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Malaysia contains speakers of 137 living languages, [60] 41 of which are found in Peninsula Malaysia. [61] The official language of Malaysia is known as Bahasa Malaysia, a standardised form of the Malay language. [37] English was, for a protracted period, the de facto, administrative language of Malaysia, though its status was later rescinded.
The census in Malaysia, or officially, the Population and Housing Census, is a descriptive count of everyone who is in Malaysia on the Census Day, and of their dwellings. The decennial Malaysian census has been conducted six times, As of 2010. It has been conducted every 10 years, beginning in 1960.
The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM; Malay: Jabatan Perangkaan Malaysia) is a government agency in Malaysia that operates under the Ministry of Economy.It is responsible for the collection and interpretation of reliable statistics related to the economy, population, society and environment of Malaysia which the government primarily uses to assess, review and implement national public ...
[1] [5] Within Peninsular Malaysia, Penang is the only state with a non-Muslim majority. [1] While Malay is the official language of Malaysia, English, Mandarin and Tamil are also widely used within Penang. [6] Penang Hokkien, a variant of the Southern Min group of languages, remains the unofficial lingua franca in the state. [7]
Sabah is the third most populous state in Malaysia, with a population of 3,418,785 according to the 2020 Malaysian census. It also has the highest non-citizen population, at 810,443. [2] Although Malaysia is one of the least densely populated countries in Asia, Sabah is particularly sparsely populated. Most of the population is concentrated ...
Malaysia designates all populated regions into three categories: a district, municipality, or city. While district boundaries are limited to individual state-drawn district boundaries, some municipalities and cities are made up of several smaller component districts whose elevated status forms a local government.
Federal Territory (Malaysia) — Kuala Lumpur: Kuala Lumpur H: 1674621: 243: 6,891.4 — Putrajaya: Putrajaya P: 72413: 49: 1,477.8 Johor: Batu Pahat District: Batu Pahat: Batu Pahat M Yong Peng D: 417458: 1873: 222.9 Johor Bahru District: Johor Bahru: Johor Bahru C Iskandar Puteri C Pasir Gudang C: 1386569: 1064: 1,303.2 Kluang District ...
The first zoo in east coast region of Peninsular Malaysia, Bukit Takal Recreational Park and Mini Zoo, is also located in Kemaman. It was opened on 11 April 2009. Occupying a 54 ha site in Kampung Ibok about 14 km from Chukai, it is a combination of fruit orchard, water theme park, herbal park, orchid park, playground and zoo.