2017年3月15日 星期三

關於馬來西亞 About Malaysia

圖片來源:wikipedia

為了讓在慈濟大學的大家對我們周圍的世界有個比較正確的了解,我開始這個小小的國家介紹。目前先放基本資料,詳細的資料過後會再請同學補充。

馬來西亞的緯度與印尼相差不大,都是在赤道的周圍;國土分為兩部分,一部份在馬來半島上,另一部份是位於婆羅洲北部的東馬(包含沙巴與砂拉越)。

馬來西亞的人口約為3,142萬人,約為台灣的1.3倍;國土面積為三十三萬平方公里,約為台灣的9.1倍。首都為吉隆坡(Kuala Lumpur),人口為720萬人,約為台北的85%;面積為2243.27平方公里,約為台北的1.96倍。吉隆坡的馬來文意為泥濘的河口,應該是因為該城位於鵝麥河與巴生河的交匯處而來;至於中文名稱可能有部分是來自 Lumpur 的音譯。

馬來西亞在1957年8月31日脫離英國獨立,當時的國土包括新加坡;新加坡在1965年8月9日脫離馬來西亞。

馬來西亞有大約一半是馬來人(50.1%),第一大外來民族是華人(22.6%),原住民有11.8% ,印度人佔 6.7%。除了早期因經商等原因陸續來到馬來西亞的華人以外,有相當比例的華人是在十八世紀英國殖民時期來採錫礦,後來因為英國需要人力開墾土地、種植橡膠而留下來的。

宗教上馬來西亞有 61.3% 的人口為遜尼派的伊斯蘭教徒(Sunni Islam),伊斯蘭教也是馬來西亞的國教。第二大宗教是佛教,約佔 19.8% 。基督教佔 9.2% , 6.2% 為印度教。

馬來西亞的官方語言是馬來語,不過英文在當地也可以使用。

Malaysia declared independence at August 31, 1957. Singapore was part of Malaysia at that time but was expelled at August 9, 1965. The land area is separated by the South China Sea into two similarly sized regions, Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia (Malaysian Borneo, including Sarawak and Sabah). Its total landmass is 330,803 square kilometres, which is 9.1 times of Taiwan; the population is about 31.4 millions, which is about 1.3 time of Taiwan.

The capital of Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur (meaning "muddy confluence"). Its land area is 2243.27 square kilometres, which is almost twice of Taipei; the population is about 7,200 thousands, which is 85 percent of Taipei.

About half of the population is Malay, and the second largest ethnic group is Chinese (22.6%). Indigenous group is around one tenth of the population (11.8%). Some of the Chinese came to Malaysia during Ming Dynasty for commerce and other reasons. More of the Chinese came during British Colonial Period for work.

Almost two-third of the population is Sunni Islam (61.3%), which is the official religion in Malaysia. About one-fifth of the population is Buddhism (19.8%). Christian is about one-tenth (9.2%).

The official language in Malaysia is Bahasa Malaysia but you can speak English there.

Both Malaysia and Indonesia are located around the Equator.

參考資料:

Wikipedia. Malaysia.

Happykingdom. 馬來西亞憶往地名篇

2017年3月14日 星期二

關於印尼 About Indonesia

印尼。圖片來源:Wikipedia

為了要提升在慈大的大家的國際觀,雖然我的國際觀也普普,不過決定要先提供大家關於我們的鄰居們一些基本資訊。

我們第一個主題是印尼。

為什麼先講印尼?

大家應該會注意到,慈大最近幾年有很多印尼的國際生。所以先了解他們很正常吧!

第一個要知道的是,印尼(正式名稱為印尼共和國)是一個很大的國家,國土面積一百九十萬平方公里(1,904,569 km2),約為台灣的52.6倍;人口有兩億五千五百萬人(255,461,700),約為台灣的10.9倍,國土由超過七千個島(官方統計是一萬三千四百六十六個島)組成。

首都雅加達(Jakarta,英文發音念起來是「加--他」,但中文譯名是雅加達,可能翻譯的人母語並不是北京話)面積17,132平方公里,約為台北的六十三倍;人口有九百六十萬人,約為台北的1.13倍(2010年統計)。

就我的記憶所及以及維基百科上的資料,雖然印尼的官方語言是印尼語,不過馬來語跟英語也通,除此之外還有約七百種方言。

宗教上來說,87.2% 的印尼人口信奉伊斯蘭教,9.9%信奉天主教或基督教,1.7%信奉印度教,0.7%信奉佛教。因此,印尼在人口上是全世界最大的伊斯蘭教國家。

印尼在1945年八月十七日獨立(日本向聯合國投降後兩天)。

As many of TCU students may notice, our school have many international students from Indonesia starting from 2015. Therefore, I am writing a very brief introductory article about Indonesia.

Indonesia (officially : Republic of Indonesia) is a very big country. The land area is about 1,904 thousand km2 (52.6 times of Taiwan) and the population is around 255 millions (10.9 times of Taiwan). It is consisted of more than 7,000 islands(official data is 13,466 islands).

According to 2010 census, the capital of Republic of Indonesia , Jakarta, has a population of more than 9,600 thousands, which is about 1.13 times of Taipei. The area of Jakarta is about 17,132 km2, which is about 63 times of Taipei.

The official language is Indonesian, but you can also speak Malay or English. In addition to those three languages, there are more than 700 local languages there.

Regarding to religion, 87.2% of population is Islam,9.9% Christianity,1.7% Hinduism,0.7% Buddhism. Populationwise, Indonesia is the largest Islamic country in the world.

Republic of Indonesia declared independence on August 17, 1945, two days after Japan surrendered UN.

參考資料:

Wikipedia: Indonesia.