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Bukit Mertajam is administered by the Seberang Perai Municipal Council (Majlis Perbandaran Seberang Perai or MPSP in Malay). MPSP is one of the few municipal councils in Malaysia which administers more than one district. MPSP administers all three districts of the mainland Penang (also known as Province Wellesley). The districts are North, Central and South Seberang Perai.
Bukit Mertajam is a fast-growing town in the Central Seberang Perai district. Due to outward expansion, Bukit Mertajam is increasingly conjoined with other subdivisions, forming an increasingly urbanised area.
There is a government general hospital in the old town of Bukit Mertajam, known as Bukit Mertajam Hospital. Near the hospital, there is also a KTM railway station.
Jit Sin High School is one of the top performing schools in the country. Bukit Mertajam High School was established 18 January 1927 and is one of the oldest schools in Malaysia. BM High School is the alma mater of figures like the fifth Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and former Deputy Prime Minister Dato' Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim.
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