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Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

LC control no.n 79011077
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingKuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
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Geographic subdivision usageMalaysia--Kuala Lumpur
Variant(s)Kwala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Kuala Lumpur
Chi-lung-pʻo (Malaysia)
Jilongpo (Malaysia)
KL (Malaysia)
K.L. (Malaysia)
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Кууалэ-Лумпур (Malaysia)
Kuualė-Lumpur (Malaysia)
كوالالمبور (Malaysia)
Kuwālālambūr (Malaysia)
Горад Куала-Лумпур (Malaysia)
Horad Kuala-Lumpur (Malaysia)
Куала-Лумпур (Malaysia)
Κουάλα Λουμπούρ (Malaysia)
Kouala Loumpour (Malaysia)
Kuala-Lumpuro (Malaysia)
Territoire fédéral de Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Kit-lùng-po (Malaysia)
Куалæ-Лумпур (Malaysia)
Kualæ-Lumpur (Malaysia)
קואלה לומפור (Malaysia)
Ḳualah Lumpur (Malaysia)
Kouala Loumpou (Malaysia)
Kualalumpūra (Malaysia)
Kvala Lumpūras (Malaysia)
Kuala Lumpūras (Malaysia)
クアラルンプール (Malaysia)
Kuararunpūru (Malaysia)
Gizlungzpoh (Malaysia)
吉隆坡 (Malaysia)
吉隆坡联邦直辖区 (Malaysia)
Jilongpo Lianbang Zhixiaqu (Malaysia)
Beginning date1859
Associated countryMalaysia
Special noteNon-Latin script references not evaluated.
Info. from BGN: on 2/1/74 Kuala Lumpur was removed from state admin. of Selangor and is now under direct control of the central govt.
Found inWen, K. C. Chi-lung-pʻo Hua jen ... 1984?: t.p. (Chi-lung-pʻo)
KL capers, 1990.
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 03°10ʹ00ʺN 101°42ʹ00ʺE)
Wikipedia, July 16, 2014 (Kuala Lumpur, often abbreviated as K.L., is the federal capital and most populous city in Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur is defined within the borders of the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and is one of three Malaysian Federal Territories; Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur; Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur; 3°8ʹ51ʺN 101°41ʹ36ʺE; Establishment: 1859. Granted city status: 1 February 1972. Granted Federal Territory: 1 February 1974)
Wikipedia, July 16, 2014: Kabardian page (Кууалэ-Лумпур = Kuualė-Lumpur) Arabic page (كوالالمبور = Kuwālālambūr) Belarusian page (Горад Куала-Лумпур = Horad Kuala-Lumpur; Куала-Лумпур = Kuala-Lumpur) Bulgarian page (Куала Лумпур = Kuala Lumpur) Greek page (Κουάλα Λουμπούρ = Kouala Loumpour) Esperanto page (Kuala-Lumpuro) French page (Kuala Lumpur; Territoire fédéral de Kuala Lumpur) Hakka page (Kit-lùng-po) Ossetic page (Куалæ-Лумпур = Kualæ-Lumpur) Hebrew page (קואלה לומפור = Ḳualah Lumpur) Haitian page (Kouala Loumpou) Latvian page (Kualalumpūra) Lithuanian page (Kvala Lumpūras; Kuala Lumpūras) Japanese page (クアラルンプール = Kuararunpūru) Zhuang page (Gizlungzpoh) Cantonese page (吉隆坡 = Jilongpo) Chinese page (吉隆坡 = Jilongpo; 吉隆坡联邦直辖区 = Jilongpo Lianbang Zhixiaqu)
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