Province Wellesley - [ Seberang Perai ]

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Seberang Perai was formerly Province Wellesley, is a narrow hinterland opposite Penang island on Peninsula Malaysia, which together with the island forms the Malaysian state of Penang. Butterworth is its principal township.

Seberang Perai was originally named Province Wellesley after Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, Governor of Madras and Governor-General of Bengal. It was originally part of the state of Kedah. It was ceded to the British East India Company by the Sultan of Kedah in 1798, and has been part of the settlement and state of Penang ever since.