Articles in the CITIES OF MALAYSIA Category
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Just outside the city of Kuala Lumpur bordering on Malaysia’s Silicon Valley of Cyberjaya is designed as an intelligent, Cyber-city and is the new Federal government administrative centre.
Designed as a model city, it is a thoroughly modern township displaying the best of Malaysian design and architecture in an environmentally-friendly setting of beautifully landscaped lakes and parks.
Putrajaya encompasses the dual concept of intelligent city and garden city and 38 percent of the land area is devoted to parks, lakes and wetlands. The latter provides interesting getaways for visitors and an opportunity …
CITIES OF MALAYSIA, TOURISM »
The capital city of the Federation of Malaysia, is centrally located on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Covering some 243 sq km (94 sq miles), it lies approximately 35 km from the coast. Kuala Lumpur was conferred city status on February 1, 1972 and declared a Federal Territory in 1974.
The city began as a mining settlement in the late 1800s with the discovery of tin at the confluence of the Klang and Gombak rivers. Although KL’s tin trade has since declined, the growth of the city has remained unabated. …





