The Population and Housing Census of Malaysia, 2010, was conducted by
Department of Statistics from 6 July to 22 August 2010. It was carried out in three phases; the first phase from 6 to 21 July, the second phase from 22 July to 6 August, and the third phase from 6 to 22 August. To ensure a complete coverage, mapping-out activities were undertaken at the end of each phase. All persons living in private living quarters, collective living quarters such as
college or university hostels, charitable or
social welfare
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institutions,
prisons
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, and
shelters for
homeless persons; were enumerated based on their usual place of residence in Malaysia on the Census Day that is 6 July 2010.
See also
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Census in Malaysia
The census in Malaysia, or officially, the Population and Housing Census, is a descriptive count of everyone who is in Malaysia on the Census Day, and of their dwellings. The decennial Malaysian census has been conducted six times, As of 20 ...
External links
Population and Housing Census of Malaysia, 2010
2010
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Census
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2010 census
Malaysia
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