List of cities in Malaysia
Cities of Malaysia
The following is a list of places in Malaysia in order by the date they were granted city status. Former city within Malaysia

List of cities in Malaysia

Section Title: Cities of Malaysia
Table Section Text: The following is a list of places in Malaysia in order by the date they were granted city status. Former city within Malaysia

Name	State/FT	Local government(s)	Chartered	Population (2010 Census)	Ref.

George Town	Penang	Penang Island City Council	1 January 1957	708,127	Jurisdiction expanded in 2015 to encompass the entirety of Penang Island

Kuala Lumpur	Federal Territory (Malaysia) Federal Territories	Kuala Lumpur City Hall	1 February 1972	1,588,750

Ipoh	Perak	Ipoh City Council	27 May 1988	657,892

Kuching	Sarawak	Kuching North City Hall Kuching South City Council	1 August 1988	325,132	Kuching officially consists of two local government entities

Johor Bahru	Johor	Johor Bahru City Council	1 January 1994	497,067

Kota Kinabalu	Sabah	Kota Kinabalu City Hall	2 February 2000	452,058

Shah Alam	Selangor	Shah Alam City Council	10 October 2000	641,306

Melaka	Melaka	Melaka City Council	15 April 2003	484,885

Alor Setar	Kedah	Alor Setar City Council	21 December 2003	405,523

Miri	Sarawak	Miri City Council	20 May 2005	234,541

Petaling Jaya	Selangor	Petaling Jaya City Council	20 June 2006	613,977

Kuala Terengganu	Terengganu	Kuala Terengganu City Council	1 January 2008	337,553

Iskandar Puteri	Johor	Iskandar Puteri City Council	22 November 2017	529,074

Seremban	Negeri Sembilan	Seremban City Council	14 January 2019	515,490

Sentence(s)

Kuching kept Sarawak's status as the state capital and was granted city status in Malaysia on 1 August 1988.

final_sentence: Kuching kept Sarawak's status as the state capital and was granted city status in Malaysia on 1 August 1988.