Kuala Lumpur

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capital city city

Kuala Lumpur is the capital and largest city of Malaysia, known for its modern skyline dominated by the Petronas Twin Towers and its role as the country’s cultural, financial, and economic center.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur 1
Kuala Lumpur City Centre 1

Statements (67)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city ⓘ
city ⓘ
averageAnnualRainfall over 2,400 mm ⓘ
averageAnnualTemperature about 27 °C ⓘ
callingCode +60 3 ⓘ
capitalOf Malaysia ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
country Malaysia ⓘ
declaredFederalTerritory 1974 ⓘ
demonym Kuala Lumpurian ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel 21 metres ⓘ
foundingDate 1857 ⓘ
gainedCityStatus 1972 ⓘ
governingBody Kuala Lumpur City Hall ⓘ
hasAirport Kuala Lumpur International Airport ⓘ
Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Chinese Malaysians ⓘ
Indian Malaysians ⓘ
Malay peoples ⓘ
surface form: Malays
hasLandmark Batu Caves ⓘ
Bukit Bintang ⓘ
Central Market Kuala Lumpur ⓘ
Kuala Lumpur Tower ⓘ
Merdeka 118 ⓘ
Merdeka Square ⓘ
National Mosque of Malaysia ⓘ
Petaling Street ⓘ
Petronas Towers ⓘ
surface form: Petronas Twin Towers

Sultan Abdul Samad Building ⓘ
hasRailTransport KL Monorail ⓘ
KTM Komuter ⓘ
LRT Ampang Line ⓘ
LRT Kelana Jaya Line ⓘ
MRT Kajang Line ⓘ
MRT Putrajaya Line ⓘ
hasSportsVenue Bukit Jalil National Stadium ⓘ
hasUniversity International Islamic University Malaysia ⓘ
Universiti Kuala Lumpur ⓘ
University of Malaya ⓘ
hostedEvent 1998 Commonwealth Games ⓘ
isCulturalCentreOf Malaysia ⓘ
isEconomicCentreOf Malaysia ⓘ
isFederalTerritory true ⓘ
isFinancialCentreOf Malaysia ⓘ
isSeatOf Malaysian judiciary ⓘ
Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
largestCityOf Malaysia ⓘ
leaderTitle Mayor of Kuala Lumpur ⓘ
locatedIn Malay Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Peninsular Malaysia

Southeast Asia ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Malaysia Time ⓘ
majorLanguage English ⓘ
Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
nameMeaning muddy confluence ⓘ
officialLanguage Malay ⓘ
partOf Klang Valley ⓘ
surface form: Greater Kuala Lumpur

Klang Valley ⓘ
population over 1,900,000 ⓘ
populationYear 2020 ⓘ
postalCodeRange 50000–60000 ⓘ
previouslyAdministrativeCapitalOf Federation of Malaya ⓘ
Selangor ⓘ
river Gombak River ⓘ
Klang River ⓘ
utcOffset +8 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode W ⓘ

Referenced by (57)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

M. Zulkifli → placeOfActivity → Kuala Lumpur ⓘ
Michael Gough → placeOfBirth → Kuala Lumpur ⓘ
Yang di-Pertuan Agong → seat → Kuala Lumpur ⓘ
Malaysia Airlines → servesCity → Kuala Lumpur ⓘ
Selangor → surrounds → Kuala Lumpur ⓘ
Petronas Towers → symbolOf → Kuala Lumpur ⓘ