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Area 329,750 sq km
MALAYSIA
Climate tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons
Terrain coastal plains rising to hills and mountains
Population 23,092,940 (July 2003 est.)
Ethnic Groups Malay and other indigenous 58%, Chinese 24%, Indian 8%, others 10% (2000)
Religions Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia
Language Bahasa Melayu (official), English, Chinese dialects (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai; note - in addition, in East Malaysia several indigenous languages are spoken, the largest are Iban and Kadazan
Government type constitutional monarchy
Capital Kuala Lumpur
Independence 31 August 1957 (from UK)
Constitution 31 August 1957, amended 16 September 1963
Year joining RCA

1975
International
     organization
     participation		 APEC, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN, BIS, C, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMSIL, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNMEE, UNMIBH, UNMIK, UNMISET, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
Currency MYR

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