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Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur is a city caught in a metropolitan limbo. It wants to be Singapore, but at times feels more like Bangkok and it is this tension between the clean, clinical efficiency of business-like Singapore, and the raffish rough edges of the Thai capital, that conjures up much of the Malaysian capi... more >>

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Kuala Lumpur Overview

Location:Western Peninsula Malaysia.
Dialling code:60.
Population:1.4 million (city); 1.9 million (metropolitan area).
Time zone:GMT + 8.
Electricity:220 volts or 250 volts AC, 50Hz; three-pin flat plugs are standard.
Average January temperatures:32°C (90°F).
Average July temperatures:32°C (90°F).
Annual rainfall:2,700mm (105 inches).

Cost of living
1 Malaysian Ringgit (RM1) = £0.15; US$0.28; C$0.34; A$0.36; €0.22
Currency conversion rates as of January 2007