Bayan Lepas
| Bayan Lepas | |
|---|---|
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  Bayan Lepas | |
| Coordinates: 5°25′00″N 100°19′00″E / 5.41667°N 100.31667°E | |
| Country | Malaysia |
| State | Penang |
| Founded | 1956 |
| Municipality established | 1976 |
| Area | |
| • City | 151.7 km2 (58.59 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 4 m (13.1 ft) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • City | 141,000(38th) |
| • Density | 1,447/km2 (3,748/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,225,501 |
| (metro pop is a 2000 est) | |
| Time zone | MST (UTC+8) |
| • Summer (DST) | Not observed (UTC) |
Bayan Lepas is a district in Penang, Malaysia being home to the Penang International Airport. It has a population of about 141,000 people. Bayan Lepas is the main industrial hub of Penang, being home to the Free Industrial Zone, where factories of many multinational companies are located especially semiconductor industry. Penang International Airport also located at Bayan Lepas. Nowadays, the Greater Bayan Lepas has built majority of the condominiums and apartments when travelling on Penang Bridges. Penang's shopping mall, Queensbay Mall, the Bukit Jambul Complex and Giant Hypermarket are located there. Bayan Lepas is connected to Georgetown via the Bayan Lepas Expressway or known as Lim Chong Eu Expressway. There are some tourist spots including the Snake Temple, War Museum, and the Fisheries Department Aquarium. Many new condominiums, housing estates are all currently under construction in this area.
Highway North Bound
- 5 kilometres exit from Persimpangan Jawi
- 17 kilometres from Persimpangan Bandar Baharu
- 36 kilometres from Persimpangan Bukit Merah
South Bound
- 5 kilometres from Persimpangan Juru
- 10 kilometres from Persimpangan Jambatan Pulau Pinang
- 12 kilometres from Persimpangan Perai
Climate
Bayan Lepas features a tropical rainforest climate under the Köppen climate classification. Bayan Lepas has a very lengthy wet season. As is common in several regions with this climate, precipitation is seen even during the short dry season. Temperatures are relatively consistent throughout the course of the year, with average high temperatures around 32 degrees Celsius and average low temperatures around 23 degrees Celsius. Bayan Lepas sees on average roughly 2300 mm of precipitation per year.
Bayan Lepas average rainfall 2013 can be compared with other places in Malaysia via Annual Mean Rainfall Locations In Malaysia 2013
| Climate data for Penang | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 31.6 (88.9) |
32.2 (90) |
32.2 (90) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.1 (88) |
31.3 (88.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.9 (80.4) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.3 (81.1) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.7 (80.1) |
27.0 (80.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 23.2 (73.8) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.7 (74.7) |
24.1 (75.4) |
24.2 (75.6) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.5 (74.4) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 68.7 (2.705) |
71.7 (2.823) |
146.4 (5.764) |
220.5 (8.681) |
203.4 (8.008) |
178.0 (7.008) |
192.1 (7.563) |
242.4 (9.543) |
356.1 (14.02) |
383.0 (15.079) |
231.8 (9.126) |
113.5 (4.469) |
2,407.6 (94.787) |
| Avg. rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 146 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 248.8 | 233.2 | 235.3 | 224.5 | 203.6 | 202.4 | 205.5 | 188.8 | 161.0 | 170.2 | 182.1 | 209.0 | 2,464.4 |
| Source: NOAA[1] | |||||||||||||
High Tech Industrialisation
Bayan Lepas enjoys the foreign direct investment (FDI) from high technology companies. National Semiconductor, now known as Motorola is the pioneer of the MNC that set up the factory in Bayan Lepas .[2] Then, it was followed by the "children of Fairchild" such as Intel, AMD. In 1975, additional 5 MNC such as Osram, Hewlett Packard, now known as Agilent, Bosch, Hitachi and Clarion also followed suits. Together, these companies is locally known as "Samurai Eight"which bring prosperity thru the 70's until now.[3]
Sister cities
References
- ↑ "Penang/Bayan Lepas Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
- ↑ http://www.ierc.bia-bg.com/language/bg/uploads/files/newsletter__1/newsletter__a2f8c12efd267e1b844da6def8aa9a6f.pdf
- ↑ http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/gep/documents/conferences/2012/malaysia-conference/prema-chandra-athukorala.pdf
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Coordinates: 5°17′N 100°16′E / 5.283°N 100.267°E