Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia, located in the southwestern part of the Malay Peninsula, near the Tidiwangsha Mountains in the east, covering an area of 243 square kilometers, with a population of 1768,000. Kuala Lumpur is a popular tourist and shopping city, and Malaysia's most internationalized city. Kuala Lumpur is one of the three municipalities directly under Malaysia's jurisdiction. Its geographical location lies in the middle of Selangor State, on the west coast of central China.