Putrajaya

Putrajaya

Putrajaya administrative capital of Malaysia and federal territory, 111,313 acres (4,580 hectares), S Malay Peninsula. Construction on the planned city located 25 mi (40 km) south of Kuala Lumpur was begun in the mid-1990s. In 1999 government offices, including that of the prime minister, began moving to new capital, which is marked by modern domed buildings and landscaped gardens. Putrajaya was named a federal territory in 2001. The city is part of an ambitious Malaysian scheme, the Multimedia Supercorridor, a projected business zone replete with high-technology facilities, intended to run from the soaring Petronas Towers in downtown Kuala Lumpur southward through Putrajaya to the large international airport.

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Putrajaya

Putrajaya, Malaysia A federal territory and the new federal administrative capital of Malaysia, 16 miles (25 km) south of Kuala Lumpur, which is still under construction. The first phase was completed in 1999, but the entire project may not be finished until 2010 or later. Some government offices have moved, although not all will have done so before 2012. Both the territory and the city are named after Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al‐Haj (1903–90), the first post‐independence prime minister of Malaya (1957–63) and of Malaysia (1963–70), with jaya ‘victory’.

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