Bayan Lepas

Bayan Lepas
Suburb of George Town
Other transcription(s)
• Mandarin	峇六拜 Bā liù bài (Pinyin)
• Hokkien	Bâ La̍k-pài (Tâi-lô)
• Tamil	பயான் லெபாஸ் Payāṉ lepās (Transliteration)
Bayan Lepas Location within    George Town in    Penang
Coordinates: 5°17′N 100°16′E / 5.283°N 100.267°E / 5.283; 100.267
Country	Malaysia
State	Penang
City	George Town
Government
• Local government	Penang Island City Council
• Mayor of Penang Island	Rajendran P. Anthony
• Bayan Lepas State Assemblyman	Azrul Mahathir Aziz (Amanah)
• Balik Pulau Member of Parliament	Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik (PKR)
Area
• Total	31.9 km2 (12.3 sq mi)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	130,455
• Density	4,100/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Demographics [1]
• Ethnic groups	42.7% Bumiputera 42.2% Malay 0.5% indigenous groups from Sabah and Sarawak 40.4% Chinese 7.0% Indian 0.5% Other ethnicities 9.4% Non-citizens
Time zone	UTC+8 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	Not observed
Postal code	11900
Area code(s)	+6046
Website	www.mbpp.gov.my

Bayan Lepas is a suburb of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. Located near the southeastern tip of Penang Island, 15 km (9.3 mi) south of the city centre, it is home to the Penang International Airport, the third busiest airport in Malaysia, as well as one of the oldest free industrial zones in the country.

Established sometime in the 19th century, Bayan Lepas had been an agricultural village, with rice production as its mainstay. The British built what is now the Penang International Airport in 1935, but it was only in the 1970s when Bayan Lepas witnessed widescale transformation with the creation of the eponymous free industrial zone.

Today, electronics manufacturing and logistics have replaced agriculture as the major economic sectors at Bayan Lepas, while residential and commercial developments have accelerated, including Queensbay Mall, one of the largest shopping malls in George Town.