PENANG or PRINCE OF WALES ISLANDS

PENANG or PRINCE OF WALES ISLANDS
   (91), a small fertile island near the northern opening of the Straits of Malacca, off the Malay coast, and 360 m. NW. of Singapore; is one of the British Straits Settlements, of value strategically; it is hilly, and covered with vegetation; the population are half Chinese, a fourth of them Malays; figs, spices, and tobacco are exported. The capital is GEORGETOWN (25), on the island.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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