Facts for the Traveller

Population: 23000000
Area: 329750km²
Capital: Kuala Lumpur
Currency: Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
Country dialing code: 60
Weights & Measures system: Metric
Electricity: 240V, 50Hz
Government type: constitutional monarchy
Yang di-pertuan agong (King): Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin ibni al-Marhum Sultan Mahmud
Prime Minister: Abdullah bin Ahmad Badawi

Religions:

52% Muslim, 17% Buddhist, 12% Taoist, 8% Christian, 8% Hindu, 2% tribal

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