Capital:Kuala Lumpur
Population:23,953,136
Area:329,750 sq km
Climate:tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons
Languages:Bahasa Melayu (official), English, Chinese dialects (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai
Currency:ringgit (MYR)
Government:constitutional monarchy
Religions:Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia
Source: CIA World Factbook 2007
