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Summary The name "Malaysia" was adopted in 1963 when the [|Federation of Malaya] (Malay: //Persekutuan Tanah Melayu//), [|Singapore], [|Sabah] and [|Sarawak] formed a 14-state federation.[|[5]] Singapore was expelled from the federation in 1965 and subsequently became an independent country.[|[6]] Although politically dominated by the [|Malays], modern Malaysian society is heterogeneous, with substantial [|Chinese] and [|Indian] minorities.[|[7]] Malaysian politics have been noted for their allegedly communal nature;[|[8]] the three major component parties of the [|Barisan Nasional] each restrict membership to those of one ethnic group. However, the only major intercommunal violence the country has seen since independence was the [|May 13 racial riots] of 1969 that occurred in the wake of an election campaign that was dominated by racial issues.[|[9]]
 * Malaysia** is a [|federation] of [|thirteen states] in [|Southeast Asia].[|[2]] The country consists of two geographical regions divided by the [|South China Sea]:[|[3]]
 * [|Peninsular Malaysia] (or West Malaysia) on the [|Malay Peninsula] shares a land border on the north with [|Thailand] and is connected by the [|Johor-Singapore Causeway] and the [|Malaysia-Singapore Second Link] to the south with [|Singapore]. It consists of nine sultanates ([|Johor], [|Kedah], [|Kelantan], [|Negeri Sembilan], [|Pahang], [|Perak], [|Perlis], [|Selangor] and [|Terengganu]), two states headed by governors ([|Malacca] and [|Penang]), and two federal territories ([|Putrajaya] and [|Kuala Lumpur]).[|[4]]
 * [|Malaysian Borneo] (or East Malaysia) occupies the northern part of the island of [|Borneo], bordering [|Indonesia] and surrounding the Sultanate of [|Brunei]. It consists of the states of [|Sabah] and [|Sarawak] and the federal territory of [|Labuan].[|[4]]

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Language Bahasa Melayu (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai //note:// in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan

Related Websites http://www.geographia.com/Malaysia/

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