Malaysia

• Föderation von Malaysia
• bundesstaatliche parlamentarische
  Wahlmonarchie
• Eigenbezeichnung:
  Persekutan Tanah Malaysia

• Federation of Malaysia
• federal parliamentary
  electional monarchy
• own name:
  Persekutan Tanah Malaysia

• heutige Flaggen
• historische Flaggen
• Bedeutung/Ursprung der Flagge
• Wappen
• Bedeutung/Ursprung des Wappens
• Flugzeugkokarde
• Landkarte
• Bundesstaaten und Bundesterritorien
• Zahlen und Fakten
• Geschichte

• today's Flags
• historical Flags
• Meaning/Origin of the Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Meaning/Origin of the Coat of Arms
• Aircraft Roundel
• Map
• Federal States and Territories
• Numbers and Facts
• History

Bedeutung/Ursprung der Flagge – Meaning/Origin of the Flag:

• Rot und Weiß sind die malaiischen Nationalfarben, Gelb vertritt die Sultanate im Staatenbund, Blau erinnert an den langen britischen Einfluss. Stern und Halbmond sind islamische Symbole.

• Gelb steht für die einzelnen Sultanate und die Farben Blau, Weiß und Rot gehen auf die Farben Großbritanniens zurück. Stern und Halbmond sind islamische Symbole.

Die Flagge des Yang Di-Pertuan Agong (Staatsoberhaupt/Wahlkönig) ist gelb mit dem Wappen in einem Reisährenkranz in der Mitte.

Malaysia orientiert sich am britischen Ensign-System. Das weißt auf die früheren kolonialen Bindungen zu Großbritannien hin.

• Red and white are the Malay national colours, yellow represents the sultanates in the confederation, blue remembers the long British influence. Star and crescent are Islamic symbols.

• Yellow stands for the individual sultanates and the colours blue, white and red have their roots in the colours of United Kingdom. Star and crescent are Islamic symbols.

The flag of the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong (Chief of State/Electional King) is yellow with the coat of arms in a rice ear wreath in the center.

Malaysia is orientated in the British ensign system. This points to the former colonial bonds to United Kingdom.

• Kriegsschiffe einen sogenannten "White Ensign" (Marineflagge), eine weiße Flagge oft mit durchgehendem roten Georgskreuz und mit dem Union Jack in der Oberecke,

• Handelsschiffe einen "Red Ensign" (auch "Civil Ensign" → Bürgerflagge genannt, die eigentl. Handelsflagge), eine rote Flagge mit dem Union Jack in der Oberecke, und

• Dienstschiffe einen "Blue Ensign" (Regierungsflagge → die eigentl. Staatsflagge), eine blaue Flagge mit dem Union Jack in der Oberecke führten.

• war ships fly the "White Ensign" (naval flag), a white flag often with an uninterrupted red St. George's-Cross and with the Union Jack in the upper staff quadrant of the flag,

• merchant ships fly a "Red Ensign" (also named "Civil Ensign" → civil flag, the real merchant flag), a red flag with the Union Jack in the upper staff quadrant of the flag, and

• governmental ships fly the "Blue Ensign" (flag for the use by the gouvernment → the actual state flag), a blue flag with the Union Jack in the upper staff quadrant of the flag.

The states Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah and Perlis belonged initially to Siam (Thailand). Kedah and Perak belonged in the 17th century in passing to the Sultanate of Aceh and had adoped its red flag. Perlis had its own colours and Kelantan and Terengganu had since 1832 – the year when both states released partially from Siam – single-coloured white flags.
A furthermore mighty state which had big influence in this region was the Sultanate of Lingga. Lingga had a single-coloured black flag and consisted of the Archipelago of Linga, the today's Singapore and the today's Johore.
The State of Pahang was dependent from Lingga and used its black flag, but supplemented by a white stripe at the leech. Terengganu also startet to use its white flag by black supplementations.

Red stands often for the people and white for the sovereign. The sovereigns of the Malay states – which at that time have been mostly Rajahs or Maharajahs - thus used white flags. Its proconsuls or Prime Ministers (Temenggong) showed yellow flags and the Second Ministers (Bendahara) used black flags.

Sometimes is yellow the colour of the sovereign and white the colour of the Temenggong. In this way they conformed in the tradition of this region of the world, that actually the colour yellow represents the king and its dignity.

The combination of white and red counts for the Malay national colours, but they are spreaded in the whole Indonesian Malaysian and Polynesian area as national colours.

Bedeutung/Ursprung des Wappens – Meaning/Origin of the Coat of Arms:

In 1963 were added fields for Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak. Between the symbols of Sabah und Sarawak is positioned since 1967 a hibiscus bloom. It compensates for the symbol of Singapore, which leaved in 1965 the federation. As soon as there changes the coat of arms of a partly state has to change the corresponding field on the federal coat of arms. This was hitherto the case right frequently.

• Fläche:
  330.290 km²

• Area:
  127.525 square miles

• Einwohner:
  32.400.000 (2020),
  davon
  50% Malaien,
  23% Chinesen,
  11% Ureinwohner (Senoi, Semang ...),
  7% Inder

• Inhabitants:
  32.400.000 (2020),
  thereof
  50% Malay,
  23% Chinese,
  11% native tribes (Senoi, Semang ...),
  7% Indians

• Religionen:
  61% Moslems,
  20% Buddhisten,
  9% Christen,
  6% Hindus

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

• Bevölkerungsdichte:
  98 Ew./km²

• Density of Population:
  254 inh./sq.mi.

• Hauptstadt:
  Kuala Lumpur,
  1.982.112 Ew. (2020)

• Capital:
  Kuala Lumpur,
  1.982.112 inh. (2020)

• Amtssprache:
  Malaysisch (Bahasa Malaysia)

• official Language:
  Malaysian (Bahasa Malaysia)

• sonstige Sprachen:
  Chinesisch, Tamil, Englisch

• other Languages:
  Chinese, Tamil, English

• Währung:
  1 Ringgit (MYR, R) = 100 Sen

• Currency:
  1 Ringgit (MYR, R) = 100 Sen

• Zeitzone:
  MEZ + 7 h

• Time Zone:
  GMT + 8 h

E. Hoheisel (D)