Malaysia



  • Official Name : Federation of Malaysia.
  • Capital City: Kaula Lumpour.
  • Total Area: 329.847sq.Km.(2008)
  • Independence Day: 31 August 1957.(from  England)
  • Population :  28.3 million.(2010)
  • Population (2010): 28.3 million.
  • Nationality: Malaysian.
  • Religions: Islam (60.4%), Buddhism (19.2%), Christianity (9.1%), Hinduism (6.3%), none and other (5%).
  •  Language: Bahasa Malaysia(Official),Chinese ,English,Tamil  indigenous.,Iban.
  • Large Cities : Ipoh,Johor,Baharu,Petaling,Java,Kelang.
  • Administration Division: 13 States and   3 federal territories (Kuala Lumpur, Labuan Island, Putrajaya federal administrative territory).
Legal System:
  • Based on English Common Law.
  • Suffrage: Universal adult (voting age 21).
Government:
  • Type:  Federal parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarch.
  • Constitution: 1957.
  • Each States has assembly and government headed by Chief minister.
  • Head of State:  Mizan Zainal Abidin(2008).
  • Prime Minister: Najib Abdul Razak(2008).
Legislative:
  • Legislative branch: icameral Parliament or Parlimen consists of Senate or Dewan Negara (70 seats; 44 members appointed by the king, 26 elected by 13 state legislatures to serve three-year terms with a two term limit) and House of Representatives or Dewan Rakyat (222 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve up to five-year terms). 
  • elections: House of Representatives - last held on 8 March 2008 (next to be held by June 2013) .
  • Judicial System:  Federal Court of Malaysia(Highest Court).
Economy:
  • Nominal GDP: $255.3 billion
  • Currency: Ringgit Malaysia(RM)
  • Nominal per Capital Income :$8,126.
  • Natural resources: Petroleum, liquefied natural gas ,minerals,tin...
  • Agricultural products: Palm oil, rubber, timber, cocoa, rice, tropical fruit, fish, coconut.
  • Industry: Types--electronics, electrical products, chemicals, food and beverages, metal and machine products, apparel.
  • Trading partners: People's Republic of China,Singapore, Japan ,United States of America,Thailand,Republic of Korea,Indonesia, Hong kong,Taiwan, Germany,and other...

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