Malaysia is located in the southeast of the Asian Continent, with a population of 29,179,952, making it the 43rd largest
national population. Its capital and largest city is Kuala Lumpur with a total population of 1,627,172. The country
encompasses 329,847 square kilometers making it the 67th largest country in total area. It shares boundaries with South
China Sea, Sulu Sea, Brunei, Celebes Sea, Indonesia, Strait of Malacca, Singapore and Thailand.
King Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah is recognized as the Chief of State and achieves that status through election by
and from the hereditary rulers of nine of the states and holds that position for five years. Prime Minister Mohamed Najib bin
Abdul Razak is recognized as the Head of Government and, along with Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin bin Mohamed
Yassin achieves that status following legislative elections, the leader of the party that wins a plurality of seats in the House
of Representatives becomes Prime Minster and holds that position five years. Its form of government is a constitutional
monarchy and they celebrate the creation of their constitution on 31st of August 1957.
The languages commonly or officially spoken are Bahasa Malaysia, English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien,
Hakka, Hainan and Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi and Thai. It counts among its major religions Muslim,
Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions and other, unknown and no faiths. As
sources of mass communication it has 35 AM, 391 FM, 15 Short Wave and 88 Television stations.
Major geographical features are Gunung Kinabalu, its highest point at 4,100 meters and the South China Sea of the Indian
Ocean, its lowest point at 0 meters. Its principal waterways are the South China, Sulu and Celebes Seas and the Strait of
Malacca which measures 7,200 kilometers.
Major industries providing for the bulk of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) are Peninsular Malaysia - rubber and oil
palm processing and manufacturing, light manufacturing, electronics, tin mining and smelting, logging, timber processing;
Sabah - logging, petroleum production; Sarawak - agriculture processing, petroleum production and refining and logging.
Its official currency is Malaysian Ringgit.
Here’s something you may not know about Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur is dually the capital and largest city in Malaysia,
functioning as the commercial and industrial hub of the country and boasts the world's tallest twin towers.
national population. Its capital and largest city is Kuala Lumpur with a total population of 1,627,172. The country
encompasses 329,847 square kilometers making it the 67th largest country in total area. It shares boundaries with South
China Sea, Sulu Sea, Brunei, Celebes Sea, Indonesia, Strait of Malacca, Singapore and Thailand.
King Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah is recognized as the Chief of State and achieves that status through election by
and from the hereditary rulers of nine of the states and holds that position for five years. Prime Minister Mohamed Najib bin
Abdul Razak is recognized as the Head of Government and, along with Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin bin Mohamed
Yassin achieves that status following legislative elections, the leader of the party that wins a plurality of seats in the House
of Representatives becomes Prime Minster and holds that position five years. Its form of government is a constitutional
monarchy and they celebrate the creation of their constitution on 31st of August 1957.
The languages commonly or officially spoken are Bahasa Malaysia, English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien,
Hakka, Hainan and Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi and Thai. It counts among its major religions Muslim,
Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions and other, unknown and no faiths. As
sources of mass communication it has 35 AM, 391 FM, 15 Short Wave and 88 Television stations.
Major geographical features are Gunung Kinabalu, its highest point at 4,100 meters and the South China Sea of the Indian
Ocean, its lowest point at 0 meters. Its principal waterways are the South China, Sulu and Celebes Seas and the Strait of
Malacca which measures 7,200 kilometers.
Major industries providing for the bulk of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) are Peninsular Malaysia - rubber and oil
palm processing and manufacturing, light manufacturing, electronics, tin mining and smelting, logging, timber processing;
Sabah - logging, petroleum production; Sarawak - agriculture processing, petroleum production and refining and logging.
Its official currency is Malaysian Ringgit.
Here’s something you may not know about Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur is dually the capital and largest city in Malaysia,
functioning as the commercial and industrial hub of the country and boasts the world's tallest twin towers.
| Gunung Kinabalu- Malaysia's highest point |
| Tradtional Malaysian Long House |
| Port Dickson |
| Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur- Malaysia's capital and largest city |
| Sungai Rajang River in Sarawak- Malaysia's longest river |
| Downtown George Town on Penang |
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MALAYSIA
Updated 05 March 2013
Updated 05 March 2013
| Adult Prevalence Rate: People Living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS Deaths: |
0.5% (2009 est.)
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| Chow Kueh Teow - a traditional Malaysian dish made with black soy sauce and stir fried flat noddles |
| Asian Elephants |
| Kelang on the Malaysia Peninsula |
| Tradtional Malaysian dress |
| Kudat on Sabah and the Sula Sea |
| Crab eating Macaque |
| Pahang River on the Malaysia Peninsula |
| Sunset on the South China Sea- Malaysia's lowest point |
| Strait of Malacca- half of the Word's oil passes through here every year |
| Seaweed farmer's shack on the Celebes Sea |
| Cable car on Langkawi Island- Malaysia's westernmost point on the Strait of Malacca |
| Causeway connecting Malaysia to Singapore |
| Deer Cave at Kuala Baram on Malaysia's border with Brunei |
| Pengkalan Hulu on Malaysia's border with Thailand |
| Palau Banggi Island- Malaysia's northernmost point in the South China Sea near the border with the Philippines |
| Palau Sulug in the Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park- Malaysia's easternmost point on the Celebes Sea |
| Tebedu Road on Sarawak Island on the Indonesia border- Malaysia's southernmost point |
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| Layang Layang in the Spratly Islands- a South China Sea chain claimed by Malaysia, China, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Brunei |
