Malaysia is a multicultural country with people from different races & religion living over there in peace and harmony. It is in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is divided into two distinct areas West Malaysia & East Malaysia. The total land area is approximately 329,758 km and is separated by sea by 40 miles. East Malaysia consists of federal territory & two large states Sabah & Sarawak. West Malaysia consists of 11 states & 2 federal territories. The capital of Malaysia is the bright and vibrant city of Kuala Lumpur with its famous twin towers.
The climate in Malaysia is more or less like India; warm & humid throughout the year. Temperature is 30 – 35 C during the day & 22 – 25 C at night. Bahasa Malay is the national language but Mandarin, English & Tamil is also widely used by the immigrants from across the places that have dwelled in Malaysia for the past so many years. Malaysia is known as Asia’s food paradise; a place to have huge varieties of cuisines which includes vegetarian to western.
The local currency in Malaysia is called Ringgit. 1 (RM) Ringgit = INR 18. Malaysia is the largest exporter in world for manufactured products like electrical goods, natural gas, rubber etc. Malaysia has become a very knowledge based society with high tech infrastructure and major International IT development.
