Basic facts about Malaysia
Country name: | Malaysia |
Capital: | Kuala Lumpur |
Country code: | 344 |
Continent: | East and Southeast Asia |
Currency name: | Malaysian ringgit |
Independence: | 1957-08-31 00:00:00 |
Independent from: | from the UK |
Total area (km2): | 329,847 |
Land area (km2): | 328,657 |
Water area (km2): | 1,190 |
Population: | 29,628,392 |
Population note: | 29,628,392 (July 2013 est.) |
Official language: | Malaysian |
All languages: | Bahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai note: in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan |
Time zone: | MST (UTC+8) - Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+8) |
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Drive on: | left |
Calling code: | +60 |
Domain: | .my |