Department of Statistics Malaysia, December 14, 2012, accessed on October 11, 2013 (Malay, English; page 2, PDF page 2).
- ↑ a b Statistics Yearbook Malaysia 2011: Tables. (PDF; 2.64 MB) Department of Statistics Malaysia, December 14, 2012, accessed on October 11, 2013 (Malay, English; page 18, PDF page 17).