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In Peninsular Malaysia, a district is a subdivision of a state.A mukim (commune, sub-district or parish) is a subdivision of a district.The National Land Code assigns land matters, including the delineation of districts, to the purview of state governments. [1]
Eleven states and two federal territories are located on the Malay Peninsula, collectively called Peninsular Malaysia (Semenanjung Malaysia) or West Malaysia. Two states are on the island of Borneo, and the remaining federal territory consists of islands offshore of Borneo; they are collectively referred to as East Malaysia or Malaysian Borneo ...
This article is part of a series on the Politics of Malaysia Head of State Yang di-Pertuan Agong Ibrahim Iskandar Conference of Rulers Legislature Parliament of Malaysia 15th Parliament Senate (Dewan Negara) President Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah House of Representatives (Dewan Rakyat) Speaker Johari Abdul Leader of the Government Anwar Ibrahim Leader of the Opposition Hamzah Zainudin Executive ...
The capital of Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government. The population stands at over 32 million. [1] The country is separated into two regions—Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo—by the South China Sea. [1] Malaysia borders Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, the Philippines, [1] and Vietnam.
Malaysia has a low official unemployment rate of 3.4% as of 2024. [208] Its foreign exchange reserves are the world's 24th-largest. [209] It has a labour force of about 15 million, which is the world's 34th-largest. [210] Malaysia's large automotive industry ranks as the world's 22nd-largest by production. [211]
Divisions (Malay: bahagian) are the primary subdivisions of Sabah and Sarawak, the states in East Malaysia.Each division is subdivided into districts (daerah) — this is different in Peninsular Malaysia whereby districts are generally the primary subdivisions of a state.
Local government in Malaysia is the third tier of government, administered under states and federal territories which in turn are beneath the federal tier. Local governments are generally under the exclusive purview of the state governments as provided in the Constitution of Malaysia , except for local governments in the federal territories .
Sarawak (/ s ə ˈ r ɑː w ɒ k / sə-RAH-wok, Malay:) is a state [18] [19] of Malaysia.The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in East Malaysia in northwest Borneo, and is bordered by the Malaysian state of Sabah to the northeast, Kalimantan (the Indonesian portion of Borneo) to the south, and Brunei in the north.