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Kuala Lumpur
3.17° N, 101.70° E
- Population
- 1,448,000
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 2 of 31
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 31 cities of Malaysia in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Malaysia, so this is not a national ranking.
- Founded
- 1857
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Area
- 244 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Time zone
- Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
Traveler brief
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Practical bearings for Kuala Lumpur, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Kuala Lumpur have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
“Muddy river junction” refers to Kuala Lumpur’s location at the confluence of the Kelang and Gombak rivers. It comes from the Malay words "kuala" (river junction or estuary) and "lumpur" (mud).
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
