Malaysia

Malaysia

Malaysia ranks 97th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ethiopia, Luxembourg, and Haiti. Memorable people born in present day Malaysia include Mahathir Mohamad, Anwar Ibrahim, and Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor. Memorable people who died in Malaysia include Tunku Abdul Rahman, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, and P. Ramlee. Malaysia has been the birth place of many politicians, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and actors.

Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. A federal constitutional monarchy, it consists of 13 states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia on the Indochinese Peninsula and East Malaysia on the island of Borneo. Peninsular Malaysia shares land and maritime borders with Thailand, as well as maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia; East Malaysia shares land borders with Brunei and Indonesia, and maritime borders with the Philippines and Vietnam. Kuala Lumpur is the country's national capital, largest city, and the seat of the legislative branch of the federal government, while Putrajaya is the federal administrative capital, representing the seat of both the executive branch and the judicial branch of the federal government. With a population of over 34 million, it is the world's 42nd-most populous country. Read more on Wikipedia