{"id":355676,"date":"2026-02-09T12:16:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T06:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=355676"},"modified":"2026-02-09T12:16:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T06:46:43","slug":"key-facts-about-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-facts-about-malaysia\/","title":{"rendered":"Key facts about Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>&#8211; PM Modi is on a two-day official visit to Malaysia, focusing on cooperation in artificial intelligence, defence, and the semiconductor sector.<\/p>\n<h2>About Malaysia<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_355687\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-355687\" style=\"width: 423px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-355687\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Malaysia.png?resize=423%2C335&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Malaysia\" width=\"423\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Malaysia.png?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Malaysia.png?resize=300%2C238&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-355687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source- Britannica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"189\"><strong data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"112\">Location: <\/strong>It\u00a0is a Southeast Asian country located just <strong data-start=\"164\" data-end=\"188\">north of the Equator<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"194\" data-end=\"332\"><strong data-start=\"194\" data-end=\"210\">Two Regions:<\/strong> The <strong data-start=\"215\" data-end=\"234\">South China Sea<\/strong> divides it into <strong data-start=\"251\" data-end=\"290\">Peninsular Malaysia (West Malaysia)<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"295\" data-end=\"312\" data-is-only-node=\"\">East Malaysia<\/strong> (on Borneo Island).<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"337\" data-end=\"387\"><strong data-start=\"337\" data-end=\"349\">Capital:<\/strong>\u00a0Kuala Lumpur.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"392\" data-end=\"442\"><strong data-start=\"392\" data-end=\"409\">Land Borders:<\/strong> Thailand, Brunei, and Indonesia.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"447\" data-end=\"505\"><strong data-start=\"447\" data-end=\"468\">Maritime Borders:<\/strong> Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"510\" data-end=\"626\"><strong data-start=\"510\" data-end=\"537\">Important Water Bodies:<\/strong> It is bordered by the <strong data-start=\"560\" data-end=\"625\">Strait of Malacca, South China Sea, Celebes Sea, and Sulu Sea<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"631\" data-end=\"712\"><strong data-start=\"631\" data-end=\"648\">Highest Peak:<\/strong> <strong data-start=\"649\" data-end=\"677\">Mount Kinabalu (4,095 m)<\/strong>, located in Sabah (East Malaysia).<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"717\" data-end=\"768\"><strong data-start=\"717\" data-end=\"734\">Major Rivers:<\/strong> Pahang, Rajang, and Kinabatangan.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"773\" data-end=\"862\"><strong>Form of Government<\/strong>: Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News&#8211; PM Modi is on a two-day official visit to Malaysia, focusing on cooperation in artificial intelligence, defence, and the semiconductor sector. About Malaysia Location: It\u00a0is a Southeast Asian country located just north of the Equator. Two Regions: The South China Sea divides it into Peninsular Malaysia (West Malaysia) and East Malaysia (on Borneo Island).&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-facts-about-malaysia\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Key facts about Malaysia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,12039,11211],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-355676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}