Southeastern Asia, peninsula and northern one-third of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia and the South China Sea, south of Vietnam
Map References
SouthEast Asia
Geographic
2 30 N, 112 30 E
Timezone
GMT +8 * DST Time
Capital
Kuala Lumpur
Population
23,092,940
Area (Km2)
329,75
Currency
ringgit (MYR)
Language(s)
Bahasa Melayu (official), English, Chinese dialects (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai; note - in addition, in East Malaysia several indigenous languages are spoken, the largest of which are Iban and Kadazan
Religion(s)
Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia