Overview of Georgetown

Founded in 1786 by British trader Francis Light, Georgetown was one of the three Straits Settlements along with Malacca and Singapore. Modern-day Georgetown is one of Malaysia's largest cities with 600,000 inhabitants. Read More »

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Overview of Georgetown is based on Georgetown by MFR, Rebecca Lang, Moritz Hilger, Julien, Menchu Valderama, Claus Hansen, F C, Felix505, Globe-trotter, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.