Local time
Sun, 10:01 AM GMT+8Asia/Kuala_LumpurCityCapital
Kuala Lumpur
3.17° N, 101.70° E
- Population
- 1,448,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 2 of 30
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 30 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.
- Time zone
- Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
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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