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City guide · Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur

A photograph of Kuala Lumpur
Photograph · thomasgl · Public domain

Kuala Lumpur covers 243 square kilometres and held 2,111,536 people in 2026, with 8.81 million across the Klang Valley around it. It is a young capital: a settlement grew here from about 1857 to supply the tin mines, and the federal government it later housed mostly left again in 1999 for Putrajaya, leaving parliament and the royal residence behind. What the city put up instead is legible from any high window — the Petronas Towers, and three of the ten largest shopping malls in the world. Mastercard's 2019 index ranked it the sixth most-visited city anywhere.

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Planning a visit

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Top things to see

Ranked by importance — sitelinks, pageviews and heritage status, not editor preference.

  2. 3 Trunks
    02 1 hour

    3 Trunks

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    • Art and culture venue
  8. Awan Botol
    08 1 hour

    Awan Botol

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
  11. Bear
    11 1 hour

    Bear

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
  12. Bretzel Bus
    12 1 hour

    Bretzel Bus

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
  16. Cannon
    16 1 hour

    Cannon

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
  20. Cockerel
    20 1 hour

    Cockerel

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue

How the city is laid out

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Getting around

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