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    Malaysia. Coordinates: 2°N 112°E. Malaysia [d] is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of 13 states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo 's East Malaysia.

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    Between China and India, Malaysia was an ancient trading place. When Europeans came to this area, Malaccawas already an important trade port. Several Sultanates rose and fell during the time between the fall of Malacca and when Penang became a colony in 1768. The states of Malaysia became a colony of the British Empire, starting with Penang in 1786...

    Malaysia has 13 states, which are Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Penang, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor and Terengganu, and three Federal Territories, Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan. The number of points of the star on the flag represents the number of states Malaysia has, but it has 14 because Singapore was o...

    The following is a list of places in Malaysia. They are in order by the date they were given city status. 1. George Town(1 January 1957) 2. Kuala Lumpur(1 February 1972) 3. Ipoh(27 May 1988) 4. Kuching(1 August 1988) 5. Johor Bahru(1 January 1994) 6. Kota Kinabalu(2 February 2000) 7. Shah Alam(10 October 2000) 8. Melaka City(15 April 2003) 9. Alor ...

    Malaysia is a multi-religious society, and Islam is the largest population of believers. Most of the Malay people in Malaysia embrace Islam naturally as their religion. Besides Islam, Malaysia has other religions such as Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism.

    Malaysia is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multilingual society, consisting of 58% Malays and other indigenous tribes, 23% Chinese, 7% Indians. The Malays, which form the largest community, are all Muslims since one has to be Muslim to be legally Malay under Malaysian law. The Malays play a dominant role politically and are included in a groupi...

    Malaysia's national sports center is the Bukit Jalil Sports Complex. Nicol David(squash) and Lee Chong Wei (badminton) are notable athletes from Malaysia. Malaysia won 12 gold medals in the Commonwealth Games 2010 in India, and broke their Commonwealth Games target.

    Malaysia's road network covers 98,721 kilometres (61,342 mi) and includes 1,821 kilometres (1,132 mi) of expressways. The longest highway of the country, the North-South Expressway, extends over 800 kilometres (497 mi) between the Thai border and Singapore. The road systems in Sabah and Sarawak are less developed and of lower quality in comparison ...

    Malaysian Government Portal Archived 2008-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
    Malaysia Travel Guide Archived 2018-09-03 at the Wayback Machine- Most comprehensive travel guide to Malaysia attractions
  2. Geography of Malaysia; Continent: Asia: Region: Southeast Asia: Coordinates: 2°30'N 112°30'E: Area: Ranked 68th • Total: 330,803 km 2 (127,724 sq mi) • Land: 99.63% • Water: 0.37%: Coastline: 4,675 km (2,905 mi) Borders: Total land borders 2,669 km (1,658 mi) Thailand: 506 km (314 mi) Indonesia: 1,782 km (1,107 mi) Brunei: 281 km (175 ...

  3. Malaysia is a federation comprising the 11 States of Malaya, the Borneo States of Sabah and Sarawak, and 3 Federal Territories operating within a constitutional monarchy under the Westminster system and is categorised as a representative democracy.

  4. Malaysia contains speakers of 137 living languages, 41 of which are found in Peninsular Malaysia. The government provides schooling at the primary level in each of the three major languages, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil.

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