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Location: Asia
Capital: Kuala Lumpur (1.145.000 inhab.)
Main Cities: Ipoh, Penang (Georgetown), Johor Baharu, Melaka
Population: 22,250,000
Area: 329,733 km2
Coin: 1 ringgit (Malaysian dollar) = 100 sen
Languages: Malayan, Chinese, English
Religions: Sunni Moslem, Buddhist, Hindu, Christian
The Independence's Year: 1963
Montagne: Chain of the Crocker Range (in the Borneo), Gunung Kilabalu (4102 m., in the Borneo) |
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It is a federation of constitutional monarchies, that includes the southern part of the peninsula of Malacca and the territories of Sarawak and Sabah in the Northern Borneo. The population, to a large extent Malayan and Chinese, but also Indian, alive in prevalence on the western coast of the peninsular part of the nation.
It is an interesting country, in which the tourism is well developed and represents the second source of entrances in foreign currency of the state (over 5 million and half of visitors on a year). In the capital Kuala Lumpur, city in which modernity and antiquity melt them, the spectacular twin skyscrapers of the Twin Petronas Towers are present.
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