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  2.                                       MALAYSIA 
  3.                                          
  4.                                        9M2,4 
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  6.         OFFICIAL NAME:(Part of) Malaysia.
  7.         LOCATION:Southeast tip of Asia.
  8.         LAT/LONG:3N/102E
  9.         CONTINENT:Asia.
  10.         ZONES-ITU:54  CQ:28
  11.         TIME:+7 Hrs.
  12.         AREA:50,700 Sq.M.  131,313 Sq.Km.
  13.         POPULATION:13,280,754  DENSITY:262/Sq.M.  (101/Sq.Km.)  AAGR:1.98%
  14.         LIFE EXPECTANCY:Men 67.7  Women 72.7
  15.         LITERACY RATE:80%
  16.         TYPE OF GOVERNMENT:Hereditary rulers in all but Penang and Melaka 
  17.         where Governors appointed by Malaysian Government. Powers of state 
  18.         government limited by federal constitution.
  19.         CAPITAL:Kuala Lumpur.
  20.         LANGUAGES:Malay is official; English, Chinese dialects, Tamil.
  21.         RELIGIONS:Malays nearly all Muslim, Chinese predominantly Buddhist, 
  22.         Indians predominantly Hindu.
  23.         CURRENCY:Malaysian ringgit.
  24.         GNP:(for all Malaysia) $29 billion  ($1,870 per capita)
  25.         ANNUAL GROWTH:-3.2%  INFLATION RATE:less than 1% (1985).
  26.         MAJOR INDUSTRIES:rubber/oil palm processing/manufacturing, light 
  27.         manufacturing, electronics, tin mining and smelting, logging and 
  28.         processing timber.
  29.         AGRICULTURE:natural rubber, palm oil, rice; 10-15% of rice requirements 
  30.         imported.
  31.         EXPORTS:(for all Malaysia) natural rubber, palm oil, tin, timber, 
  32.         petroleum, light manufactures.  ($15.4 billion).
  33.         TELECOMMUNICATIONS:849,129 telephones; 17 AM, 2 FM, 20 TV stations; 2 
  34.         international ground satellite stations, 1 domestic ground satellite 
  35.         station.
  36.         NATIONAL HOLIDAY:31 August (Independence Day).
  37.         COMMERCIAL POWER:240/415V; 50Hz.
  38.         MISC:Malaysia, or peninsular Malaysia, consists of 11 states of 
  39.         the Federation of Malay. It produces 35% of the world's tin. Member of 
  40.         Commonwealth of Nations.
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  42.         (FOR US OPS-3rd party:no  ROA:no)
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