Tanjung Tokong
| Tanjung Tokong | |
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| Suburb of George Town | |
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Chinese | 丹绒道光 |
| • Hokkien POJ | tan long tō kng |
Aerial view of Tanjung Tokong, looking towards Gurney Drive, George Town
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 Tanjung Tokong
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| Coordinates: 5°26′51.36″N 100°18′24.12″E / 5.4476000°N 100.3067000°ECoordinates: 5°26′51.36″N 100°18′24.12″E / 5.4476000°N 100.3067000°E | |
| Country |
 Malaysia |
| State |
 Penang |
| District | Northeast Penang Island |
| Government | |
| • Local Government | Penang Island City Council |
| • Mayor of Penang Island | Patahiyah Ismail |
| • State assemblyman | Cheah Kah Peng (PKR) |
| • Bukit Bendera Member of Parliament | Zairil Khir Johari (DAP) |
| Time zone | Malaysian Standard Time (UTC+8) |
| • Summer (DST) | Not observed (UTC) |
| Postal code | 10470 |
| Website | www |
Tanjung Tokong is a suburb of George Town in Penang, Malaysia. It is located along the northeastern coast of Penang Island, next to Pulau Tikus and 7km away from George Town proper. Over the recent decades, the former fishing village has been transformed into an upper class residential suburb of George Town, with high-rises such as Straits Quay lining the coast.
The area had already been inhabited for decades prior to Captain Francis Light's founding of Penang Island in 1786. Tanjung Tokong was believed to be the site of the first Chinese settlement on Penang Island. Up until the 1970s, Tanjung Tokong was a fishing village and the sea was certainly much cleaner in the past.
At present, the reclamation of land is ongoing off the shores of Tanjung Tokong, creating a new township - Seri Tanjung Pinang.
Due to its location along the northern coast of Penang Island, Tanjung Tokong was hard hit by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami.
In the mid-18th century, a Chinese by the name of Zhang Li founded a fishing village at what is now Tanjung Tokong. He had actually intended to sail from China to Sumatra, but the rough seas pushed him to Penang Island instead. His arrival at Tanjung Tokong preceded Captain Francis Light's landing on Penang Island by about 40 years. To this day, Zhang Li, whose grave still lies at Tanjung Tokong, is worshipped by ethnic Chinese in Malaysia and Singapore as Tua Pek Kong, a local deity.
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