Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Encyclopedia of Malaysia: Early History, has pointed out a total of three theories of the origin of Malays: The Yunnan theory (published in 1889) – The theory of Proto-Malays originating from Yunnan approximately 4,000 to 6,000 years ago. The theory is supported by R.H Geldern and his team who theorized that their migration occurred from ...
The Parliament of Malaysia and the official residence of the King are also located in Kuala Lumpur. In 2001, the seat of government was moved from Kuala Lumpur to the planned city of Putrajaya which from then on served as the federal administrative centre, sometimes referred to as the administrative capital.
Kota Kinabalu City of Kota Kinabalu Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu Sabah. West Coast Division; Kota Kinabalu City Hall Dewan Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu: 2 February 2000 by Salahuddin of Selangor, Yang di-Pertuan Agong XI, as the City of Kota Kinabalu: 500,425 [8] Shah Alam City of Shah Alam Bandaraya Shah Alam Selangor. Petaling District; Shah Alam City ...
The name Malaysia is a combination of the word Malays and the Latin-Greek suffix -ia/-ία [19] which can be translated as 'land of the Malays'. [20] Similar-sounding variants have also appeared in accounts older than the 11th century, as toponyms for areas in Sumatra or referring to a larger region around the Strait of Malacca. [21]
Singapore was a Malaysian state from the formation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963 until it was expelled from the Federation on 9 August 1965. During its time as a state of Malaysia, Singapore had autonomy in the areas of education and labour and was the smallest state in Malaysia by land area, but the largest by population. [24]
Kuala Lumpur remains as Malaysia's national capital city per the constitution and is still the seat of the head of state (Yang di-Pertuan Agong) and the national legislature (Parliament of Malaysia), as well as being the country's commercial and financial centre. The establishment of Putrajaya was the idea of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
Map of Malaysia. This is a list of local governments in Malaysia which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
The National Zoo of Malaysia which known as "Zoo Negara" was officially opened. 21 November: The Malaysian Houses of Parliament, which known as "Bangunan Parlimen" was officially opened. 28 December: Television of Malaysia was launched by the then Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman. 1964: 25 April