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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, it lies
approximately 35km from the coast.
Kuala Lumpur was conferred city status on February1, 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
as remained unabated.
Today, with a population
of 1.5km 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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