Pantai Acheh
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Pantai Acheh
| settlement_type = Suburb of George Town
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Malaysia}}
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_type2 = City
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Penang}}
| subdivision_name2 = 20px George Town
| subdivision_type3 = District
| subdivision_name3 = Southwest
| population_total = 4302
| population_footnotes = {{Cite journal |date=February 2024 |title=MyCensus 2020: Mukim/Town/Pekan |journal=Department of Statistics Malaysia |location=Putrajaya |pages=174–175 |isbn=9789672537069}}
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 11010
| timezone = MST
| utc_offset = +8
| timezone_DST = Not observed
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_info1 = {{tree list}}
- 68.3% Bumiputera
- 68.3% Malay
- 24.9% Chinese
- 5.3% Indian
- 0.2% Other ethnicities
- 1.1% Non-citizens
{{tree list/end}}
| demographics1_title1 = Ethnic groups
| area_total_km2 = 23
| population_density_km2 = auto
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Pantai Acheh is a suburb of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang.{{Cite news|url=http://www.buletinmutiara.com/download/2015/BuletinMutiaraMay12015-BM.pdf|title=George Town meliputi 'pulau', jelas Datuk Bandar|date=1 May 2015|work=Buletin Mutiara}} It is located about {{Convert|14.8|km|abbr=on}} west of the city centre, at the western coast of Penang Island between Teluk Bahang to the east and Balik Pulau to the south.
Geography
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Demographics
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{{As of|2020}}, Pantai Acheh was home to a population of 4,302. Malays constituted over 68% of the suburb's population, followed by Chinese at close to 25% and Indians at 5%.
Transportation
Jalan Pantai Acheh is the main road that runs through the heart of the agricultural village. Rapid Penang bus route 404 is the sole public bus route to Pantai Acheh, linking the village with the town of Balik Pulau.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rapidpg.com.my/journey-planner/route-maps/details/404.gif |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702062456/http://www.rapidpg.com.my/journey-planner/route-maps/details/404.gif |archive-date=2016-07-02 |url-status=dead }}
Education
Infrastructure
The Sheikh Tahir Jalaluddin Falak Observatory, one of the several Islamic observatories in Malaysia, is situated near the village.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/2015/09/fasting-starts-sunday|title=Fasting starts on Sunday|date=2014-06-27|work=NST Online|access-date=2018-02-24|language=en}}{{Cite journal|last=Azli Ibrahim|first=Ibnor|date=December 2013|title=Astrofiqh Observatories in Malaysia: A Continuation of Islamic Astronomy from West Asia|url=http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6901/1/3_Balai_Cerap_Astrofiqh_di_Malaysia.pdf|journal=International Journal of West Asian Studies|volume=5}} It functions as a site for the sighting of the new moon at the start of every fasting month.
References
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{{Geographic Location|North=Malacca Strait|West=Malacca Strait|Centre=Pantai Acheh|East=Teluk Bahang|South=Balik Pulau}}
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