Cities of Malaysia

This is a list of cities of Malaysia. In Malaysia, there are 18 areas with city status (bandar raya) by law. However, there are also highly urbanised and populated areas that do not have city status but are sometimes referred to as cities. City status is granted to a place within a local government area. Other populated areas which do not have city status are municipalities or towns.

Cities of Malaysia
The following is a list of places in Malaysia in order by the date they were given city status.

NameState/FTLocal government(s)CharteredPopulationRef. George Town   30x30px Penang Island City Council1957-01-011 January 1957 708,127  Jurisdiction expanded in 2015 to encompass the entirety of Penang Island Kuala Lumpur   Federal Territories  30x30px Kuala Lumpur City Hall  1972-02-011 February 1972  1,588,750   Ipoh    30x30px Ipoh City Council  1988-05-2727 May 1988 657,892   Kuching    30x30px Kuching North City Hall30x30px Kuching South City Council  1988-08-011 August 1988  325,132  Kuching is officially made up of two local government entities Johor Bahru    30x30px Johor Bahru City Council  1994-01-011 January 1994  497,067   Kota Kinabalu    30x30px Kota Kinabalu City Hall  2000-02-022 February 2000  452,058   Shah Alam    30x30px Shah Alam City Council  2000-10-1010 October 2000  641,306   Malacca City    30x30px Melaka City Council  2003-04-1515 April 2003  484,885   Alor Setar    30x30px Alor Setar City Council  2003-12-2121 December 2003  405,523   Miri    30x30px Miri City Council  2005-05-2020 May 2005  234,541   Petaling Jaya    30x30px Petaling Jaya City Council  2006-06-2020 June 2006  613,977   Kuala Terengganu    30x30px Kuala Terengganu City Council  2008-01-011 January 2008  337,553   Iskandar Puteri     Iskandar Puteri City Council2017-11-2222 November 2017  529,074   Seberang Perai    30x30px Seberang Perai City Council  2019-09-1616 September 2019  818,197  Seremban    30x30px Seremban City Council  2020-01-011 January 2020  620,100  Seremban and Nilai were merged to form Seremban city. Subang Jaya   Subang Jaya City Council  2020-10-2020 October 2020  708,296  Pasir Gudang    30x30px Pasir Gudang City Council  2020-11-2222 November 2020  46,571  Kuantan   Kuantan City Council  2021-02-2121 February 2021  427,515 

Former city within Malaysia
NameStateLocal governmentCharteredRef. Singapore   Singapore  Singapore City Council  22 September 1951  Expelled from the Malaysian Federation on9 August 1965

Subsequent cities
The royal charters for Kuala Lumpur, Kuching, Kota Kinabalu, Shah Alam, Malacca City, Alor Setar and Miri were from the Malaysian head of state, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, while Ipoh, Johor Bahru, Iskandar Puteri and Subang Jaya were granted by their respective state sultans. Malacca City was declared a "historical city" prior to being granted city status in 2003.

Kuala Lumpur, the largest city, is the national capital and a federal territory. But as of 2012, most government ministries have relocated to the new administrative capital of Putrajaya.

Criteria

Among the latest (2008) basic criteria for city status on a local government is that it has a minimum population of 500,000 and an annual income of not less than RM 100 million.

 Locations of cities 

 Population 
Kuala Lumpur is by far the largest urban area. It is also the largest metropolitan area in Malaysia. Johor Bahru, the capital city of Johor, is the second-largest city in Malaysia and the heart of Malaysia's second-largest conurbation. To the north, George Town, Penang forms the core of the third-largest metropolitan area in the country. Other metropolitan areas with a population of more than 500,000 include Ipoh, Kuching, and Kota Kinabalu.

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