AREA ................................................
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329.750
kmq
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POPULATION ..................................
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23.522.482 in.
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DENSITY .........................................
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71,3 in/kmq
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CAPITAL ..........................................
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Kuala Lampur
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LANGUAGES ....................................
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Bahasa Melayu (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai
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RELIGIONS ......................................
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Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia
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CURRENCY ......................................
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Ringgit (MYR)
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GDP per CAPITA .............................
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10276 $ (2004)
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX ..
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0,563 (62th place)
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LOWEST POINT ...............................
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Indian Ocean 0 m
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HIGHEST POINT ..............................
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Gunung Kinabalu 4100 m
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INDEPENDENCE ...............................
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31 August 1957 (from UK)
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INSTITUTIONAL FORM ...................
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Constitutional Monarchy
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WEB DOMAIN ..................................
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.my
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COUNTRY CODE ..............................
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+60
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