Putrajaya

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Coordinates: 02°55′N, 101°40′E Putrajaya, a planned city located just south of Kuala Lumpur, is the new federal administrative centre of Malaysia. Several Government offices have re-located there to gain relief from the overcrowding and congestion of Kuala Lumpur, which is Malaysia's largest city. However, Kuala Lumpur still serves as Malaysia's national and legislative capital for now. Putrajaya is a Federal Territory just like the city of Kuala Lumpur and the island of Labuan.

The city is named after the first Malaysian Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra. In Bahasa Melayu, the Sanskrit-derived words "Putra" means prince while "Jaya" means excellent or success.

The city has only been established recently and it is still undergoing massive development: its development was hampered by the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

The city is built on a scale completely disproportionate to its current population, with a number of bridges spanning an artificial lake, Putrajaya Lake.

Although Malaysia is multi-ethnic with Malay, Chinese, Indian, Eurasian groups, the architecture in Putrajaya is predominantly (some would say excessively) modern Arabic in style. There have been calls for more traditional or even modern Malay, Chinese, Indian and Western architectural elements in some sectors of the city to make it less like a modern Gulf capital. Some people have suggested it might have its own "Chinatown" and "Little India" for added flavour.

To the west is Cyberjaya, a cybercity, also located within the Multimedia Super Corridor, which is situated between Kuala Lumpur and Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Some have suggested Disneyland Malaysia or another theme park could one day be built here.

[edit] History

The vision to have a new Federal Government Administrative Centre to replace Kuala Lumpur emerged in the late 1980s, during Malaysia's 4th Prime Minister, Mahathir Bin Mohamad's tenure. The relocation is to ensure that Kuala Lumpur will continue to develop as Malaysia's principal business and financial centre.

Putrajaya was founded on October 19, 1995 and is located in the middle of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC). Putrajaya is the third Federal Territory of Malaysia; the other two being Kuala Lumpur and Labuan.

The land on which Putrajaya now stands was formerly known as Prang Besar, part of the state of Selangor. Prang Besar ("Great War" in Bahasa Melayu) Estate had been the showpiece estate of the Harrisons & Crosfield plantation group of companies and was the birthplace of the classic "PB86" rubber tree, clones of which were grown more prolifically than any other throughout South East Asia during the mid 20th century. Later, the estate contained oil palms and some of the trees can still be seen in the new city.

The Federal government negotiated with the state on the prospect of another Federal Territory and in the mid-1990s, the Federal government paid a substantial amount of money to Selangor for approximately 11 320 acres (46 km²) of land. As a result of this land purchase, Selangor now completely surrounds two Federal Territories within its borders, namely Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya.

In 2002, a high speed rail link called KLIA Transit was opened, linking Kuala Lumpur and the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Selangor to Putrajaya. Construction of the Putrajaya Monorail system is also underway.

Most foreign embassies and high commissions continue to be located in Kuala Lumpur. It remains to be seen what efforts the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) will make to persuade them to relocate to Putrajaya. MFA itself is located in the new Wisma Putra Complex at No. 1 Jalan Wisma Putra in Putrajaya.

[edit] Tourist attractions

Here is the list of attractions in Putrajaya:

• Perdana Putra
• Putra Mosque
• Putra Bridge
• Putrajaya Independence Square
• Millennium Monument
• Palace of Justice
• Seri Perdana
• Seri Perdana Bridge
• Putrajaya Landmark
• Putrajaya Wetlands Park
• Putrajaya Convention Centre
• Taman Selatan
• Perdana Leadership Foundation
• Melawati National Palace
• Heritage Square
• Putrajaya Ministry of Finance
• Wisma Putra
• Istana Darul Ehsan
• Putrajaya Lake
• Alamanda Putrajaya
• Souq Putrajaya

[edit] Bridges

This is a list of bridges in Putrajaya.

• Seri Perdana Bridge
• Putra Bridge
• Seri Wawasan Bridge
• Seri Bakti Bridge
• Seri Saujana Bridge
• Seri Bestari Bridge
• Seri Setia Bridge
• Seri Gemilang Bridge
• Monorail Suspension Bridge

[edit] Major highways in Putrajaya

• Persiaran Persekutuan
• Persiaran Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
• Persiaran Utara
• Lebuh Sentosa
• Persiaran Barat
• Persiaran Selatan
• Persiaran Timur
• Persiaran Perdana (Boulevard)

[edit] See also

• Putrajaya travel guide from Wikitravel
• List of countries with multiple capitals.

[edit] External links

• Putrajaya travel guide from Wikitravel
• Official Site of Putrajaya
• State Development Office - State Development Office Wilayah Persekutuan
• Intelligent City Online
• Master Developer

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