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Kuala Lumpur, the capital
city of the Federation of Malaysia, is centrally
located on the west coast of Peninsular
Malaysia. Covering some 243sq km (94 square
miles), it lies approximately 35km 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. Today, with a population
of 1.5 million, it is the pulse of the nation.
Kuala Lumpur leads the country’s fast
paced development in trade and commerce,
banking and finance, manufacturing, transportation,
information technology and tourism.
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