South West Penang Island (Malay: Pulau Pinang Barat Daya), is one of the five administrative districts in the state of Penang. It covers an area of 176 square kilometres, and had a population of 196,195 at the 2010 Census (provisional result). The district seat is located in Balik Pulau.
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Famous quotes containing the words south-west and/or island:
“The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with wild imprecations the most faithful of his courtiers to shipwreck, disaster, and death.”
—Joseph Conrad (1857–1924)
“The shifting islands! who would not be willing that his house should be undermined by such a foe! The inhabitant of an island can tell what currents formed the land which he cultivates; and his earth is still being created or destroyed. There before his door, perchance, still empties the stream which brought down the material of his farm ages before, and is still bringing it down or washing it away,—the graceful, gentle robber!”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)