Explore Malaysia in Asia - Malaysia Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Malaysia with its capital Kuala Lumpur is located in Asia (Southeastern Asia, peninsula bordering Thailand and northern one-third of the island of Borneo). It covers some 329,751 square kilometres (slightly larger than New Mexico) with 25,259,000 citizens. Malay (generic), English, Chinese, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi and Thai are the languages used by people in Malaysia (consider regional differences). Brunei, Thailand and Indonesia are bordering countries.

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About Malaysia

The topography features coastal plains rising to hills and mountains. The average density of population is about 76 per km². The climate in can be described as tropical with annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons. Potential natural disasters are flooding or landslides or forest fires.

To reach someone in Malaysia dial +60 prior to a number. There are 4,312,000 installed telephones. And there are 30,379,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 MHz and 3G. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".my". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 240V - 50Hz.

The country consists of 16 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Malaysia

Malaysian Tourism Information

Official Tourism Office

Website: Malaysia Tourism

Sarawak Tourism Board
6th &7th Floor
Bangunan Yayasan Sarawak
Jalan Masjid
93400 Kuching
Malaysia

Phone: +60 82 423 600
Fax: +60 82 416 700

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Gunung Mulu National Park

Important both for its high biodiversity and for its karst features, Gunung Mulu National Park, on the island of Borneo in the State of Sarawak, is the most studied tropical karst area in the...

Kinabalu Park

Kinabalu Park, in the State of Sabah on the northern end of the island of Borneo, is dominated by Mount Kinabalu (4,095 m), the highest mountain between the Himalayas and New Guinea. It has a very...

Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca

Melaka and George Town, historic cities of the Straits of Malacca have developed over 500 years of trading and cultural exchanges between East and West in the Straits of Malacca. The influences of...

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Malaysia

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Malaysia is growing at an rate of 1.7% (or by 445,771 citizens). Each year 0 people enter this country (or 0.00 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 1.7%. Or an total increase of 445,771 citizens.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.