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This is a list of diplomatic missions in Malaysia. At present, the capital city of Kuala Lumpur hosts 97 embassies and high commissions, while Putrajaya , the new federal administrative center, is host to one high commission.
In 1963, Malaysia was founded. In 1964, the Republic of China (ROC) set up a consulate in Kuala Lumpur. In 1969, the consulate was upgraded to a Consulate General. On 31 May 1974, the People's Republic of China and Malaysia took up diplomatic relations.
China–Malaysia relations (simplified Chinese: 中马关系; traditional Chinese: 中馬關係; pinyin: Zhōng mǎ guānxì; Jyutping: Zung1 Maa5 Gwaan1 Hai6; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-má Koan-hē; Malay: Hubungan China–Malaysia; Jawi: هوبوڠن چينا–مليسيا) are the bilateral foreign relations between the two countries, China and Malaysia.
Malaysia's foreign ministry started in 1956 - a year before the country's independence - when Malaysia's Father of Independence established ... China: Beijing: Embassy
Penang, like other Peninsular states, has Islam as its official religion. [2] Even so, Penang is one of two states in Malaysia where Islam is not in the majority, the other being Sarawak. As of 2020, Muslims constituted over 45% of Penang's population, followed by Buddhists at nearly 38%, Hindus at more than 8% and Christians at 4%. [1]
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. [20] It is linked to Singapore by a narrow causeway and a ...
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]
However, Singapore's expulsion from Malaysia almost two years later left George Town once again as the sole city in Malaysia until 1974 when Kuala Lumpur was granted city status. The merger of the George Town City Council with the Penang Island Rural District Council in 1974 sparked a debate over George Town's city status that lasted for decades.