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ERAL Yap Ah Loy to explore the natural riches of Kuala Lumpur. Mining activities in Kuala Lumpur
TERRITORY OF became the impetus for the development and modernisation of the city’s economy. Kuala Lumpur
KUALA LUMPUR is also known as the City of Lights, the International Centre of the Arts, the Centre of Justice and
Legislation, and the Capital of Islamic Culture in Malaysia.
http://www.visitkl.gov.my

Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia. Agriculture ECONOMIC Mining &
It was declared as a Federal Territory and GROWTH IN Quarrying
the administration centre of the Federal 0%
Government on 1 February 1974. The 2019 0.1%
development of Kuala Lumpur is said to have Manufacturing
its beginnings in the history of its discovery (AT CONSTANT 2015 Construction
by a tin miner named Raja Abdullah who was 3.1% PRICE) (%)
of Bugis descent. Tin found at the Gombak 7.1%
River and Klang attracted Chinese Kapitan

CAPITAL Kuala Lumpur

ROYAL TOWN -

PARLIAMENTARY 11

CONSTITUENCIES 56

POPULATION PROJECTION OF 2019 Services GDP

POPULATION 1,780,000 88.3% 6.7%

BIRTH 6,612 Source: www.dosm.gov.my

DEATH 2,433

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