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Malaysia

Capital: Kuala Lumpur

  • Malaysia is one of 17 megadiverse countries, a group with very high numbers of species, many of them found nowhere else.
  • Deer Cave in Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, houses about 3 million wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bats, among 12 of the park's 28 recorded bat species.
  • The 88-floor Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur stand 451.9 m tall and were the world's tallest buildings from 1998 to 2004.
  • Mount Kinabalu rises to 4,095.2 metres and sits inside Kinabalu Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000.

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