Kuala Lumpur has undergone rapid development in recent decades and is home to the tallest twin buildings in the world, the Petronas Towers, which have since become an iconic symbol of Malaysian development. Since the 1990s, the city has played host to many international sporting, political and cultural events including the 1998 Commonwealth Games and the 2017 Southeast Asian Games. Kuala Lumpur is one of the three federal territories of Malaysia, enclaved within the state of Selangor, on the central west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. However, some sections of the political bodies still remain in Kuala Lumpur. Kuala Lumpur was the founding capital of the Federation of Malaya and its successor Malaysia, and the city remained the seat of the executive and judicial branches of the Malaysian federal government until these were relocated to Putrajaya in early 1999. Kuala Lumpur first developed around 1857 as a town serving the tin mines of the region and served as the capital of Selangor from 1880 until 1978. It is also home to the Parliament of Malaysia, and the Istana Negara, the official residence of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (monarch of Malaysia). The city serves as the cultural, financial, and economic centre of Malaysia. It is among the fastest growing metropolitan regions in Southeast Asia, both in population and economic development. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.564 million people as of 2018. It is the largest city in Malaysia, covering an area of 243 km 2 (94 sq mi) with an census population of 1,982,112 as of 2020. Kuala Lumpur ( Malaysian pronunciation: ), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur ( Malay: Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Chinese: 吉隆坡联邦直辖区, Tamil: கோலாலம்பூர் கூட்டரசு பிரதேசம்) and colloquially referred to as KL, is a federal territory and the capital city of Malaysia.
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