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MALAYSIA
Malaysia
is located in the heart of South East Asia with a total land area
of 127,000 square miles or 327,750 square kilometers. Malaysia is
made up of 2 main regions : the Peninsular Malaysia, which lies
between Thailand and Singapore and East Malaysia, lies north of
Indonesia on the island of Borneo. These two regions are divided
into thirteen states and 3 Federal Territories.
The
13 states are Kedah, Perak, Kelantan, Perlis, Penang, Selangor,
Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Terengganu, Johor, Malacca, Sabah and Sarawak
and the 3 Federal Territories are Labuan, Putrajaya and Wilayah
Persekutuan. The capital City, Kuala Lumpur is located in the Federal
Territory of Wilayah Persekutuan. The Geographical Coordinates of
Malaysia is 2 30 N, 112 30 E.
Malaysia
is a constitutional monarchy headed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong,
customarily referred to as the king. Kings are elected for 5-year
terms from among the nine sultans of the peninsular Malaysian states.
Executive power is vested in the cabinet led by the prime minister.
Peninsular Malaysian states retained their hereditary rulers in
all but Melaka, Penang, Sabah, and Sarawak, where governors are
appointed by the Malaysian Government. Powers of state governments
are limited by the federal constitution.
Malaysia
is a multi-ethnic country of 23 million people. Malays form the
predominant ethnic group. The two other large ethnic groups in Malaysia
are Chinese and Indians. Islam is the national religion. Bahasa
Malaysia is the official language and English is widely spoken.
Other languages used and spoken in Malaysia includes Chinese dialects
(Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu,
Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai and several indigenous languages such as
Iban and Kadazan.
Enclosed
please find the location map of Malaysia in relation to the world
and also the map of Malaysia showing East and West Malaysia, the
13 states and some of the Islands in Malaysia.
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