Putrajaya

Putrajaya is a new administration centre of Malaysia that is located in the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) area. Putrajaya is third Federal Territory of Malaysia; the other two being Kuala Lumpur and Labuan.

The city is named after the first Malaysian Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra. Putra\ also means prince in Malay.

Putrajaya was formerly owned by the state of Selangor. 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 that later is to be known as Putrajaya.

As the local political border is being redrawn, Selangor now has two enclaves. They are Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya.

The city has only been raised recently and it is still undergoing massive development.

In 2002, a high speed rail called KLIA Transit was opened, linking Kuala Lumpur and the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Selangor to Putrajaya.

Nearby is Cyberjaya, a cyber city, also located within the Multimedia Super Corridor. The jaya part of both words means success or excellence.






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