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WARNING: Recent clashes have occured between the Indian community and the police in Kuala Lumpur, due to the Indians being unhappy about a number of issues like recent dismantling of serveral Hindu temples. While tourists are not targeted, one should remember to exercise some commonsense and avoid areas where demonstrations are going on.
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| Capital
| Kuala Lumpur
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| Government
| Constitutional monarchy
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| Area
| total: 329.750 km2
land: 328.550 km2
water: 1200.00 km2
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| Population
| 26.6 million (Jan 2007)
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| Language
| Bahasa Melayu (official), English, Chinese dialects (Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew, Hakka, Hainanese, Foochow, Hok-chew), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi, and Thai; in addition, several indigenous languages are spoken in East Malaysia, especially Iban and Kadazan
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| Religion
| Islam, Buddhism, Daoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism; note - in addition, Shamanism/Animism is practiced in East and, to a lesser extent, West Malaysia
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| Electricity
| 230V/50Hz (British plug)
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| Calling Code
| +60
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| Internet TLD
| .my
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The crossroads of Malay, Chinese and Indian cuisine, Malaysia is an excellent place to makan (eat in Malay). See Malaysian and Singaporean cuisine for an overview of what's available. Look out for regional specialities and Nyonya (Peranakan) cuisine, the fusion between Malay and Chinese cooking.
Malaysians are very proud of their cooking and most towns or even villages have their own delicious specialities such as Kajang satay, Ipoh chicken rice, Kelantanese nasi minyak and many, many more. Most of them rely on word of mouth for advertising and are frequently located in the most inconvenient, out-of-the-way places so you might want to try asking the locals for their personal recommendations.
Generally, you can eat pretty much anywhere in Malaysia. Food outlets are comparatively clean - the only thing you should avoid is ice for your drinks, when you frequent the street or hawker stalls since the blocks of ice used there might not be up to your hygienic standards. In actual restaurants this is not a problem. Also you might want to avoid ordering water from hawker stalls or the mamak restaurants as they are usually unboiled tap water.
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