5°24′56.03″N 100°19′53.2″E / 5.4155639°N 100.331444°E
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| Native name | |
|---|---|
| Maintained by | Penang Island City Council |
| Location | George Town |
| West end | Penang Road |
| East end | Beach Street |
| Construction | |
| Inauguration | 19th century |
JALAN DR LIM CHWEE LEONG Prangin Rd10100 P. PINANG | |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | ii, iii, iv |
| Designated | 2008 (32nd session) |
| Part of | George Town UNESCO Buffer Zone |
| Reference no. | 1223 |
| Region | Asia-Pacific |
Prangin Road is a major thoroughfare in the city of George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang. The one-way road, one of the busiest in the city centre, forms the southernmost limit of the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site and runs along major landmarks such as Komtar and Prangin Mall.
Prangin Road was named after a canal that once ran through the area.[1][2] For much of the 19th century, the Prangin Canal marked the southernmost limits of George Town. The canal has since been disused, while the construction of Komtar in the 1970s heralded more modern forms of urbanisation along Prangin Road.[3]
- ^ Khoo, Salma Nasution (2007). Streets of George Town, Penang. Penang, Malaysia: Areca Books. ISBN 9789839886009.
- ^ "Marshland buried with the times | Wong Chun Wai". wongchunwai.com. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
- ^ "George Town's forgotten canals - Community | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2017-02-22.