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Road Traffic:left side
Electricity:
Voltage:240V
Frequency:50 Hz
Plug types:G,
TV Systems:
System:PAL B
DVD-Region: 3
Geography
Bordering countries:
Location:
Southeastern Asia, peninsula bordering Thailand and northern one-third of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia, Brunei, and the South China Sea, south of Vietnam
Area:
total: 329,750 sq km
land: 328,550 sq km
water: 1,200 sq km
Climate:
tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons
Terrain:
coastal plains rising to hills and mountains
Economy
GDP: $290.2 billion (2005 est.)
GDP growth rate: 5.3% (2005 est.)
GDP per capita: $12,100 (2005 est.)
Inflation rate: 3% (2005 est.)
Currency: ringgit (MYR)
Exchange rates:
ringgits per US dollar - 3.8 (2005), 3.8 (2004), 3.8 (2003), 3.8 (2002), 3.8 (2001)
People
Population: 24,385,858 (July 2006 est.)
Growth rate: 1.78% (2006 est.)
Religions:
Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia
Languages:
note: in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan
Government
Capital:
name: Kuala Lumpur
time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
note: Putrajaya is referred to as administrative center not capital; Parliament meets in Kuala Lumpur
Independence:
31 August 1957 (from UK)
Note: Information on Malaysia was mainly sourced from CIA's World Factbook and may represent an American point of view. To learn more about Malaysia, please visit one of the links below.
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