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Peninsular Malaysia. Peninsular Malaysia, [a] historically known as Malaya, [b] also known as West Malaysia or the "Malaysian Peninsula", [c] is the western part of Malaysia that comprises the southern part of the Malay Peninsula on Mainland Southeast Asia and the nearby islands. [1] Its area totals approximately 132,490 km 2 (51,150 sq mi ...
The Malay Peninsula[a] is located in Mainland Southeast Asia. The landmass runs approximately north–south, and at its terminus, it is the southernmost point of the Asian continental mainland. The area contains Peninsular Malaysia, Southern Thailand, and the southernmost tip of Myanmar (Kawthaung). The island country of Singapore also has ...
Peninsular Malaysia makes up 132,090 square kilometres (51,000 sq mi), [1] or almost 40% of the country's land area, while East Malaysia covers 198,847 square kilometres (76,780 sq mi), or 60%. From the total land area, 1,200 square kilometres (460 sq mi) or 0.37% is made up of water such as lakes, rivers, or other internal waters.
Peninsular Malaysia, containing 40 per cent of Malaysia's land area, [164] extends 740 km (460 mi) from north to south, and its maximum width is 322 km (200 mi). [166] It is divided between its east and west coasts by the Titiwangsa Mountains , [ 167 ] rising to a peak elevation of 2,183 metres (7,162 ft) at Mount Korbu , [ 168 ] part of a ...
Malaysia is a sovereign country located on the Malay Peninsula and a northern portion of the Island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. [1] It comprises 13 states and three federal territories with a total land area of 329,847 square kilometres (127,355 sq mi). [2] The capital of Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal ...
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 ...
Relief map of Peninsular Malaysia, highlighting its mountainous core. The Titiwangsa Mountains is the longest range running along the border between the states of Perak and Selangor on the west coast with Kelantan and Pahang on the east coast, eventually straddling across the state of Negeri Sembilan further south.
Vulnerable. Protected. 5,678 km 2 (33%) [1] The Peninsular Malaysian montane rain forests[2] is an ecoregion on the Malay Peninsula. It occupies the mountainous spine of the peninsula in Malaysia and southernmost Thailand. It is in the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests biome.