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    Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy located in Southeast Asia, consisting of 13 states and 3 federal territories with a total area of 330,803 square kilometers. The capital is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government. Malaysia has a population of over 30 million people and was originally part of the British Empire before gaining independence in 1957. The country has a multiethnic population that is about half Malay and also includes significant minorities of Malaysian Chinese, Malaysian Indians, and indigenous peoples.

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    Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy located in Southeast Asia, consisting of 13 states and 3 federal territories with a total area of 330,803 square kilometers. The capital is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government. Malaysia has a population of over 30 million people and was originally part of the British Empire before gaining independence in 1957. The country has a multiethnic population that is about half Malay and also includes significant minorities of Malaysian Chinese, Malaysian Indians, and indigenous peoples.

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    Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy located in Southeast Asia, consisting of 13 states and 3 federal territories with a total area of 330,803 square kilometers. The capital is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government. Malaysia has a population of over 30 million people and was originally part of the British Empire before gaining independence in 1957. The country has a multiethnic population that is about half Malay and also includes significant minorities of Malaysian Chinese, Malaysian Indians, and indigenous peoples.

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    Malaysia
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    Malaysia( i /mle/mzhor i /mlesi/m


    seeMalaysianpronunciation:[mlejsi])isafederal
    constitutionalmonarchylocatedinSoutheastAsia.It
    consistsofthirteenstatesandthreefederalterritoriesandhas
    atotallandmassof330,803squarekilometres
    (127,720sqmi)separatedbytheSouthChinaSeaintotwo
    similarlysizedregions,PeninsularMalaysiaandEast
    Malaysia(MalaysianBorneo).PeninsularMalaysiasharesa
    landandmaritimeborderwithThailandandmaritime
    borderswithSingapore,Vietnam,andIndonesia.East
    MalaysiashareslandandmaritimeborderswithBruneiand
    IndonesiaandamaritimeborderwiththePhilippinesand
    Vietnam.ThecapitalcityisKualaLumpur,whilePutrajaya
    istheseatofthefederalgovernment.Withapopulationof
    over30million,Malaysiaisthe44thmostpopulouscountry.
    ThesouthernmostpointofcontinentalEurasia,TanjungPiai,
    isinMalaysia.Locatedinthetropics,Malaysiaisoneof17
    megadiversecountriesonearth,withlargenumbersof
    endemicspecies.
    MalaysiahasitsoriginsintheMalaykingdomspresentin
    theareawhich,fromthe18thcentury,becamesubjecttothe
    BritishEmpire.ThefirstBritishterritorieswereknownas
    theStraitsSettlements,whoseestablishmentwasfollowed
    bytheMalaykingdomsbecomingBritishprotectorates.The
    territoriesonPeninsularMalaysiawerefirstunifiedasthe
    MalayanUnionin1946.Malayawasrestructuredasthe
    FederationofMalayain1948,andachievedindependence
    on31August1957.MalayaunitedwithNorthBorneo,
    Sarawak,andSingaporeon16September1963.Lessthan
    twoyearslaterin1965,Singaporewasexpelledfromthe
    federation.[9]
    Thecountryismultiethnicandmulticultural,whichplaysa
    largeroleinpolitics.Abouthalfthepopulationisethnically
    Malay,withlargeminoritiesofMalaysianChinese,
    MalaysianIndians,andindigenouspeoples.Theconstitution
    declaresIslamthestatereligionwhileallowingfreedomof
    religionfornonMuslims.Thegovernmentsystemisclosely
    modelledontheWestminsterparliamentarysystemandthe
    legalsystemisbasedoncommonlaw.Theheadofstateis
    theking,knownastheYangdiPertuanAgong.Heisan
    electedmonarchchosenfromthehereditaryrulersofthe
    nineMalaystateseveryfiveyears.Theheadofgovernment
    istheprimeminister.

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    Malaysia

    Flag

    Coatofarms

    Motto:"BersekutuBertambahMutu"[1]
    "UnityIsStrength"

    Anthem:Negaraku
    MyCountry

    Capital
    Largestcity

    KualaLumpur
    Putrajaya (administrative)
    KualaLumpur

    Officiallanguages
    Officialscript
    Recognisedlanguages

    BahasaMalaysia
    Malay(Latin)alphabet
    English

    Ethnicgroups([2])

    50.1%Malay
    22.6%Chinese
    11.8%
    Indigenous
    6.7%Indian
    8.8%other

    Religion

    61.3%Sunni
    Islam
    19.8%Buddhist
    9.2%Christian
    6.2%Hindu
    3.4%other

    Demonym

    Malaysian

    Government

    Federalparliamentary
    democracy
    underanelective
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