Official Name: | Pantai Acheh |
Settlement Type: | Suburb of George Town |
Translit Lang1: | Other |
Pushpin Map: | Malaysia Penang George Town city centre |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within George Town in Penang |
Coordinates: | 5.415°N 100.1964°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Malaysia |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | George Town |
Leader Title1: | Local government |
Leader Name1: | Penang Island City Council |
Population Total: | 4302 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 11010 |
Leader Title2: | Mayor of Penang Island |
Leader Name2: | Rajendran P. Anthony |
Leader Title3: | Telok Bahang State Assemblyman |
Leader Name3: | Muhamad Kasim (BERSATU) |
Leader Title4: | Balik Pulau Member of Parliament |
Leader Name4: | Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik (PKR) |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Timezone Dst: | Not observed |
Translit Lang1 Type2: | Mandarin |
Translit Lang1 Info2: | Bān tái yà qí |
Translit Lang1 Type3: | Tamil |
Translit Lang1 Info3: | Pantai āccē |
Demographics Type1: | Demographics |
Demographics1 Info1: |
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Demographics1 Title1: | Ethnic groups |
Area Total Km2: | 23 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Pantai Acheh is a suburb of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang.[2] It is located about 14.8km (09.2miles) west of the city centre, at the western coast of Penang Island between Teluk Bahang to the east and Balik Pulau to the south.
, Pantai Acheh was home to a population of 4,302. Malays constituted over 68% of the suburb's population, followed by Chinese at close to 25% and Indians at 5%.
Jalan Pantai Acheh is the main road that runs through the heart of the agricultural village. Rapid Penang bus route 404 is the sole public bus route to Pantai Acheh, linking the village with the town of Balik Pulau.[3]
Pantai Acheh contains a single primary school - SRJK (C) Chin Hwa.[4]
The Sheikh Tahir Jalaluddin Falak Observatory, one of the several Islamic observatories in Malaysia, is situated near the village.[5] [6] It functions as a site for the sighting of the new moon at the start of every fasting month.