Malaysia
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Flag Description
14 equal horizontal stripes of red (top) alternating with white (bottom); there is a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a yellow crescent and a yellow fourteen-pointed star; the crescent and the star are traditional symbols of islam; the design was based on the flag of the us.

Currency
Ringgit.

Astronomy
Today's date is November 22, 2009. There is currently a New Moon.

Location
Southeastern asia, peninsula and northern one-third of the island of borneo, bordering indonesia and the south china sea, south of vietnam.

Climate
Tropical; annual southwest (april to october) and northeast (october to february) monsoons.

Terrain
Coastal plains rising to hills and mountains.

Elevation Extremes
The lowest point is at Indian Ocean 0 m. The highest point is at Gunung Kinabalu 4,100 m.

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Malaysia

This is a map of Malaysia. The map illustrates the location of Kuala Lumpur and its proximity to Kuantan, Port Dickson, Kudat, and the South China Sea.

Other countries on this map include: Thailand / Indonesia / Brunei

Malaysia News:
Killer carer paid to return home
A childminder who killed a 16-month-old boy is given money from the government to return home to Malaysia.
Malaysia and Indonesia try to mend ties
With Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Malaysia for a fence-mending visit with Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, the BBC's Jakarta correspondent Karishma Vaswani looks at what has soured relations between the two countries in the first place.

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