Teluk Kumbar
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Teluk Kumbar 公巴 |
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 Teluk Kumbar
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| Coordinates: 5°17′0″N 100°14′0″E / 5.28333°N 100.23333°E | |
| Country | Malaysia |
| State | Penang |
| District | Southwest Penang Island |
| Government | |
| • Local Government | Penang Island City Council (MBPP) |
| • Penang Island City Mayor | Dato' Patahiyah binti Ismail |
| • Balik Pulau Member of Parliament | Hilmi bin Yahya (UMNO) |
| • Bayan Lepas State Assemblyman | Nordin bin Ahmad (UMNO) |
| Time zone | MST (UTC+8) |
| • Summer (DST) | Not observed (UTC) |
| Postal code | 11920 |
| International dialling code prefix | +604 (landline only) |
| Website | http://www.mbpp.gov.my |
Teluk Kumbar (In Chinese: "公巴", "Kong-Pa" in Penang Hokkien) is one of the district in Penang Island, located just between Bayan Lepas and Balik Pulau in Penang, Malaysia. The name Teluk comes from it location at a bay by the sea and Kumbar comes from a thorny palm type vegetation that grows wildly mostly on the inner hilly area. It was orally told by olds that during it was opened by some Achenese, the land is covered by kumbar clump and the name came from it. The palm, with it sour fruits, now is found rarely on the hilly area and it mostly cleared and replaced by durian orchards.
Teluk Kumbar covers an area of about 10 square kilometers, an area which had a population of nearly 6000. It was divided to three main villages, Sungai Batu, Teluk Kumbar and Gertak Sanggul. Teluk Kumbar, a historically Malay fishing village, Teluk Kumbar was established in the 1880s, consisting of the main area as Kampung Masjid, Kampung Matahari Naik, Kampung Matahari Jatuh (Jalan Sepakat), Kampung Paya, Kampung Suluk, Kampung Pasir Belanda, Kampung Nelayan and Pekan. New small township named as Bandar Baru Teluk Kumbar is developed by PERDA (Penang Regional Development Authority) on a piece of land of paddy field and rumbia. 'Batu Pek Lag', is an old name, only known by Teluk Kumbar Atas people, is a bungalow built by a rich Chinese, situated at at the last corner before the climbing road starting to Balik Pulau.
Teluk Kumbar is a Malay kampung with their main econony activities ia a fishing and farming. Most Chinese that migrated and settle here are mainly shopkeepers, or run a family-business seafood restaurants. (e.g. Hao You Teluk Kumbar Seafood (公巴好友海鲜) )
This district shows its important role during British era as it produces rice, rubber, coconut and other raw and native products for a supply to locals and for export. During World War II and before Japanese occupation, British had built a number of concrete fortresses to defend this area from Japanese attack. The fortress can be seen at Kampung Nelayan near the mouth of the Teluk Kumbar river, and another one is located at the opposite of the main road in the front of Sekolah Kebangsaan Teluk Kumbar just beside the hardware store. Remains of Japanese warships also can be seen on the beach at Tanjung Ramai, Gertak Sanggul, showing that this area had witnessed a fiery sea battle between both powers, Japanese and Allied.
Teluk Kumbar leads by Penghulu which had been appointed by local authorities for every five years.
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