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During the late 18th and 19th centuries, Great Britain established colonies and protectorates in the area of current Malaysia; these were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. In 1948, the British-ruled territories on the Malay Peninsula formed the Federation of Malaya, which became independent in 1957. Malaysia was formed in 1963 when the former British colonies of Singapore and the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak on the northern coast of Borneo joined the Federation. The first several years of the country's history were marred by Indonesian efforts to control Malaysia, Philippine claims to Sabah, and Singapore's secession from the Federation in 1965. -- The CIA World Factbook: Malaysia Area of Malaysia: 329,750 sq km slightly larger than New Mexico Population of Malaysia: 23,522,482 July 2004 estimate Languages of Malaysia: Bahasa Melayu official English Chinese: Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, & Foochow dialects Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai indigenous to East Malaysia: Iban, Kadazan, etc. Malaysia Capital: Kuala Lumpur
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