Pengkalan Kota is state constituency with highest population density, says Stats Dept


Part of Pengkalan Kota in George Town ,Penang. — K.T.GOH/The Star

PUTRAJAYA: Pengkalan Kota, a state constituency in Penang, is the constituency with the highest population density of 21,061 persons per square kilometre (sq km), according to the Statistics Department Malaysia’s (DOSM) Subnational State Legislative Assembly (SLA) 2023 report released Tuesday (May 23).

This is followed by Pandan Indah in Selangor with 14,686 persons per sq km and Sungai Pinang in Penang with 13,851 persons per sq km.

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