Malaysia is a country of southeast asia, becoming independent at 31 August 1957. It is a federal country with 13 states and 3 federal territories. The area of Malaysia is 329.847 thousand square kilometers, with the capital Kuala Lumpur. The political center is Putrajaya. There are two main parts of Malaysia separated by South China Sea.One is west Malaysia in Malaya, close to Thailand by the north, and close to Johor Strait by the south, connecting with Singapore by johor-singapore causeway and second link expressway. The other one is east Malaysia, the compound of Sarawak and Sabah, which lies on Kalimantan and the north of the island of Borneo. The south part of Malaysia is connected with Indonesia. Malaysia is one of the founding country of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Malaysia is an export country with natural and agriculture resources. The most valuable export commodity is petrol, and it has relatively open new industrialization market economics. Tourism has become the third largest earnings in foreign exchange, also the knowledge economy is expanding.
Malaysia is situated between Pacific ocean and Indian ocean. The length of the coastline is 4192 kilometers. The average temperature is 22℃~28℃ in the inland, and 25℃~30℃ in the coastal plain.
There are 13 states, including Johore, Kedah, Sri Kelantan, Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Pinang, Perak, Perils, Selangor, Terengganu in west Malaysia, and Sabah, Sarawak in east Malaysia. Also there are three federal territories: capital Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putra.
Since Malaysia is close to the equator, the weather there is tropical rainforest and tropical monsoons, there is not much different between each season. The change of temperature is quite little, with the average weather between 26—30℃. The annual rainfall is plentiful, with 10-12 the rainy reasons.
