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Year 2007 is a year to visit Malaysia. Malaysia has 14 states and the capital of Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur city. Well known with its various cultures with three main races Malay, Chinese and Indian. Kampung dishes, chinese foods and mamak stalls were everywhere. Loads of interesting places in Malaysia; beaches and highlands. This weblog is built to support the Ministry of Tourism Malaysia to attract tourist to visit our beautiful Malaysia. May this blog will serves everything that you can find in Malaysia.
   

Land

Perlis Indera Kayangan (more about Perlis)

Location : Northern part of the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

Geographical : Smallest state in Malaysia

Area : 810 km square

Neighbor : Kedah and southern Thailand

Capital : Kangar

Royal Capital : Arau

Interesting Places : Padang Besar (at the Malaysia-Thai border), Kuala Perlis, Gua Kelam (Kelam Cave) and Perlis State Park.

Economy : Agriculture (rice, sugar and fruits)

 

Pulau Pinang (Penang) (more about Penang)

Location : North-west coast of peninsular Malaysia.

Geographical : Consist of two part; Penang Island (located at the Straits of Malaka and Penang land (Seberang Prai used to be known as Province Wellesley)

Area : Island - 293 km square and Seberang Prai - 760 km square

Neighbor : Kedah and Perak

Capital : Georgetown

People : Penangite

Interesting Places : Georgetown, Padang Kota, Penang Hill, Penang Bridge, Butterworth and Bayan Lepas .

Economy : Industrial/ manufacturing, high-tech electronic, agriculture and etc

 

Perak Darul Rizwan (more about Perak)

Location : Northwest of Peninsular Malaysia

Geographical : Second largest state in Peninsular Malaysia.

Area : 21,006 km square

Capital : Ipoh

Royal Capital : Kuala Kangsar

Neighbor : Pulau Pinang, Kedah, Selangor, Pahang and Kelantan

Interesting Places : Pulau Pangkor (Pangkor Island)

Economy : Industrial/ manufacturing, tin mining and rubber

 

Selangor Darul Ehsan (more about Selangor)

Location : West coast of Peninsular Malaysia

Area : 7956 km square

Neighbor : Perak, Pahang, Negeri Sembilan. It totally surrounds the federal territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya.

Capital : Shah Alam

RoyalCapital : Klang

Major Urban : Petaling Jaya (Klang Valley)

Intereting Places : PJ, Shah Alam, Klang, Bandar Utama

Economy : Industrial/ manufacturing, high-tech electronic, agriculture and etc

 

Kuala Lumpur (more about Kuala Lumpur)

Location : Midway along the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia, at the confluence of the Klang and Gombek rivers. 35 km from the coast and sits at the centre of the Peninsula’s.

Area : 243.6 km square

Neighbor : Selangor

People : Population 1.3 million

Interesting Places : Petronas Twin Tower, Aquaria KLCC, Bird Park, Merdeka Square and etc.

Economy : Administrative, Political, Commercial

 

Putrajaya (more about Putrajaya)

Location : West Peninsular Malaysia, to North of Selangor, to South of Seremban

Area : 4,931 hectares spread

Neighbor : Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Negeri Sembilan

Interesting Places : Botanical Garden, Government Complexes, Bridges and etc

Economy : Administrative of Malaysia

 

Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus (more about Negeri Sembilan)

Location : Western coast of Peninsular Malaysia, just south of Kuala Lumpur

Area : 6645 km square

Neighbor : Selangor, Kuala Lumpur

Capital : Seremban

Interesting Places : Port Dickson, Istana Seri Menanti, State Museum, State Mosque and etc

Economy : Agriculture

 

Melaka (more about Melaka)

Location : Western Coast of Peninsular Malaysia facing the Straits of Melaka

Area : 658 square kilometers

Neighbor : Negeri Sembilan, Johor

Interesting Places : A famosa, Stadhuys, Portugues Square, State Museum and etc

Economy : Tourism, fishing and agriculture

 

Johor Darul Takzim (more about Johor)

Location : South of Peninsular Malaysia

Area : 18,984 km square

Neighbor : Melaka, Pahang and Singapore

Capital : Johor Bahru

People : Johorian

Interesting Places : Desaru, Kota Tinggi, Tanjung Piai and etc

Economy : Agriculture

 

Pahang Darul Makmur (more about Pahang)

Location : East Coast region of Peninsular Malaysia

Geographical : Largest state in Peninsular Malaysia

Area : 35.964 km square

Neighbor : Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Johor, Perak,Terengganu, Kelantan

Capital : Kuantan

Royal capital : Pekan

Interesting Places : Genting Highlands, Cameron Highlands, Tioman Island, Taman Negara and etc

Economy : Agriculture

 

Terengganu Darul Iman (more about Terengganu)

Location : East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia

Area : 12,955 km square

Neighbor : Pahang, Kelantan

Capital : Kuala Terengganu

Interesting Places : Islands and beaches

Economy : Fishing, agriculture

 

Kelantan Darul Naim (more about Kelantan)

Location : East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia also North of the Peninsular

Area : 14,922 km square

Neighbor : Terengganu, Pahang, Perlis, Perak, South Thailand

Capital : Kota Bharu

Interesting Places : Fishing villages, Pasar Payang, beaches and etc

Economy : Fishing, agriculture

 

Sabah Negeri di bawah Bayu (more about Sabah)

Location : East Borneo

Area : 76,115 km square

Neighbor : Sarawak, Indonesia (Borneo)

Capital : KotaKinabalu

Interesting Places : Mt Kinabalu, Sepilok Center, beaches and islands.

Economy : Agriculture, fishing

 

Sarawak (more about Sarawak)

Location : West Borneo

Geographical : Largest state in Malaysia

Area : 124,450 km square

Neighbor : Sabah, Indonesia (Borneo)

Capital : Kuching

Interesting Places : Gua Niah, Sarawak water front, beaches and islands.

Economy : Agriculture, fishing

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