Kuala Lumpur

Federal Territory o Kuala Lumpur Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
Ceety
Clockwise frae top left: Petronas Twin Towers, Petaling Street, Masjid Jamek an Gombak/Klang river confluence, Naitional Monument, Naitional Mosque, skyline o KL. Centre: KL Tower
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Eik-name(s):  KL, Garden Ceety o Lichts
Motto(s):  Maju dan Makmur (Scots: Progress an Prosper)
Coordinates: 3°8′51″N 101°41′36″E / 3.14750°N 101.69333°E / 3.14750; 101.69333Coordinates: 3°8′51″N 101°41′36″E / 3.14750°N 101.69333°E / 3.14750; 101.69333
Kintra	Malaysie
State	Federal Territory
Establishment	1857
Grantit ceety status	1 Februar 1972
Grantit Federal Territory	1 Februar 1974
Govrenment
• Mayor (Datuk Bandar)	Ahmad Phesal Talib[1][2] From 18 July 2012
Area [3]
• Ceety	243 km2 (94 sq mi)
• Metro	2,793.27 km2 (1,078.49 sq mi)
Elevation	21.95 m (72 ft)
Population  (2015)[5]
• Ceety	1,768,000 (1st)
• Density	6,891/km2 (17,310/sq mi)
• Metro	7,200,000[4]
• Metro density	6,581/km2 (17,040/sq mi)
• Demonym	KL-ite / Kuala Lumpurian
Human Development Index
• HDI (2010)	0.795 (very high) (2nt)
Time zone	UTC+8 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+8 (No observit)
Postal code	5xxxx
Mean solar time	UTC + 06:46:48
Naitional cawin code	03
License plate prefix	W (for all vehicles except taxis) HW (for taxis only)
ISO 3166-2	MY-14
Website	www.dbkl.gov.my

Kuala Lumpur (translatit as: "muddy confluence" or "muddy estuary"; pronounced /ˈkwɑːləlʊmˈpʊər/ ^{(deprecatit template)} in Inglis;^[6] Malay [kwɑlɑlʊmpʊ], locally [kwɑləlʊmpɔ] or even [kɔlɔmpɔ],^[7] and eften abbreviated as K.L.) is the caipital an the lairgest ceety o Malaysie in terms o population.^[8] The ceety proper, makin up an aurie o 244 km2 (94 sq mi), haes an estimatit population o 1.73 million as o 2016^[update].^[9] Greater Kuala Lumpur, an' a' kent as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration o 7.2 million.^[10] It is the fastest growin metropolitan region in the kintra, in terms o population an economy.

Kuala Lumpur is the seat o the Parliament o Malaysie. The ceety wis ance hame tae the executive an judicial branches o the federal government, but they hae syne moved tae Putrajaya stairtin in 1999.^[11] Some sections o the judiciary remain in the caipital. The offeecial residence o the Malaysian Keeng, the Istana Negara, is an aa situatit in Kuala Lumpur. Ratit as an alpha warld ceety, Kuala Lumpur is the cultural, financial an economic centre o Malaysie due tae its position as the caipital as well as being a primate ceety.

Kuala Lumpur is defined athin the borders o the Federal Territory o Kuala Lumpur an is ane o three Malaysian Federal Territories. It is an enclave athin the state o Selangor, on the central wast coast o Peninsular Malaysie.^[12] Residents o the ceety are colloquially kent as KLites.^[13]

Syne the 1990s, the ceety haes played host tae mony internaitional sportin, poleetical an cultural events includin the 1998 Commonwealth Games an the Formula Ane Warld Championship. In addition, Kuala Lumpur is hame tae the tallest twin biggins in the warld, the Petronas Twin Towers, which hae become a seembol o Malaysie's development.

1. ↑ "Mayor's Welcome Message". Kuala Lumpur City Hall. Archived frae the original on 4 September 2010. Retrieved 25 Januar 2011.
2. ↑ M, Bavani. "Ahmad Fuad is new mayor of KL". The Star Online. Archived frae the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 27 Mairch 2010.
3. ↑ "Laporan Kiraan Permulaan 2010". Jabatan Perangkaan Malaysia. p. 27. Archived frae the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 24 January 2011. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)
4. ↑ "KL on track to megacity status". Focus Malaysia. Archived frae the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 30 Apryle 2015.
5. ↑ "Population by States and Ethnic Group". Department of Information, Ministry of Communications and Multimedia, Malaysia. 2015. Archived frae the original on 12 Februar 2016. Retrieved 12 Februar 2015. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)
6. ↑ Kuala Lumpur. Dictionary.com. Retrieved November 2007.
7. ↑ "Introduction to Kuala Lumpur". Frommer's. Archived frae the original on 24 December 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2007.
8. ↑ "Malaysia: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". Archived frae the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 3 Januar 2011.
9. ↑ "Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur". Department of Statistics, Malaysia. Archived frae the original on 23 Juin 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
10. ↑ Helders, Stefan. "World: metropolitan areas". World Gazetteer. Archived frae the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 13 December 2007.
11. ↑ "Putrajaya – Administrative Capital of Malaysia". Government of Malaysia. Archived frae the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2007.
12. ↑ "Territorial extent". States of Malaysia. statoids.com. Retrieved 11 December 2007.
13. ↑ Aziz, Su. "Far from the madding crowd". The New Straits Times Online. Archived frae the original on 18 December 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2007. ...one of the many 30-something KLites seeking..