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 | Malaysia
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| Location: |
Southeastern Asia, peninsula and northern one-third of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia and the South China Sea, south of Vietnam |
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| Area: |
329,750 sq km |
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| Climate: |
tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons
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| Terrain: |
coastal plains rising to hills and mountains |
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| Population: |
21,376,066 (July 1999 est.) |
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| Religions: |
Islam, Buddhism, Daoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism; note¡ªin addition, Shamanism is practiced on East Malaysia |
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| Languages: |
Bahasa Malaysia is the national and official language, but English is widely spoken. Other languages such as Chinese (Cantonese and Hokkien), Iban and Tamil are spoken by minorities.
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| Capital: |
Kuala Lumpur |
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