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Petaling Street in 2019. Petaling Street (Malay: Jalan Petaling) is a Chinatown located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [1] The whole vicinity is also known as Chinatown KL.Haggling is a common sight here and the place is usually crowded with locals as well as tourists.
Kuala Lumpur Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur Selangor. Kuala Lumpur District (1972–1974) Federal Territories. Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur (since 1974) Kuala Lumpur City Hall Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur: 1 February 1972 by Abdul Halim of Kedah, Yang di-Pertuan Agong V, as the City of Kuala Lumpur ...
This is a list of cities in Asia that have several names in different languages, including former names. Many cities have different names in different languages. Some cities have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons.
The Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, (where 2 million ethnic Chinese comprise 30% of the population of Greater Kuala Lumpur [64]) while officially known as Petaling Street (Malay: Jalan Petaling), is referred to by Malaysian Chinese by its Cantonese name ci 4 cong 2 gaai 1 (茨廠街, pinyin: Cíchǎng Jiē), literally "tapioca factory ...
Chinatowns exist in many cities around the world. Lists of Chinatowns include: Chinatowns in Africa; Chinatowns in the Americas. Chinatowns in Canada; Chinatowns in Latin America and the Caribbean; Chinatowns in the United States; Chinatowns in Asia; Chinatowns in Europe; Chinatowns in Oceania. Chinatowns in Australia
Chinatowns in Asia are widespread with large concentrations of overseas Chinese in East Asia and Southeast Asia, and ethnic Chinese whose ancestors came from southern China — particularly the provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, and Hainan — and settled in countries such as Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand ...
Kuala Lumpur, [a] officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, [b] and colloquially referred to as KL, is the capital city and a federal territory of Malaysia. It is the largest city in the country, covering an area of 243 km 2 (94 sq mi) with a census population of 2,075,600 as of 2024 [update] . [ 8 ]
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).