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Sibu Island (Malay: Pulau Sibu) is an island off the coast of Mersing District, Johor, Malaysia. It was declared as a marine park in 1993. Geography.
Sabah (Malay pronunciation:) is a state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah has land borders with the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and Indonesia's North Kalimantan province to the south. The Federal Territory of Labuan is an island just off Sabah's
It serves as the capital of Sibu District within Sibu Division and is situated on the island of Borneo. Covering an area of 129.5 square kilometres (50.0 sq mi), [ 12 ] the city is positioned at the confluence of the Rajang and Igan Rivers , [ 13 ] approximately 60 kilometres from the South China Sea [ 14 ] and 191.5 kilometres (119 mi) north ...
The state of Sabah has the most islands with 395 islands within its waters. [1] Apart from that, Malaysia also has 510 offshore geographical features which include rocks, sandbanks and ridges. [ 2 ] In 2015, it was reported that Malaysia still has over 535 unnamed islands, prompting the need for the government to take quick action to prevent ...
Banggi Island in Sabah and Bruit Island in Sarawak are the two largest islands that are located entirely within Malaysia. [31] The largest island is Borneo, which is shared with Indonesia and Brunei. [32] The second largest island is Sebatik Island, in Sabah, which is shared with Indonesia. [33] [34]
The 2000 Sipadan kidnappings was a hostage crisis in Sabah, Malaysia, and the southern Philippines that began with the seizing of twenty-one hostages from the dive resort island of Sipadan at approximately 6:15 p.m. (UTC +8) on 23 April 2000, by up to six Abu Sayyaf (ASG) bandits. [1]
Milestone of Malaysia Federal Route 22 at Telupid in Sabah. The Pan-Borneo Highway (Malay: Lebuhraya Pan Borneo) including the sections now known as the Pan Borneo Expressway, [1] is a controlled-access highway on Borneo Island, connecting two Malaysian states, Sabah and Sarawak, with Brunei. The length of the entire highway is 2,083 kilometres ...
Map of Malaysia. This is a list of local governments in Malaysia which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).