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East Malaysia
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part of Malaysia located on the island of Borneo
Wikidata facts
- Has part
- Labuan
- Country
- Malaysia
- Population
- 5764790
- Area
- 198161
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Image
- East Malaysia Map WorldFactBook.png
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- located in/on physical feature
- Borneo
- Commons category
- East Malaysia
- opposite of
- Peninsular Malaysia
- topic's main category
- Category:East Malaysia
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Encyclopedic overview
East Malaysia comprises the states of Sabah and Sarawak, as well as the federal territory of Labuan. Political map of the island of Borneo, with East Malaysia shown in orange
East Malaysia (Malay: Malaysia Timur), or the Borneo States, also known as Malaysian Borneo, is the part of Malaysia on and near the island of Borneo, the world's third-largest island. East Malaysia comprises the states of Sabah, Sarawak, and the Federal Territory of Labuan. The small independent nation of Brunei comprises two enclaves in Sarawak. To the south and southeast is the Indonesian portion of Borneo, Kalimantan. East Malaysia lies to the east of Peninsular Malaysia (also known as the States of Malaya), the part of the country on the Malay Peninsula. The two are separated by the South China Sea.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “East Malaysia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.