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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kuala Lumpur
| settlement_type = [[List of capitals in Malaysia|Federal capital city]] and [[Federal
| translit_lang1 = Other
| translit_lang1_type1 = [[Jawi script|Jawi]]
| translit_lang1_info1 = {{lang|ms-arab|{{Script|Arab|ولايه ڤرسکوتوان کوالا لومڤور}}}}
| translit_lang1_type2 = [[Chinese language|Chinese]]
| translit_lang1_info2 = {{lang|zh-hans|吉隆坡联邦直辖区}} ([[Simplified Chinese characters|Simplified]])<br />{{Lang|zh-hant|吉隆坡聯邦直轄區}} ([[Traditional Chinese characters|Traditional]])<br />''Jílóngpō liánbāng zhí xiáqū'' ([[Hanyu Pinyin]])<br /> ''gat1 lung4 bo1'' ([[Cantonese]]) {{font|size=70%|([[Jyutping]])}}<br />''gāt lùhng bō'' {{font|size=70%|([[Yale romanisation of Cantonese|Yale Romanisation]])}}
| translit_lang1_type3 = [[Tamil script|Tamil]]
| translit_lang1_info3 = {{Lang|ta|கோலாலம்பூர் கூட்டரசு பிரதேசம்}}<br />''Kōlālampūr kūṭṭaracu piratēcam'' ([[ISO 15919|Transliteration]]) <br /> {{Lang|ta|கோலாலம்பூர்}}<br />''Kōlā lampūr'' {{font|size=70%|([[ISO 15919|Transliteration]])}}
| translit_lang1_type4 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| official_name = Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur<br>{{nobold|{{lang|ms|Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur}}}}
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| caption1 = Skyline of Kuala Lumpur at
| image2 = Dataran Merdeka 1.jpg
| caption2 = [[Independence Square (Kuala Lumpur)|Merdeka Square]]
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'''Kuala Lumpur''' ({{IPAc-en|UK|ˌ|k|w|ɑː|l|ə|_|ˈ|l|ʊ|m|p|ʊər|,_|-|p|ər}} {{respell|KWAH|lə|_|LUUM|poor|,_-|pər}}, {{IPAc-en|US|-|_|l|ʊ|m|ˈ|p|ʊər}} {{respell|-_|luum|POOR}}, {{IPA|zsm|ˈkualə ˈlumpo(r), -la -, -pʊ(r)|lang}}), officially the '''Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur''' ({{lang-ms|Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur}}; {{lang-zh|吉隆坡联邦直辖区}}; {{lang-ta |கோலாலம்பூர் கூட்டரசு பிரதேசம்}}) and colloquially referred to as '''KL''', is a [[federal territory]] and the [[capital city]] of [[Malaysia]]. It is the largest city in the country, covering an area of {{convert|243|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} with a census population of 2,163,000 {{as of|2022|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statistics.gov.my/index.php?r=column/cone&menu_id=bjRlZXVGdnBueDJKY1BPWEFPRlhIdz09|title=Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur|publisher=Department of Statistics, Malaysia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623213303/https://www.statistics.gov.my/index.php?r=column%2Fcone&menu_id=bjRlZXVGdnBueDJKY1BPWEFPRlhIdz09|archive-date=23 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Greater Kuala Lumpur]], also known as the [[Klang Valley]], is an [[urban agglomeration]] of 8.622 million people {{as of|2023|lc=y}}.<ref name = "UrbanizationProspects2018">{{cite web|title=World Urbanization Prospects, The 2018 Revision|url=https://population.un.org/wup/Publications/Files/WUP2018-Report.pdf|publisher=[[United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs|UN DESA]]|page=77|date=7 August 2019|access-date=30 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318222514/https://population.un.org/wup/Publications/Files/WUP2018-Report.pdf|archive-date=18 March 2020}}</ref> It is among the fastest growing metropolitan regions in [[Southeast Asia]], both in population and economic development. [[Klang Valley|Klang Valley (Kuala Lumpur)]] is [[List of ASEAN country subdivisions by GDP|ASEAN's fifth largest economy]] after [[Singapore]], [[Jakarta metropolitan area|Jakarta]], [[Bangkok Metropolitan Region|Bangkok]], and [[Greater Manila Area|Manila]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ceoworld.biz/2023/08/20/the-worlds-wealthiest-300-cities-2023/|title=The world's wealthiest 300 cities, 2023 |website=ceoworld.biz|date=20 August 2023}}</ref>
The city serves as the cultural, financial, tourism, political and economic centre of Malaysia. It is also home to the [[bicameral]] [[Parliament of Malaysia]] (consisting of the [[Dewan Rakyat]] and the [[Dewan Negara]]) and the [[Istana Negara, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim|Istana Negara]], the official residence of the [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] (monarch of Malaysia). Kuala Lumpur was first developed around 1857 as a town serving the [[tin mining|tin mines]] of the region, and important figures such as [[Yap Ah Loy]] and [[Frank Swettenham]] were instrumental in the early development of the city during the late 19th century. It served as the capital of [[Selangor]] from 1880 until 1978. Kuala Lumpur was the founding capital of the [[Federation of Malaya]] and its successor, Malaysia. The city remained the seat of the executive and judicial branches of the [[Malaysian federal government]] until these were relocated to [[Putrajaya]] in early 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.my/MyGov/BI/Directory/Government/AboutMsianGov/PutrajayaFederalAdminCapital/|title=Putrajaya – Administrative Capital of Malaysia|publisher=Government of Malaysia|access-date=11 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021194523/http://www.gov.my/MyGov/BI/Directory/Government/AboutMsianGov/PutrajayaFederalAdminCapital/|archive-date=21 October 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, some sections of the political bodies still remain in Kuala Lumpur. The city is one of the three [[Federal
Since the 1990s, the city has played host to many international sporting, political and cultural events, including the [[1998 Commonwealth Games]],
Kuala Lumpur was ranked the 6th most-visited city in the world on the Mastercard Destination Cities Index in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newsroom.mastercard.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/GDCI-Global-Report-FINAL-1.pdf|title=Mastercard Destination Cities Index 2019|publisher=MasterCard|date=4 September 2019|access-date=19 June 2020|archive-date=6 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906144341/https://newsroom.mastercard.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/GDCI-Global-Report-FINAL-1.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The city houses three of the world's ten largest shopping malls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/worlds-best-shopping-cities/index.html|title=12 best shopping cities in the world|author=Violet Kim|publisher=CNN Travel|date=19 February 2014|access-date=13 August 2017|archive-date=12 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812101441/http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/worlds-best-shopping-cities/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Kuala Lumpur ranks 70th in the world and the second in Southeast Asia after [[Singapore]] for the [[Economist Intelligence Unit]]'s [[Global Liveability Ranking]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesundaily.my/news/2017/08/17/kl-second-most-liveable-city-southeast-asia|title=KL is second most liveable city in Southeast Asia|work=The Sun|date=17 August 2017|access-date=27 August 2017|archive-date=27 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827131445/http://www.thesundaily.my/news/2017/08/17/kl-second-most-liveable-city-southeast-asia|url-status=live}}</ref> and ninth in ASPAC and second in Southeast Asia after Singapore for [[KPMG]]'s Leading Technology Innovation Hub 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kpmg.us/content/dam/global/pdfs/2021/tech-innovation-hubs-2021.pdf|title=KPMG Leading Technology Innovation Hub 2021|work=KPMG|date=17 July 2021|access-date=10 August 2021|archive-date=21 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721093145/https://www.kpmg.us/contact|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kuala Lumpur was named [[World Book Capital]] 2020 by [[UNESCO]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.unesco.org/world-book-capital-city-2020|title=Kuala Lumpur named World Book Capital 2020|publisher=UNESCO|date=30 September 2018|access-date=30 September 2018|archive-date=19 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919211150/https://en.unesco.org/world-book-capital-city-2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/unesco-names-kuala-lumpur-world-book-capital|title=Unesco names Kuala Lumpur World Book Capital|publisher=The Straits Times|date=30 September 2018|access-date=30 September 2018|archive-date=30 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930081344/https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/unesco-names-kuala-lumpur-world-book-capital|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2024, Kuala Lumpur was ranked second for the best outstanding city in Southeast Asia after Singapore and 135th in the world by the [[Oxford Economic Papers]]' Global Cities Index.
==Etymology==
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Kuala Lumpur means "muddy confluence" in [[Malay language|Malay]]; ''Kuala'' is the point where two rivers join or an [[estuary]], and ''lumpur'' means "mud".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://glosbe.com/ms/en/kuala|title=kuala in English|work=Glosbe|access-date=3 July 2016|archive-date=17 December 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161217014658/https://glosbe.com/ms/en/kuala|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9a02sRJKFhMC&pg=PA83|title=Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei. Ediz. Inglese|author=Simon Richmond|publisher=Lonely Planet Publications; 10th Revised edition|date=25 November 2006|isbn=978-1-74059-708-1|page=85|access-date=3 July 2016|archive-date=30 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330205305/https://books.google.com/books?id=9a02sRJKFhMC&pg=PA83|url-status=live}}</ref> One suggestion is that it was named after Sungai Lumpur ("muddy river"); in the 1820s a place named ''Sungei Lumpoor'' was said to be the most important tin-producing settlement up the [[Klang River]].{{sfn|Gullick|2000|pages=1–2}} However this derivation does not account for this: Kuala Lumpur lies at the confluence of [[Gombak River]] and Klang River, and therefore should be named Kuala Gombak, since the ''kuala'' is typically named after the river that joins a larger river or the sea.{{sfn|Gullick|1955|page=11}} Some have argued that Sungai Lumpur in fact extended down to the confluence and therefore the point where it joined the Klang River would be Kuala Lumpur,<ref name="sutanpuasa">Abdul-Razzaq Lubis, 'Sutan Puasa: The Founder of Kuala Lumpur', ''Journal of Southeast Asian Architecture'' (12), National University of Singapore, September 2013.</ref> although this Sungai Lumpur is said to be another river joining the Klang River {{convert|1|mi|km|round=0.5|order=flip|abbr=off}} upstream from the Gombak confluence, or perhaps located to the north of the [[Batu Caves]] area.{{sfn|Gullick|1955|page=11}}
It has also been proposed that Kuala Lumpur was originally named Pengkalan Lumpur ("muddy landing place") in the same way that [[Klang (city)|Klang]] was once called Pengkalan Batu ("stone landing place"), but became corrupted into Kuala Lumpur.<ref name="sutanpuasa" /> Another theory says that it was initially a [[Cantonese]] word
== History ==
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[[File:An arcade of shops with a road sweeper at work in the street of Kuala Lumpur, 1915-1925.jpg|thumb|left|An arcade of [[shophouse]]s with a road sweeper at work in the street of Kuala Lumpur, {{circa|1915–1925}}.]]
Kuala Lumpur expanded considerably in the 20th century. It was {{cvt|0.65|km2}} in 1895, but was extended to encompass {{cvt|20|km2}} in 1903. By the time it became a municipality in 1948 it had expanded to {{cvt|93|km2}}, and then to {{cvt|243|km2}} in 1974 as a Federal Territory.<ref name="reassessment"/>
Before 1974, Kuala Lumpur was one of the seven districts of Selangor. The district comprises mukim Sungai Buloh, Batu, Petaling, Ampang, Ulu Klang, Kuala Lumpur and Setapak.
The development of a [[Natural rubber|rubber]] industry in [[Selangor]] fueled by the demand for car tyres in the early 20th century led to a boom, and the population of Kuala Lumpur increased from 30,000 in 1900 to 80,000 in 1920.<ref name="gullick 3">{{cite book|title=The Story of Kuala Lumpur, 1857–1939|author= J.M. Gullick|publisher=Eastern Universities Press (M)|pages=111–119|year=1983|isbn=978-967-908-028-5}}</ref> The commercial activities of Kuala Lumpur had been run to a large extent by Chinese businessmen such as [[Loke Yew]], who was then the richest and most influential Chinese in Kuala Lumpur. The growth of the rubber industry led to an influx of foreign capital and planters, with new companies and industries becoming established in Kuala Lumpur, and other companies previously based elsewhere also found a presence here.<ref name="gullick 3"/>
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[[File:Japanese troops mopping up in Kuala Lumpur.jpg|thumb|right|Japanese troops advancing up High Street (now [[List of roads in Kuala Lumpur|Jalan Tun H S Lee]]) in Kuala Lumpur in December 1941 during World War II.|219x219px]]
During [[World War II]], Kuala Lumpur was [[Battle of Kuala Lumpur|captured]] by the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] on 11 January 1942. Despite suffering little damage during the course of the battle, the wartime occupation of the city resulted in significant loss of lives; at least 5,000 Chinese were killed in Kuala Lumpur in just a few weeks of occupation by Japanese forces, and thousands of Indians were sent as [[forced labour]] to work on the [[Burma Railway]] where many died.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cFnZCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT8|title=Rough Guides Snapshot Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur|publisher= Rough Guides|date=3 August 2015|isbn=978-0-241-24195-0}}</ref> They occupied the city until 15 August 1945, when the commander in chief of the [[Japanese Seventh Area Army]] in Singapore and Malaysia, [[Seishirō Itagaki]], [[surrender of Japan|surrendered]] to the British administration following the [[atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://army.gov.au/news/armynews/special_elements/on_this_day/january.htm|title=On This Day|publisher=The Australian Army|access-date=17 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218215230/http://army.gov.au/news/armynews/special_elements/on_this_day/january.htm|archive-date=18 December 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kuala Lumpur grew during the war, and continued after the war during the [[Malayan Emergency|Malayan Emergency (1948–1960)]], during which Malaya was preoccupied with a [[Communism|communist]] insurgency and [[New Village]]s were established on the outskirts of the city.<ref name="Britannica" />
[[File:KUALA LUMPUR.png|thumb|Map of Kuala Lumpur in 1951]]
The first municipal election in Kuala Lumpur was held on 16 February 1952. An ''ad hoc'' alliance between the Malay [[UMNO]] and Chinese [[Malayan Chinese Association|MCA]] party candidates won a majority of the seats, and this led to the formation of the [[Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Alliance Party]] (later the [[Barisan Nasional]]).<ref name=ency>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QKgraWbb7yoC&pg=PA138|title=Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor, Volume 1|author=Keat Gin Ooi|pages=138–139|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2004|isbn=978-1-57607-770-2|access-date=14 December 2016|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109143301/https://books.google.com/books?id=QKgraWbb7yoC&pg=PA138|url-status=live}}</ref> On 31 August 1957, the Federation of Malaya gained its independence from British rule.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/31/newsid_3534000/3534340.stm|title=1957: Malaya celebrates independence|work=BBC News|date=31 August 1957|access-date=6 December 2007|archive-date=29 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429180537/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/31/newsid_3534000/3534340.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The British flag was lowered and the Malayan flag raised for the first time at the Padang at midnight on 30 August 1957,<ref name="lam">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rRCJAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA77|title=Insider's Kuala Lumpur: Is No Ordinary Travel Guide. Open Your Eyes to the Soul of the City|author=Lam Seng Fatt|edition=3rd|publisher=Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd|date=15 October 2011|isbn=978-981-4435-39-0|page=77|access-date=20 January 2017|archive-date=5 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805053003/https://books.google.com/books?id=rRCJAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA77|url-status=live}}</ref> and on the morning of 31 August, the ceremony for the [[Malayan Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]] was held at the [[Merdeka Stadium]] by the first Prime Minister of Malaya, [[Tunku Abdul Rahman]]. Kuala Lumpur remained the capital after the [[Malaysia Day|formation of Malaysia]] on 16 September 1963. The [[Malaysian Houses of Parliament]] were completed at the edge of the [[Lake Gardens, Kuala Lumpur|Lake Gardens]] in 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19631102-1.2.133|title=The big step forward|author=Felix Abisheganaden|work=The Straits Times|publisher=National Library Board|date=2 November 1963|access-date=26 June 2016|archive-date=24 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724132140/http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article.aspx?articleid=straitstimes19631102-1.2.133|url-status=live}}</ref>
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====City, Federal Territory, Greater Kuala Lumpur====
[[File:Kuala Lumpur skyline in the 1980s.jpg|thumb|220px|Kuala Lumpur cityscape in the 1980s before [[Kuala Lumpur City Centre|KLCC]] was created. The [[Selangor Turf Club|race track]] in the foreground was replaced by the [[Petronas Tower]] and [[KLCC Park]] in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://says.com/my/lifestyle/photos-klcc-site-was-once-occupied-by-a-horse-racing-track |title=Did You Know: The Petronas Twin Towers Site Was Once A Horse Racing Track|first= Tamara |last=Jayne |date= 3 July 2020|work=Says }}</ref>]]
Kuala Lumpur achieved [[Cities of Malaysia|city status]] on 1 February 1972,<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://travel.tourism.gov.my/consumer/destinations/history.asp?state=kl|title=Destinations: Kuala Lumpur|publisher=Tourism Malaysia|access-date=16 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102232810/http://travel.tourism.gov.my/consumer/destinations/history.asp?state=kl|archive-date=2 January 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> becoming the first settlement in Malaysia to be granted the status after independence. Later, on 1 February 1974, Kuala Lumpur became a [[Federal territories (Malaysia)|federal territory]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-KualaLum.html|title=Kuala Lumpur|encyclopedia=Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007|publisher=Columbia University Press|access-date=6 December 2007|archive-date=28 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228003338/http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-KualaLum.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The territory of Kuala Lumpur expanded to 96 square miles by absorbing the surrounding areas. Kuala Lumpur was ceded by [[Selangor]] to be directly controlled by the [[Government of Malaysia|central government]], and it ceased to be capital of Selangor in 1978 after the city of [[Shah Alam]] was declared the new state capital.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mbsa.gov.my/mbsa/shah%20alam/sejarah.htm|title=Sejarah Shah Alam|language=ms|publisher=Shah Alam City Council|access-date=14 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060306111920/http://www.mbsa.gov.my/mbsa/shah%20alam/sejarah.htm|archive-date=6 March 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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[[File:Klcc park 5.jpg|thumb|The [[Kuala Lumpur City Centre]] (KLCC) in 2020]]
From the 1990s onwards, major urban developments in the [[Klang Valley]] extended the Kuala Lumpur metropolitan area.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bunnell |first1=Tim |last2=Nah |first2=Alice M. |title=Counter-global Cases for Place: Contesting Displacement in Globalising Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan Area |journal=Urban Studies |volume=41 |number=12 |pages=2447–2467 |date=2004 |s2cid=143448457 |jstor=43197066 |doi=10.1080/00420980412331297627|bibcode=2004UrbSt..41.2447B }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hyjtCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA88 |title=Architecture and Urban Form in Kuala Lumpur |author=Yat Ming Loo |date=8 April 2016 |page=88 |isbn=9781409445975 |publisher=Routledge |access-date=1 February 2019 |archive-date=4 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804045208/https://books.google.com/books?id=hyjtCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA88 |url-status=live}}</ref> This area, known as [[Greater Kuala Lumpur]], extends from the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur westward to [[Port Klang]], east to the edge of the [[Titiwangsa Mountains]] as well as to the north and south. The area covers other administratively separate towns and cities such as Klang, [[Shah Alam]], [[Putrajaya]] and others,<ref>{{cite web |last=Cox |first=Wendell |title=The Evolving Urban Form: Kuala Lumpur |url=http://www.newgeography.com/content/003395-the-evolving-urban-form-kuala-lumpur |url-status=live |work=New Geography |date=12 January 2013 |access-date=1 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202042112/http://www.newgeography.com/content/003395-the-evolving-urban-form-kuala-lumpur |archive-date=2 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3HrxBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA378 |title=Taiwan in Transformation: Retrospect and Prosepct |last=Chun-chieh |first=Huang |date=August 2014 |page=378 |publisher=國立臺灣大學出版中心 |isbn=9789863500155 |access-date=1 February 2019 |archive-date=4 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804071008/https://books.google.com/books?id=3HrxBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA378 |url-status=live}}</ref> and is served by the [[Klang Valley Integrated Transit System]]. Notable projects undertaken within Kuala Lumpur itself
==Geography==
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[[Bursa Malaysia]], or the Malaysia Exchange, is based in the city and forms one of its core economic activities. As of 5 July 2013, the market capitalisation stood at US$505.67 billion.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com |url-status=live |publisher=Bloomberg |access-date=7 November 2021|archive-date=10 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310001045/http://www.bloomberg.com/}}</ref>
The [[gross domestic product]] (GDP) for Kuala Lumpur is estimated at RM73,536 million in 2008 with an average annual growth rate of 5.9 percent.<ref name=DSM>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=450%3Agross-domestic-product-gdp-by-state-2008-updated-17052010&catid=40%3Agross-domestic-product-by-state&Itemid=61&lang=en|title=Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by State, 2008|publisher=Department of Statistics Malaysia|access-date=15 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113173426/http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=450%3Agross-domestic-product-gdp-by-state-2008-updated-17052010&catid=40%3Agross-domestic-product-by-state&Itemid=61&lang=en|archive-date=13 November 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/images/stories/files/LatestReleases/gdp/Jadual1_2008.pdf|title=GDP by State and Kind of Economic Activity, 2008|publisher=Department of Statistics Malaysia|access-date=15 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113173457/http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/images/stories/files/LatestReleases/gdp/Jadual1_2008.pdf|archive-date=13 November 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> By 2015, the GDP had reached RM160,388 million, representing 15.1% of the total GDP of Malaysia.<ref name="gdp by state">{{cite web|title= GDP By State – National Accounts – 2010–2015|url=https://newss.statistics.gov.my/newss-portalx/ep/epFreeDownloadContentSearch.seam?cid=27735|date=30 September 2016|website=Department of Statistics, Malaysia|access-date=3 May 2017 |pages=10, 22}} – Select "Publication GDP by State 2010–2015.pdf" to download and view data</ref> The per capita GDP for Kuala Lumpur in 2013 was RM79,752 with an average annual growth rate of 5.6 percent,<ref>{{cite web|title=GDP by State|url=https://www.statistics.gov.my/images/stories/files/LatestReleases/gdp%20negeri/GDP_State2005-2013BI.pdf|publisher=Department of Statistics, Malaysia|access-date=13 June 2015|archive-date=16 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150616042516/https://www.statistics.gov.my/images/stories/files/LatestReleases/gdp%20negeri/GDP_State2005-2013BI.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> and RM94,722 in 2015.<ref name="gdp by state"/> Average monthly household income is RM9,073 (~$2,200) as of 2016, growing at a pace of approximately 6% a year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Median monthly household income for Malaysians has increased to RM5,228 |url=https://www.humanresourcesonline.net/median-monthly-household-income-for-malaysians-has-increased-to-rm5228/ |work=Human Resources |access-date=6 March 2019 |archive-date=1 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301203406/http://www.humanresourcesonline.net/median-monthly-household-income-for-malaysians-has-increased-to-rm5228/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The service sector, comprising finance, insurance, real estate, business services, wholesale and retail trade, restaurants and hotels, transport, storage and communication, utilities, personal services and government services form the largest component of employment, representing about 83.0 percent of the total.<ref name=KEB>{{cite web|publisher=Kuala Lumpur City Hall|url=http://www.dbkl.gov.my/pskl2020/english/economic_base_and_population/index.htm|title=Kuala Lumpur Economic Base|access-date=10 December 2007|archive-date=20 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820013851/http://www.dbkl.gov.my/pskl2020/english/economic_base_and_population/index.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The remaining 17 percent comes from manufacturing and construction.
The large service sector is evident in the number of local and foreign banks and insurance companies operating in the city. Kuala Lumpur is poised to become the global Islamic financing hub<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2007/CAR0919A.htm|author=Sy, Amadou|access-date=12 December 2007|date=18 September 2007|publisher=International Monetary Fund|work=Survey Magazine|title=Malaysia: An Islamic Capital Market Hub|archive-date=29 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029045013/http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2007/CAR0919A.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> with an increasing number of financial institutions providing Islamic financing and the strong presence of Gulf financial institutions such as the world's largest Islamic bank, the [[Al-Rajhi Bank]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.clickpress.com/releases/Detailed/9053005cp.shtml|title=World Largest Islamic Bank opens branch in Malaysia|publisher=ClickPress|date=13 February 2006|access-date=12 December 2007|archive-date=18 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218190809/http://www.clickpress.com/releases/Detailed/9053005cp.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Kuwait Finance House]]. Apart from that, the [[Dow Jones & Company]] is keen to work with Bursa Malaysia to set up Islamic Exchange Trade Funds (ETFs), which would help raise Malaysia's profile in the Gulf.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/4/10/business/17319333&sec=business |title=Malaysia needs to look beyond being hub for Islamic finance |author=Tam, Susan |work=The Star |date=10 April 2007 |access-date=12 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220185124/http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2007%2F4%2F10%2Fbusiness%2F17319333&sec=business |archive-date=20 February 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The city has a large number of foreign corporations and is also host to many multi national companies' regional offices or support centres, particularly for finance and accounting, and information technology functions. Most of the country's largest companies have their headquarters here, and as of December 2007 and excluding [[Petronas]], there are 14 companies that are listed in [[Forbes 2000]] based in Kuala Lumpur.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/18/biz_07forbes2000_The-Global-2000-Malaysia_10Rank.html|title=The Global 2000 (Malaysia)|magazine=Forbes|access-date=15 September 2010|archive-date=10 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510013609/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/18/biz_07forbes2000_The-Global-2000-Malaysia_10Rank.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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