List Of States In Malaysia
Kuala lumpur is one of malaysia s three federal territories.
List of states in malaysia. The chinese 55 are the majority of the population at over a million with malays 33 and indians 11 perak the second largest state in peninsula malaysia it was once the richest state during the tin boom and ipoh was known as the city of millionaires. States territories urban areas. Representatives from sabah and sarawak demanded a higher degree of autonomy as part of the bargain which were included in the 20 point agreement and 18 point agreement respectively. The state occupies an island and a part of the mainland.
The states of sabah and sarawak merged with the existing states of the federation of malaya and singapore pursuant to the malaysia agreement in 1963 to form the independent state of malaysia. Kuala lumpur became malaysia s first federal territory when it separated from selangor in 1974. Malaysia is a federation consisting of 13 states negeri and 3 federal territories wilayah persekutuan these are divided between the two regions of malaysia with 11 states and 2 federal territories on west malaysia and the other 2 states and 1 federal territory in east malaysia. This is a list of malaysian states and federal territories sorted by their gross domestic product.
This page provide states provinces list of malaysia. A group of chinese tin miners 87 in total was brought in to open new and larger tin mines. There are total 16 province states in malaysia. It is not a state but since it s malaysia s capital city we decided to include it in this story too.
The population of putrajava federal territory has exceeded the 100 000 mark for the first time. It is located on the malay peninsula and is entirely surrounded by the state of selangor. As of 4 may 2020 1 malaysian ringgit symbol. Myr is equivalent to 0 23 us dollar or 0 21 euros.
Click province states link for details such as province location map city list and etc. The states and federal territories. The mid 2019 population of malaysia is estimated at 32 58 million. Malaysia offers travellers tropical islands a 130 million year old rainforest and almost secret diving havens.
They eventually met up near the klang and gombak rivers and set up camp naming the spot kuala lumpur which literally means muddy confluence. The country s many features make it challenging to know where to visit.