States of Malaysia

Administrative division of Malaysia

Southeast Asian Malaysia is a federal state made up of 13 states (negeri) and three federal territories (wilayah persekutuan) .

geography

The West Malaysian part of the country on the Malay Peninsula lies and offshore islands, consists of eleven states and the Federal Territories Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya the Federation of Malaysia (Malay. Persekutuan Tanah Malaysia; founded in 1963).

The east Malaysian part of the country is made up of the states of Sarawak and Sabah on the island of Borneo and the federal territory of Labuan , which consists of an offshore archipelago .

statistics

Country	location	Capital	population	Area in km²	density	urban population in%	HDI	Bumiputra (%)	Chinese (%)	In the (%)
Selangor		Shah Alam	4,188,876	7,960	526	87.6	0.806	53.5	30.7	14.6
Johor		Johor Bahru	2,740,625	18,987	144	65.2	0.773	57.1	35.4	6.9
Sabah		Kota Kinabalu	2,603,485	73,619	35	48.0	0.663	80.5	13.2	0.5
Sarawak		Kuching	2,071,506	124,450	17th	48.1	0.698	72.9	26.7	0.2
Perak		Ipoh	2,051,236	21.005	98	58.7	0.765	54.7	32.0	13.0
Kedah		Alor Setar	1,649,756	9,425	175	39.3	0.757	76.6	14.9	7.1
Kuala Lumpur		(B)	1,379,310	243	5,676	100.0	0.810	43.6	43.5	11.4
Penang		George Town	1,313,449	1,031	1,274	80.1	0.791	42.5	46.5	10.6
Kelantan		Kota Bahru	1,313,014	15,024	87	34.2	0.730	95.0	3.8	0.3
Pahang		Kuantan	1,288,376	35,965	36	42.0	0.753	76.8	17.7	5.0
Terengganu		Kuala Terengganu	898.825	12,955	69	48.7	0.749	96.8	2.8	0.2
Negeri Sembilan		Seremban	859.924	6,644	129	53.4	0.776	57.9	25.6	16.0
Malacca		Malacca	635.791	1,652	385	67.2	0.782	63.8	29.1	6.5
Perlis		Kangar	204,450	795	257	34.3	0.755	85.5	10.3	1.3
Labuan		(B)	76,067	92	827	77.7	0.732	79.6	15.8	1.3
Putrajaya		(B)	50,000	46	1,087	100.0		94.8	1.8	2.7

(B) = federal territory

Form of government

Head of state

Nine of the 13 states are constitutional monarchies , also known as Malay states . These include the seven sultanates of Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Pahang, Perak, Selangor and Terengganu. In Perlis the monarch is called Raja . In contrast to the eight states mentioned above, which are hereditary monarchies , in Negeri Sembilan the head of state, the Yamtuan Besar , is elected by local rulers.

The four states of Malacca, Penang, Sabah and Sarawak, which emerged from the former British crown colonies , each have a governor appointed by the central government, the Yang di-Pertua Negeri , as the representative head of state.

executive

At the head of the governments of the 13 states is a prime minister appointed by the respective sultan or governor according to the majority in parliament ( Westminster system ). His name in the nine monarchies is Menteri Besar, those in the four states without a ruling family Chief Minister . In eight states the Barisan Nasional is the government, the five states Kelantan, Kedah, Penang, Perak and Selangor will be governed by the federally opposition Pakatan Rakyat after the 2008 elections .

The three federal territories are administered by the Ministry of the Federal Territories of the central government.

legislative branch

All states have a unicameral parliament that is responsible for legislating. For the areas of law in which the constituent states can be active, see the federal structure of Malaysia .

See also

• Flags of the Malaysian states
• Singapore was a state of Malaysia from the founding of Malaysia on September 16, 1963 until it left the Federation on August 9, 1965.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab. Accessed August 6, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Source: National Census 2000 , Department of Statistics Malaysia. Figures for Putrajaya from 2004.