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Malaysia
Location marker · geographic overview
2.5° N / 112.5° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Kuala Lumpur
- Population
- 35,557,673 2024
- Area
- 330,803 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- English, Malay
- Currency
- Malaysian ringgit (MYR)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia, on the Malay Peninsula, as well as on northern Borneo.
Landscape & landmarks
Malaysia is a fascinating country with many faces. It's multi-ethnic and multi-cultural, and its attractions vary from the iconic Petronas Towers in bustling Kuala Lumpur to perfect sandy beaches lined with palm trees and dense jungles with orangutans and tigers.Read the see section ↗
Food & everyday culture
The crossroads of Malay, Chinese and Indian cuisine, Malaysia is an excellent place to eat (makan in Malay). Look out for regional specialities and Nyonya (Peranakan) cuisine, the fusion between Malay and Chinese cooking. There is even unique Eurasian cooking to be found in the Portuguese Settlement in Malacca, the heartland of the Portuguese Eurasian community.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-23. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- South-Eastern Asia
- Calling code
- +60
- Internet domain
- .my
- Land border codes
- BRN, IDN, THA
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the left side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .my. Source ↗
- The source lists sunday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.