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The Federal Territories (FT), (Malay: Wilayah Persekutuan; Jawi: ولايه ڤرسکوتوان ) in Malaysia comprise three territories— Kuala Lumpur, Labuan, and Putrajaya —governed directly by the Federal Government of Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur is the national capital of Malaysia, Putrajaya is the administrative capital, and Labuan is an ...
The 3 federal territories were formed for different purposes: Kuala Lumpur is the national capital, Putrajaya is the administrative centre of the federal government, and Labuan serves as an offshore financial centre. Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya were carved out of Selangor, while Labuan was ceded by Sabah. The territories fall under the purview ...
Labuan (/ ləˈbuːən /), officially the Federal Territory of Labuan (Malay: Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan), is an island federal territory of Malaysia. Its territory includes Labuan Island and six smaller islands, off the coast of the state of Sabah in East Malaysia. Labuan's capital is Victoria and is best known as an offshore financial centre ...
Malaysia is a federation of 13 states and three federal territories. [99] These are divided between two regions, with 11 states and two federal territories on Peninsular Malaysia and the other two states and one federal territory in East Malaysia. Each state is divided into districts, which are then divided into mukim.
It served as the capital of Selangor from 1880 until 1978. Kuala Lumpur was the founding capital of the Federation of Malaya and its successor, Malaysia. The city remained the seat of the executive and judicial branches of the Malaysian federal government until these were relocated to Putrajaya in early 1999. [9]
Maju dan Sejahtera (Progress and Prosper) is the official anthem of the Federal Territories of Malaysia. The anthem was adopted on 12 August 2006. The anthem was adopted on 12 August 2006. On 28 January 2011, the new anthem and lyrics for the Federal Territories were launched.
Flag of the Federal Territories at the 2011 Merdeka celebrations. Prior to the adoption of the flag, the three directly governed territories of Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan had utilised the flag of Kuala Lumpur to represent the Federal Territories as a collective unit, which was deemed inappropriate by Minister of Federal Territories, Zulhasnan Rafique as it did not reflect that there ...
The development of Putrajaya began in August 1995 and was completed at an estimated cost of US$8.1 billion. [8] On 1 February 2001, Putrajaya became Malaysia's third federal territory, after Kuala Lumpur in 1974 and Labuan in 1984. [8] Putrajaya is also a part of MSC Malaysia, a special economic zone that covers Klang Valley.