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Malaysia
A blue rectangle with a gold star and crescent in the canton, with 14 horizontal red and white lines on the rest of the flagShield showing symbols of the Malaysian states with a star and crescent above it and a motto below it supported by two tigers
FlagCoat of arms
Motto: "Bersekutu Bertambah Mutu"
"Unity Is Strength"[1]
Anthem: 
Negaraku instrumental.ogg

Negaraku
"My Country"
Capital
(and largest city)
Kuala Lumpur[a]

Putrajaya (administrative centre)
3°08′N101°42′E / 3.133°N 101.7°E / 3.133; 101.7
Official language(s)Malaysian[b]
Official scriptLatin alphabet[c]
Used for some purposesEnglish[d]
Ethnic groups 50.4% Malay
23.7% Chinese
11.0% Indigenous
 7.1% Indian
 7.8% Other[2]
DemonymMalaysian[3]
GovernmentFederalconstitutionalelective monarchy and Federalparliamentary democracy
 - KingAbdul Halim
 - Prime MinisterNajib Tun Razak (BN)
 - Deputy Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin (BN)
LegislatureParliament
 - Upper houseDewan Negara
 - Lower houseDewan Rakyat
IndependenceFrom the United Kingdom 
 - Malaya31 August 1957[4] 
 - Sarawak22 July 1963[5] 
 - North Borneo[e]31 August 1963[6] 
 - Federation of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak, and Singapore[f]16 September 1963 
Area
 - Total329,847 km2 (67th)
127,355 sq mi 
 - Water (%)0.3
Population
 - 2010 census28,334,135[7] (42th)
 - Density86/km2 (114th)
216.45/sq mi
GDP (PPP)2011 estimate
 - Total$447.279 billion[8] 
 - Per capita$15,568[8] 
GDP (nominal)2011 estimate
 - Total$278.680 billion[8] 
 - Per capita$9,699[8] 
Gini (2002)46.1[2] (36th)
HDI (2011)increase 0.761[9] (high) (61st)
CurrencyRinggit (RM) (MYR)
Time zoneMST(UTC+8)
 - Summer (DST)Not observed (UTC+8)
Date formatsdd-mm-yyyy
Drives on theLeft
ISO 3166 codeMY
Internet TLD.my
Calling code+60
^ a. Kuala Lumpur is the capital city and is home to the legislative branch of the Federal government. Putrajaya is the primary seat of the federal government where the executive and judicial branches are located.

^ b. The terminology as per government policy is Bahasa Malaysia (literally Malaysian language)[10] but legislation continues to refer to the official language as Bahasa Melayu (literally Malay language).[11]

^ c. Under the National Language Act 1967: "The script of the national language shall be the Rumi [Latin] script: provided that this shall not prohibit the use of the Malay script, more commonly known as the Jawi script, of the national language."[12]

^ d. English may be used for some purposes under the National Language Act 1967.

^ e. Before the accession, Sabah was referred to as North Borneo.

^ f. Singapore became an independent country on 9 August 1965.[13]

Source: CIA World Factbook
Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of July 26, 2012


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