# Malaysia

Malaysia

sovereign state, member states of ASEAN, country| Inception | 16 September 1963  |
| Official name | Malaysia  |
| Native label | Malaysia  |
| Short name | MYS, MYS  |
| Participant in | ASEAN cable system, Asian Highway Network  |
| Official language | Malay  |
| Anthem | Negaraku  |
| Culture | culture of Malaysia  |
| Motto text | Bersekutu Bertambah Mutu, برسکوتو برتمبه موتو  |
| Continent | Asia  |
| Kontri | Malaysia  |
| Capital | Kuala Lumpur  |
| Located in time zone | UTC+08:00, Asia/Kuala\_Lumpur  |
| Located in/on physical feature | Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Southeast Asia  |
| Coordinate location | 3°46′50″N 102°18′52″E  |
| Coordinates of easternmost point | 5°13′58″N 119°16′9″E  |
| Coordinates of northernmost point | 7°22′47″N 117°14′5″E  |
| Coordinates of southernmost point | 0°51′14″N 110°34′34″E  |
| Coordinates of westernmost point | 5°41′5″N 98°56′14″E  |
| Highest point | Mount Kota Kinabalu  |
| Lowest point | Indian Ocean  |
| Basic form of government | constitutional monarchy, federal monarchy, elective monarchy, parliamentary monarchy, federation  |
| Office held by head of state | Yang di-Pertuan Agong  |
| Head of state | Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor  |
| Office held by head of government | Prime Minister of Malaysia  |
| Head of government | Anwar Ibrahim  |
| Executive body | Cabinet of Malaysia  |
| Legislative body | Parliament of Malaysia  |
| Highest judicial authority | Federal Court of Malaysia  |
| Central bank | Bank Negara Malaysia  |
| Moni | Malaysian ringgit  |
| Shares border with | Thailand, Brunei, Indonishia, Singapore, Philippines  |
| Driving side | left  |
| Electrical plug type | BS 1363  |
| Replaces | Federation of Malaya, North Borneo, Crown Colony of Sarawak  |
| Official website |    |
| Top-level Internet domain | .my  |
| Flag | flag of Malaysia  |
| Coat of arms | coat of arms of Malaysia  |
| Foods traditionally associated | Nasi lemak  |
| Geography of topic | Geography of Malaysia  |
| Has characteristic | partly free country  |
| History of topic | history of Malaysia  |
| Official religion | Islam  |
| ‎most populous urban area | Kuala Lumpur  |
| Railway traffic side | left  |
| Open data portal | data.gov.my  |
| Economy of topic | economy of Malaysia  |
| Demographics of topic | demographics of Malaysia  |
| Commonwealth Sport country code | MAS  |
| WordLift URL |   |
| Mobile country code | 502  |
| Telephone country code | +60  |
| Trunk prefix | 0  |
| Emergency phone number | 999  |
| GS1 country code | 955  |
| Licence plate code | MAL  |
| Maritime identification digits | 533  |
| Unicode character | 🇲🇾  |
| Category for maps or plans | Category:Maps of Malaysia  |

**Malaysia** bi wan kontri for Sauteas Asia. Di federal konstitushonal monaki konsis of 13 states and tri federal teritoris, wey di Saut Chaina Sea separaet into tuw rejions: Peninsula Malaysia and Eas Malaysia of Borneo. Peninsula Malaysia dey shia land and maritaim boda wit Tailand and maritaim boda wit Singapo, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Eas Malaysia dey shia land and maritaim boda wit Brunei and Indonesia, as wel as maritaim boda wit di Filipins and Vietnam. Kuala Lumpur bi di nachonal kapital, di lajes citi, and di seat of di lejislaetiv branch of di federal govment.
Putrajaya bi di administraetiv centa, wey dey represent di seat of both di exekutiv branch (di Kabinet, federal ministris, and federal ajencis) and di judicial branch of di federal govment. Wit a populaeshon of ova 33 milion, di kontri bi di 43rd-mos populous kontri for di wold. Malaysia dey tropikal and bi wan of 17 megadaivas kontris; E bi hom to numerous endemik specis. Tanjung Piai for di Malaysian state of Johor bi di sautanmos point of kontinental Eurasia.

Di kontri get e orijin for di Malay kindums, wey, from di 18th centuri on, bikom subjet to di British Empaia, along wit di British Straits Setulments protetoraet. Durin Wold Wor Tuw, di Empaia of Japan been okupai British Malaya, along wit oda niabai British and Amerikan kolonis. Afta tri years of okupaeshon, Peninsula Malaysia kom unifai as di Malayan Union for 1946 and then restrukchor as di Federaeshon of Malaya for 1948. Di kontri achiv independens on 31 August 1957. On 16 Septemba 1963, independent Malaya unait wit di then British krawn kolonis of Nort Borneo, Sarawak, and Singapo to bikom Malaysia. For Augus 1965, Singapo kom dey expeld from di federaeshon and bikom a separaet, independent kontri.

Di kontri dey multietnik and multikolchoral, wey get signifikant efet for e politis.

Abaut haf of di populaeshon bi etnikali Malay, wit mainoritis of Chainis, Indians, and indijenous pipos. Di ofishal langwej bi Malaysian Malay, a standad fom of di Malay langwej. English stil bi an ativ sekond langwej. While Islam dey rekognaizd as di ofishal relijion, di konstitushon dey grant freedom of relijion to non-Muslims. Di govment dey modeld on di Wesminsta paliamentri system, and di legal system dey bayzd on komon law. Di head of state bi an eleted monak, wey dey chosen from among di nain state sultans evri faiv years. Di head of govment bi di praim minista.

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