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OFFICIAL NAME
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Federation of Malaysia |
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GEOGRAPHY
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Southeastern Asia, peninsula and northern one-third of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia and the South C hina Sea, south of Vietnam | |
AREA
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329,750 sq km / 127,316 sq miles | |
COMPARATIVE
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slightly larger than the state of New Mexico | |
POPULATION
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23,000,000 | |
CAPITAL
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Kuala Lumpur | |
LITERACY
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97% (age 15+ and can read and write) | |
LANGUAGE
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Official: Malay - known as Bahasa Malaysia Other: English, C hinese, and Tamil |
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RELIGION
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Muslim - 52% |
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POLITICS
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Won independence August 31, 1957. Federal constitutional monarchy, with Monarchs elected every 5 years and Prime Ministers. | |
INCOME
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Per capita income = US$ 4,650 per year | |
CURRENCY
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Malaysian Ringgit (RM) | |
TIME ZONE
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GMT/UTC +8 | |
SOURCES
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Statistics provided by a variety of sources, but mostly the U.S. State Department, the U.N. Statistics Division, and BBC News. |
Prayercast: A Prayer for Malaysia
Country Profile
Portal
- Virtual Malaysia - official portal of Malaysia's Ministry of Tourism
News: Country-Specific
- Malaysian National News Agency - Malaysian National News Agency which provides real time Malaysian news including politics, business, economy, commodities, executive reports, and sports.
- MalaysiaNews.net - Regional and world news, finance, sport and weather. Access Malaysia newspapers, travel, hotels and a map of Malaysia.
- DailyExpress.com.my - Online edition of this "Independent National Newspaper of East Malaysia" based in the Sabah area.
News: Asia General
- Channel News Asia (all Asia)
- World News Asia (all Asia)
Travel
- Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board
- Tourism Malaysia corporate site
- Lonely Planet/Malaysia
- U.S. State Department/Malaysia consular page
- U.S. State Department Background Notes - important info
Map
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