Prang Besar
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Putrajaya Prang Besar / Air Hitam |
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| Federal Territory of Putrajaya Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya ولايه ڤرسكوتوان ڤوترا جاي 布城联邦直辖区 புத்ராஜாயா |
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| • Malay | Putrajaya | ||
| • Jawi | ڤوتراجاي | ||
| • Chinese | 布城 | ||
| • Tamil | புத்ராஜெயா | ||
Top left to right: Putra Mosque and Perdana Putra, Ministry of Health building
Bottom left to right: Ministry of Finance Complex, Putrajaya, high rise ministry complexes, Putrajaya's Precinct 1 from above |
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| Motto(s): Bandar raya Taman, Bandar raya Bestari (Garden City, Intelligent City) |
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.svg) Putrajaya in Malaysia |
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| Coordinates: 2°56′35″N 101°41′58″E / 2.9430952°N 101.699373°ECoordinates: 2°56′35″N 101°41′58″E / 2.9430952°N 101.699373°E | |||
| Country |
 Malaysia
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| Establishment | 19 October 1995 | ||
| Granted Federal Territory | 1 February 2001 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Administered by | Putrajaya Corporation | ||
| • Chairman | Hasim Ismail | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 49 km2 (19 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2017 ) | |||
| • Total | 90,000 | ||
| • Density | 1,800/km2 (4,800/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | MST (UTC+8) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | Not observed (UTC) | ||
| Postcode | 62xxx | ||
| Calling code | +603-88 | ||
| ISO 3166 code | MY-16 | ||
| Mean solar time | UTC+06:46:40 | ||
| Vehicle registration | F | ||
| Website | www |
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Putrajaya, officially the Federal Territory of Putrajaya, is a planned city and the federal administrative centre of Malaysia. as Tanjung Putra The seat of government was shifted in 1999 from Kuala Lumpur to Putrajaya because of overcrowding and congestion in the former. Kuala Lumpur remains Malaysia's national capital and is the seat of the King, the Parliament, and all the foreign embassies, and the country's commercial and financial centre. Putrajaya was the idea of former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. It became Malaysia's third Federal Territory, after Kuala Lumpur and Labuan, in 2001.
Named after the first Malaysian Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra, the territory is entirely enclaved within the Sepang District of the state of Selangor. Putrajaya is also a part of MSC Malaysia, a special economic zone that covers Klang Valley. In Sanskrit, "putra" means "prince" or "male child", and "jaya" means "success" or "victory". The development of Putrajaya started in the early 1990s; today, major landmarks have been completed and the population is expected to grow in the near future.
Putrajaya used to be Prang Besar ('ڤراڠ بسر), and was founded in 1918 as Air Hitam by the British. Its land area of 800 acres (3.2 km2) expanded to 8,000 acres (32 km2), and it was merged with surrounding estates, including Estet Raja Alang, Estet Galloway and Estet Bukit Prang.
The vision of a new Federal Government Administrative Centre to replace Kuala Lumpur as the administrative capital emerged in the late 1980s, during the tenure of Malaysia's fourth prime minister, Mahathir bin Mohamad. The new city was proposed to be located between Kuala Lumpur and the new Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). Two areas were proposed: Prang Besar and Janda Baik of Pahang.
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