Tanjung Bungah

Tanjung Bungah also spelt as Tanjong Bungah is a suburb of George Town in Penang, Malaysia. It is located alongside the northern coast of Penang Island between Batu Ferringhi and Tanjung Tokong, and approximately 6.5 km northwest of the metropolis centre. Tanjung Bungah is properly called a seaside vacation spot, with several lodges and hotels lining the beaches within the region. Decades of urbanisation has additionally caused the mushrooming of residential excessive-rises at Tanjung Bungah.

In addition, the suburb is home to a good sized expatriate populace; foreigners made up 5.7 consistent with cent of Tanjung Bungah's population as of 2010. A variety of Royal Australian Air Force servicemen used to are living here while being stationed in Penang within the 1960s and 70s. Due to its area along the northern coast of Penang Island, Tanjung Bungah became hard hit by using the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

Tanjung Bungah become formerly a quiet fishing village populated through Malay and Chinese fishermen. It only received prominence as a seashore destination of desire for locals and tourists inside the 1950s. At the time, Batu Ferringhi had but to be evolved. The crystal clear waters off Tanjung Bungah also attracted two neighborhood swimming golf equipment into the location - the Penang Swimming Club and the Penang Chinese Swimming Club.