Putrajaya Facts for Kids

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Putrajaya

Prang Besar / Air Hitam

Federal Territory

Federal Territory of Putrajaya
Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya

Other transcription(s)

• Chinese

布城

• Tamil

புத்ராஜெயா

• Jawi

ڤوتراجاي

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

Flag

Seal

Nickname(s):

Garden City, Intelligent City

Motto(s):

Bandar raya Taman, Bandar raya Bestari

Putrajaya in Malaysia

Country

Malaysia

Establishment

19 October 1995

Granted Federal Territory

1 February 2001

Area

• Total

49 km² (19 sq mi)

Population

(2018)

• Total

91,900

• Density

1,876/km² (4,860/sq mi)

Human Development Index

• HDI (2017)

0.698 (medium) (16th)

Time zone

UTC+8 (MST)

• Summer (DST)

Not observed

Postcode

62xxx

Calling code

+603-88

ISO 3166 code

MY-16

Mean solar time

UTC+06:46:40

Vehicle registration

F and Putrajaya

Putrajaya is a planned city and the federal administrative centre of the Malaysian capital. 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 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 Al-Haj, 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"(पुत्र) means "prince" or "male child", and "jaya"(जया) 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.