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Kuala Lumpur

 

Contents

• Flags

• Meaning/Origin of the Flag

• Map

• Map of the Federal States of Malysia

• Numbers and Facts

• History

• Origin of the Country's Name



Flags

Flagge Fahne flag Bundesterritorium federal territory Kuala Lumpur
since 1990,
Flag of Kuala Lumpur,
ratio = 1:2,
Source, by: Flags of the World




Flagge Fahne flag Bundesterritorium federal territory Kuala Lumpur Putrajaya Labuan
since 2006,
Common flag for the Federal Territories of Malaysia,
ratio = 1:2,
Source, by: Flags of the World

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Meaning/Origin of the Flag

The flag of Kuala Lumpur was introduced on 15th of May in 1990. It shows clearly the symbolism of the flag of Malaysia: fourteen white and red stripes, the blue, the yellow half-moon and the yellow fourteen-pointed star. The design shows in this way that Kuala Lumpur is a federal territory of the state Malaysia, and not a federal element of that land. On 26th of May in 2006 was additionally introduced a common flag for the three Malaysian federal territories. It shows three horizontal stripes in yellow, blue and red and in the middle of the blue stripe of the coat of arms with three stars below it, representing the three federal territories. The colors of the flag are the colors of Malaysia, like they appear on the national flag of the country, but in a different arrangement.

Source: Volker Preuß

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Map

Location:
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Map of the Federal States of Malysia

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Numbers and Facts

Area: 94 square miles

Inhabitants: 1.982.112 (2020), thereof 52 % Chinese, 39 % Malays, 6 % Indian

Religions: 61 % Muslim, 20 % Buddhist, 9 % Christian, 6 % Hindu

Density of Population: 21.126 inh./sq.mi.

official Language: Malaysian

other Languages: Chinese, English

Currency: Malaysian currency

Time Zone: GMT + 8 h

Source: Wikipedia (EN)

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History

7th–12th cent. · to the Shrividjaja Empire

14th–15th cent. · to the Madjapahit Empire

15th cent. · to the State of Selangor

1857 · settlement of Chinese Miners

1874 · Selangor becomes British protectorate

1880 · Kuala Lumpur becomes capital of the Sultanate of Selangor

1881 · big city fire

1896 · Kuala Lumpur becomes capital of the Malaysian Federation

1941 · Second World War, conquest by the Japanese

1945 · withdrawal of the Japanese, the British take over the city again

1st of April 1946 · establishment of the Malaysian Union by confederation of the Malaysian Sultanates (British protectorates) and the Straits Settlements (British crown colonies), however without Singapore, Kuala Lumpur becomes capital of the Malaysian Union

1948 · re-organization of the Malaysian Union, establishment of the Malaysian Federation under a British High Commissioner

31st of August 1957 · independence and proclamation of the Kingdom of Malaysian Federation (Malaya), Kuala Lumpur stays as capital

16th of September 1963 · proclamation of the Kingdom of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur stays as capital

1st of February 1974 · establishment of the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, separation from Selangor

1997 · construction of the governmental seat Putrajaya 15 miles southern from Kuala Lumpur

1999 · relocation of the government to Putrajaya, but Kuala Lumpur stays as capital of Malaysia

Source: Atlas zur Geschichte, Wikipedia (D), World Statesmen

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Origin of the Country's Name

"Kuala Lumpur" is Malaysian and means "muddy river's mouth".

Source: Wikipedia (DE)

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