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Malaysia is a federation of 13 states (in Malay, Negeri). Eleven states are located on the Malay Peninsula while two are on the island of Borneo.

Map of the states of Malaysia
Map of the states of Malaysia

Contents

[edit] West Malaysia, on the Malay Peninsula

[edit] East Malaysia, on Borneo

[edit] Codes and Abbreviations

Country and regional codes. Note that FIPS 10-4 and ISO 3166-2:MY codes are not interchangeable.

Regions Abbreviation ISO 3166-2:MY FIPS 10-4[a]
Johor JHR MY-01 MY01
Kedah KDH MY-02 MY02
Kelantan KTN MY-03 MY03
Melaka[1] MLK MY-04 MY04
Negeri Sembilan NSN MY-05 MY05
Pahang PHG MY-06 MY06
Pulau Pinang[1] PNG MY-07 MY09
Perak PRK MY-08 MY07
Perlis PLS MY-09 MY08
Selangor SGR MY-10 MY12
Terengganu TRG MY-11 MY13
Sabah SBH MY-12 MY16
Sarawak SRW MY-13 MY11
W.P Kuala Lumpur KUL MY-14 -
W.P Labuan LBN MY-15 MY15
W.P Putrajaya PJY MY-16 -
Wilayah Persekutuan[2] - - MY14

[edit] Notes

[a] - Code MY10 is not used in FIPS 10-4 but was used for FIPS 10-3[1] (for Sabah)
[1] - Territories named in official language for both FIPS 10-4 and ISO 3166-2:MY code lists[2]
[2] - Wilayah Persekutuan defined as the territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya. Used by FIPS only

[edit] Governance

The nine Malay States have a hereditary Ruler as titular Head of state and a popularly elected, executive Chief Minister or Menteri Besar as politically responsible Head of government. The rulers of Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Pahang, Perak, Selangor and Terengganu are styled Sultans (typically Islamic). Only Negeri Sembilan's elective ruler holds the rare, autochthonous Malay title of Yang di-Pertuan Besar, whereas only the Ruler of Perlis is titled Raja (a relic from the Hindu period). The Federal King (titled Yang di-Pertuan Agong) is elected (de facto rotated) among the nine rulers to serve a 5-year term. Former British settlements and crown colonies of Penang and Malacca (both peninsular) and Sabah and Sarawak (both on Borneo) each have a federally appointed titular Governor (but styled Yang di-Pertua Negeri 'head of state') and an executive Chief Minister.

Theoretically, any matter not set out in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution of Malaysia can be legislated on by the individual states. However, legal scholars generally view this as a "pauper's bequest" because of the large scope of the matters listed in the Ninth Schedule. The courts themselves have generally favoured a broad interpretation of the language of the Ninth Schedule, thus limiting the number of possible subjects not covered. The Ninth Schedule specifically lists the following matters as those that can only be legislated on by the states: land tenure, the Islamic religion, and local government.[3]

The Parliament of Malaysia is permitted to legislate on issues of land, Islamic religion and local government in order to provide for a uniform law between different states, or on the request of the state assembly concerned. The law in question must also be passed by the state assembly as well, except in the case of certain land law-related subjects. Non-Islamic issues that fall under the purview of the state may also be legislated on at the federal level for the purpose of conforming with Malaysian treaty obligations.[4]

See also: List of capitals in Malaysia

[edit] Singapore and Brunei

Main article: Singapore in Malaysia

Singapore was a Malaysian state from the formation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963 until Singapore separated from the rest of Malaysia on 9 August 1965.

Brunei was invited to join the federation but decided not to at the last minute because of several reasons.

[edit] Key statistics

State Population Area (sq km) Pop. density Urban pop.(%) Bumiputra (%) Chinese (%) Indian (%)
Selangor 4,188,876 7,960 526 87.6 53.5 30.7 14.6
Johor 2,740,625 18,987 144 65.2 57.1 35.4 6.9
Sabah 2,603,485 73,619 35 48.0 80.5 13.2 0.5
Sarawak 2,071,506 124,450 17 48.1 72.9 26.7 0.2
Perak 2,051,236 21,005 98 58.7 54.7 32.0 13.0
Kedah 1,649,756 9,425 175 39.3 76.6 14.9 7.1
FT Kuala Lumpur 1,379,310 243 5,676 100.0 43.6 43.5 11.4
Penang 1,500,449 1,031 1,274 80.1 42.5 46.5 10.6
Kelantan 1,313,014 15,024 87 34.2 95.0 3.8 0.3
Pahang 1,288,376 35,965 36 42.0 76.8 17.7 5.0
Terengganu 898,825 12,955 69 48.7 96.8 2.8 0.2
Negeri Sembilan 859,924 6,644 129 53.4 57.9 25.6 16.0
Malacca 635,791 1,652 385 67.2 63.8 29.1 6.5
Perlis 204,450 795 257 34.3 85.5 10.3 1.3
FT Labuan 76,067 92 827 77.7 79.6 15.8 1.3
FT Putrajaya 45,000 148 304 100.0 94.8 1.8 2.7

Source: National Census 2000, Department of Statistics Malaysia. Putrajaya data is for 2004.

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ USAid Geocode
  2. ^ MaxMind GeoIP
  3. ^ Wu, Min Aun & Hickling, R. H. (2003). Hickling's Malaysian Public Law, pp. 64–65. Petaling Jaya: Pearson Malaysia. ISBN 983-74-2518-0.
  4. ^ Wu & Hickling, pp. 65–66.

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