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Peninsular Malaysia
Summary
Peninsular Malaysia (Semenanjung Malaysia; Jawi: سمننجڠ مليسيا; 马来西亚半岛; Tamil: தீபகற்ப மலேசியா), historically known as Malaya (Tanah Melayu; Jawi: تانه ملايو), also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, is the part of Malaysia that occupies the southern half of the Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia and the nearby islands. Its area totals approximately , which is nearly 40% of the total area of the country; the other 60% is in East Malaysia on the island of Borneo.
It shares a land border with Thailand to the north and a maritime border with Singapore to the south. Across the Strait of Malacca to the west lies the island of Sumatra, and across the South China Sea to the east lie the Natuna Islands of Indonesia. At its southern tip, across the Strait of Johor, lies the island country of Singapore. Most of Peninsular Malaysia's interior is forested, mountainous and rural; the majority of Malaysia's population and economy are concentrated on the coastal western half, which is where the country's prominent urban areas are located.
Peninsular Malaysia consists of 11 out of the 13 states, and two out of the three federal territories of Malaysia, which includes the national capital of Kuala Lumpur. The states are listed as the following:
Perlis
Kedah
Penang
Perak
Selangor
Negeri Sembilan
Malacca
Johor
Pahang
Terengganu
Kelantan
Two federal territories are embedded within Selangor, which are Putrajaya and Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysia#Etymology
Originally comprising the states and territories of the Federation of Malaya, the then Federation under the Malaysia Agreement merged with the self-governing State of Singapore, the Crown Colony of North Borneo and the Crown Colony of Sarawak to form the new Federation called Malaysia. The merger was initially proposed in order to reunify Singapore with its hinterland in the Federation as they were originally associated under British Malaya but later separated and governed separately after the formation of the Malayan Union. Even when the Malayan Union transformed into the Federation of Malaya, Singapore was not a part of it.
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