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Map of Penang Island surveyed by Commander F C P Vereker in 1884. With an area of 295 km 2 (114 sq mi), Penang Island is the fourth largest island wholly in Malaysia, after Banggi Island, Bruit Island and Langkawi Island. It is also the most populated island city in the country, with a population of 794,313 as of 2020. [1]
A Malaysia-Thailand boundary stone at the Bukit Kayu Hitam-Danok border crossing. Malaysian boundary wall near Padang Besar, Malaysia. The 658-kilometre Malaysia-Thailand land boundary consists of 552-kilometre section on land running along the watershed of several mountain ranges in northern Peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand, and 106 kilometres running along the thalweg of the Golok ...
During World War II, Japan occupied Penang, but the British regained control in 1945. Penang was later merged with the Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia), which gained independence in 1957. Penang's economy shifted from entrepôt trade to electronics manufacturing and the tertiary sector throughout the late 20th century.
Topographic map of Malaysia; Mount Kinabalu is the highest summit in the country. Malaysia is the 66th largest country by total land area, with a total area of 330,803 km 2 (127,724 sq mi). [9] It has land borders with Thailand in West Malaysia, and Indonesia and Brunei in East Malaysia. [21] It is linked to Singapore by a narrow causeway and a ...
The Kangar-Pattani floristic boundary crosses the peninsula in southern Thailand and northernmost Malaysia, marking the boundary between the large biogeographic regions of Indochina to the north and Sundaland and Malesia to the south. The forests north of the boundary are characterized by seasonally-deciduous trees, while the Sundaland forests ...
Malaysia borders Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, the Philippines, [1] and Vietnam. The country is located near the equator and experiences a tropical climate. [1] Malaysia is headed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and politically led by a Prime Minister. [3] [4] The government is closely modeled after the Westminster parliamentary system ...
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Malaysia produces petroleum and is a net exporter. [47] Malaysia also produces liquefied natural gas as well as various other related products, most of which are found off the coasts of Terengganu, Sabah, and Sarawak. Other notable natural resources includes tin, timber, copper, iron, ore, and bauxite. [citation needed]