Malaysia Map Quiz

Tap or click the state the question names: the peninsula first, then Sarawak and Sabah on Borneo.

Malaysia Map Quiz

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Write the name of each numbered state or territory.Answer key

  1. Pahang
  2. Perak
  3. Kelantan
  4. Terengganu
  5. Kedah
  6. Penang
  7. Perlis
  8. Johor
  9. Selangor
  10. Negeri Sembilan
  11. Melaka
  12. Kuala Lumpur
  13. Putrajaya
  14. Sarawak
  15. Sabah
  16. Labuan

Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2. Licence: public domain.

Each state or territory is a button. Use the arrow keys to move between them and Enter to choose. Names are read out in Study, and once a state or territory is answered.

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All 16 states and territories on the diagram

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North and east of the peninsula 7

  1. Pahang Capital: Kuantan. The largest state on the peninsula.
  2. Perak Capital: Ipoh. Royal capital: Kuala Kangsar.
  3. Kelantan Capital: Kota Bharu. Royal capital: Kubang Kerian.
  4. Terengganu Capital: Kuala Terengganu, which is also the royal capital.
  5. Kedah Capital: Alor Setar. Royal capital: Anak Bukit.
  6. Penang Capital: George Town, on the island. Second smallest state, after Perlis.
  7. Perlis Capital: Kangar. The smallest state, with the fewest people.

South of the peninsula 6

  1. Johor Capital: Johor Bahru. Royal capital: Muar.
  2. Selangor Capital: Shah Alam. Most people of any state.
  3. Negeri Sembilan Capital: Seremban. Royal capital: Seri Menanti.
  4. Melaka Capital: Malacca City. Has a governor, not a hereditary ruler.
  5. Kuala Lumpur Federal territory and national capital. Separated from Selangor in 1974.
  6. Putrajaya Federal territory, the administrative capital. Split from Selangor in 2001.

East Malaysia (Borneo) 3

  1. Sarawak Capital: Kuching. The largest state by area.
  2. Sabah Capital: Kota Kinabalu. Second largest state by area.
  3. Labuan Federal territory, an island off Sabah. Split from Sabah in 1984.

How this list was compiled: The 13 states and 3 federal territories, each state capital and royal capital, the areas and populations behind 'largest', 'smallest', 'most people' and 'fewest people' (Sarawak 124,450 square km, Sabah 73,631, Pahang 36,137, Perak 21,035, Penang 1,048, Perlis 821; Selangor 7,363,400 people, Perlis 296,800), the nine states with a hereditary ruler and the four with an appointed governor, and the years the federal territories were separated (Kuala Lumpur from Selangor in 1974, Labuan from Sabah in 1984, Putrajaya from Selangor in 2001): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_and_federal_territories_of_Malaysia (lead, the two tables and History), read 2026-10-09. Names, codes and kinds: ISO 3166-2:MY as printed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:MY (13 states, 3 federal territories; it writes Pulau Pinang for Penang), read 2026-10-09. Kuala Lumpur the national capital, Putrajaya the administrative capital, the South China Sea between the two parts of the country and the land borders with Thailand, Brunei and Indonesia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia (lead). George Town on Penang Island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang. Perlis on the Thai border: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perlis. Labuan an island off the coast of Sabah: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labuan. Sabah a state of Malaysia since 1963 and the dormant claim of the Philippines to its eastern part: the lead of the states article and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Borneo_dispute. All read 2026-10-09. The sets: East Malaysia is the part of the country the states article names; the two sets of the peninsula are this page's own split of Peninsular Malaysia, its north and east and its south, made for the length of a round. The map was drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, a public-domain map dataset; where a part lies on the map (a coast, a corner, a neighbor) was read from that drawing. Licence: own work

The drawing: Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_0_countries (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_0_countries.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection centred on 4.2°N 105.9°E. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

How it works

This Malaysia map quiz asks for all 13 states and 3 federal territories. The country is drawn in its two parts, with the South China Sea between them. Five shapes are too small to tap, so each has a ring out at sea.

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Three rounds: north, south, Borneo

The first round asks seven states of the peninsula’s north and east, Pahang, the largest of them, included. The second takes the south: Johor, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka and the two federal territories inside Selangor. The third is Borneo: Sarawak, Sabah and the island of Labuan.

Capitals and royal capitals

Press Show me the labels first, then tap a state for its name and capital. Nine states have a hereditary ruler, and eight of those keep a royal capital apart from the state capital: Perak is governed from Ipoh, and its royal capital is Kuala Kangsar.

  • Kedah, Perlis and Penang crowd the northwest: Perlis is on the Thai border, and Penang is the island and coastal strip just south of Kedah.
  • Brunei is the unnamed land in two pieces on the coast of Sarawak. It is another country and is never asked.
  • When you type, Pulau Pinang counts for Penang, Malacca for Melaka and KL for Kuala Lumpur.

Questions and answers

How many states are in Malaysia?

Thirteen, plus three federal territories governed directly by the federal government: Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan. Eleven states and two territories are on the Malay Peninsula; Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan are on Borneo. The quiz asks all 16.

Is Kuala Lumpur a state of Malaysia?

No. Kuala Lumpur is a federal territory and the national capital, separated from Selangor in 1974. Putrajaya, the administrative capital, was cut out of Selangor in 2001. Both lie inside Selangor on the map, and each has a ring.

Which Malaysian states have a sultan?

Seven: Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Pahang, Perak, Selangor and Terengganu. Negeri Sembilan and Perlis also have a hereditary ruler, under another title. Melaka, Penang, Sabah and Sarawak have an appointed governor.

Are any borders on the Malaysia map disputed?

Some borders on this map are disputed. Sabah has been a state of Malaysia since 1963, and the Philippines keeps a dormant claim to its eastern part. The map follows Natural Earth, a public-domain map source, and does not take a side.

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