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Nanking Road, George Town, at junction with McNair Street (2 December 2008)
Nanking Road, or Jalan Nanking in Malay, is one of the roads in the Seven Streets Precinct of George Town.
Nanking Road was developed at the turn of the 20th century. Before that it was one of the village trails. Nanking Road links McNair Street to Brick Kiln Road. It is one of the roads in the Seven Streets Precinct that does not go all the way east to Bridge Street.
Coffee shop at junction of Nanking Road and Brick Kiln Road (3 February 2013)Nanking Road (along with Peking Street) was an late entry into the Seven Streets Precinct, when Herriot Street, called Pek Tiau Lor, has already been laid and named. Nanking Road was thus known in Hokkien as Chit Tiau Lor Puah, or Seven-and-a-half Street.
Getting there
Nanking Road is not on the bus route, but Rapid Penang Bus 302 and 401 serve the bus stop at Brick Kiln Road.In Other Words ...
Nanking Road is known in Hokkien as Chit1 Tiau3 Lor3, or in full, Koay Kanga Kee Chit Tiau Lor, meaning the 7th street after the Prangin Canal.
Old Jalan Nanking road sign (2 December 2008)View Nanking Road, George Town, Penang in a larger map
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