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🗺️ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Capital city
📍 3.1390°, 101.6869°View larger map →
📍 Essential Info
CapitalKuala Lumpur
TimezoneUTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Population34.9M
Governmentfederal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
🔌 Practical Info
Driving SideLeft
Electrical PlugsType G (240V)
Internet Code.my
Internet Users98%
GDP per Capita$34,100
🌍 Geography
LocationSoutheastern Asia, peninsula bordering Thailand and northern one-third of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia, Brunei, and the South China Sea, south of Vietnam
Size Comparisonslightly larger than New Mexico
Climatetropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons
Terraincoastal plains rising to hills and mountains
👥 People & Culture
Ethnic GroupsBumiputera 63.8% (Malay 52.8% and indigenous peoples, including Orang Asli, Dayak, Anak Negeri, 11%), Chinese 20.6%, Indian 6%, other 0.6%, non-citize...
ReligionsMuslim (official) 63.5%, Buddhist 18.7%, Christian 9.1%, Hindu 6.1%, other (Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions) 0.9%, none/unsp...
Median Age32.2 years
Life Expectancy76.6 years
National HolidayIndependence Day (or Merdeka Day), 31 August (1957) (independence of Malaya)
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Cultural Information
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Data sourced from the CIA World Factbook