Permatang Pauh is a town in

Central Seberang Perai District The Central Seberang Perai District ( ms, Daerah Seberang Perai Tengah; abbreviated: "SPT") is a district in the state of Penang, Malaysia. It covers an area of 238 square kilometres, and had a population of 371,975 at the 2010 Census . The distri ...

Penang Penang ( ms, Pulau Pinang, is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the M ...

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Mal ...

. There are two institutions of higher learning located in Permatang Pauh, namely a campus of

Universiti Teknologi MARA The MARA Technological University ( Malay: ''Universiti Teknologi MARA''; Jawi: اونيۏرسيتي تيكنولوڬي مارا; abbr. UiTM) is a public university based primarily in Shah Alam, Selangor. It was established to help rural Mala ...

(UiTM) and Politeknik Seberang Perai at Bandar Perda. Permatang Pauh is beside the longest expressway in Malaysia, in Penang. It is located in the centre of Penang state, in the middle of the

Bukit Mertajam Bukit Mertajam ( Jawi:بوكيت مرتاجم) is the administrative centre of the city of Seberang Perai in Penang, Malaysia. It also serves as the seat of the Central Seberang Perai District. , Bukit Mertajam (core) contains a total of 13, ...

and Kepala Batas. The Permatang Pauh highway is a flyover highway and a diamond shaped interchange. A U-turn road has been made below the north south highway to permit travellers to reach the Petron petrol station, flats and some shops here. Permatang Pauh is also the hometown of the head of Penang, the Penang Governor since 2001. However, he now resides in Jalan Utama on Penang Island. His residence is near Karpal Singh house, named after the former member of parliament for Bukit Gelugor, Jelutong. There are also several Chinese schools near Permatang Pauh. Those are Lay Keow and Chung Hwa. Butterworth primary school is called Chung Hwa. The trunk road to Ipoh and Bukit Mertajam is also found here. It is located 160 kilometres from Ipoh and 10 kilometres from Bukit Mertajam, while with the expressway, it is 335 kilometres from Kuala Lumpur and 90 kilometres to Alor Star. People drive onto the Seberang Jaya highway flyover to go down to the capital after coming out of Permatang Pauh Interchange. The Permatang Pauh highway town interchange is the fifth largest highway interchange in Penang after the Perai and Seberang Jaya interchange.

Places in Permatang Pauh

Seberang Jaya Seberang Jaya ( Jawi: سبرڠ جاي) is a suburb in the city of Seberang Perai, Penang, Malaysia. Located at the southern bank of the Perai River and east of Perai proper, the area was developed in the 1970s. Since then, Seberang Jaya has evolved ...

*Permatang Pasir *Taman Pauh & Taman Pauh Jaya *Permatang Janggus *Kampung Pertama *Kampung Sama Gagah

References

External links

Dummipedia: Geography of Permatang Pauh

Result of Malaysian General Election 2008 for Permatang Pauh
Central Seberang Perai District Towns in Penang {{Penang-geo-stub