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| Capital | Kuala Lumpur |
| Government | Constitutional monarchy |
| Area | total: 329.750 km2 land: 328.550 km2 water: 1200.00 km2 |
| Population | 28 million (Jan 2010) |
| Language | Bahasa Malaysia/Malay (official), English (official for some purposes), Chinese dialects (Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew, Hakka, Hainanese, Foochow, Hok-chew), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi, and Thai; in addition, several indigenous languages are spoken in East Malaysia, especially Iban and Kadazan |
| Religion | Islam (official), Buddhism, Daoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism; note - in addition, Shamanism/Animism is practiced in East and, to a lesser extent, West Malaysia |
| Electricity | 230V/50Hz |
| Calling Code | +60 |
| Internet TLD | .my |
| Time Zone | UTC+8 |
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia, located partly on a peninsula of the Asian mainland and partly on the northern third of the island of Borneo. West (peninsular) Malaysia shares a border with Thailand, is connected by a causeway and a bridge (the 'second link') to the island state of Singapore, and has coastlines on the South China Sea and the Straits of Malacca. East Malaysia (Borneo) shares borders with Brunei and Indonesia.