KUALA LUMPUR,
Malaysia's Dynamic Capital City Affectionately Known
as 'KL'. Young. Eclectic. Modern. A City of the Times.
You'll Find it Lively, Buzzing with Vitality, a Gateway
to a World of Action, Excitement and Discoveries.
Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of the Federation of
Malaysia, is centrally located on the west coast of
Peninsular Malaysia. Covering an area of 243sq km
( 94 square miles ), it lies approximately 35km from
the coast. Kuala Lumpur was conferred city status
on February 1, 1972 and declared as 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 1.8
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.
Getting to Kuala Lumpur is easy with over 40 international
airlines, including Malaysia Airlines, serving the
city's new state-of-the art KL International Airport
( KLIA ) at Sepang. Domestic routes are served by
Air Asia, Pelangi Air, Singapore Airlines and Royal
Brunei Airlines, in additions to Malaysia Airlines.
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