| Introduction
The
city began as a mining settlement in the late 1800s with the
discovery of tin at the confluence of the Klang and Gombak
rivers. Although KL's tin trade has since declined, the growth
of the city has remained unabated. Today, with a population of
1.5 million, it is the pulse of the nation.
Kuala
Lumpur leads the country's fast paced development in trade and
commerce, banking and finance, manufacturing, transportation,
information technology and tourism. Kuala Lumpur was conferred
the city status on February 1, 1972 and declared a Federal
Territory in 1974.
Geography
Kuala
Lumpur , the capital city of the Federation of Malaysia, is
centrally located on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia.
Covering some 243 sq km (94 square miles), it lies approximately
35 km from the coast. Getting to Kuala Lumpur is easy with over
40 international airlines, inclusing Malaysia Airlines, serving
the city's new state-of-art Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)
at Sepang. Domestic routes are served by Air Asia, Pelangi Air,
Singapore Airlines and Royal Brunei Airlines, in addition to
Malaysia Airlines
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