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Henry Butcher Malaysia (Butterworth) Sdn Bhd is a
registered estate agency located at Butterworth, Penang. The
agency has a strong presence in Butterworth and Penang area with a
team of professionally qualified and licensed negotiators, each
having an extensive knowledge of the major residential and
commercial areas of Butterworth and surrounding districts.
Butterworth
Butterworth is a town in North Seberang Perai, Penang, Malaysia.
Named after William John Butterworth, Governor of the Straits
Settlements (1843 - 1855), Butterworth was established in the mid-19th
century as a landing place across the channel from the capital of Penang, George Town. The town has a population of 107,591 and it
is also known unofficially in Malay as Bagan, meaning "jetty".
Butterworth is the site of the Malayan Railway station for Penang,
and is linked to the island by the Penang Ferry Service and by the
13.5 km Penang Bridge.
Butterworth sits in the southernmost tip of the North Seberang Perai
district, sandwiched between Prai River in the south and east of the
town and the North Channel in the west which separates Penang Island
and Seberang Perai. The town with a low-lying area close to sea
level is bordered by Perai in the south, Seberang Jaya in the east,
both are separated by the Prai River, and Telok Air Tawar in the
north. The west coast facing Penang Island, especially near Bagan
Ajam is lined with sandy beaches, while the shores lining Prai River
is covered with mangrove swamps.
The Penang Ferry Service connects Butterworth to George Town. The
Pengkalan Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal is located to the north
of The Deepwater Wharves.
Today, Butterworth is a town suffering from decentralisation with
administrative and commercial centres shifted to nearby suburbs such
as Seberang Jaya, Prai and Kepala Batas. Recently, the RM2bil
Penang
Sentral project is set to be proposed at the current site of the
ferry terminal, bus terminal and railway station which is set to be
the modern transport hub for the Northern Corridor Economic Region.
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