Southeastern Asia, along the northern coast of the island of Borneo, bordering the South China Sea and Malaysia
4 30 N, 114 40 E
Southeast Asia
total: 5,765 sq km
land: 5,265 sq km
water: 500 sq km
slightly smaller than Delaware
Area comparison maptotal: 266 km
border countries (1): Malaysia 266 km
161 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm or to median line
tropical; hot, humid, rainy
flat coastal plain rises to mountains in east; hilly lowland in west
highest point: Bukit Pagon 1,850 m
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
mean elevation: 478 m
petroleum, natural gas, timber
agricultural land: 2.5% (2018 est.)
arable land: 0.8% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 1.1% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 0.6% (2018 est.)
forest: 71.8% (2018 est.)
other: 25.7% (2018 est.)
10 sq km (2012)
typhoons, earthquakes, and severe flooding are rare
close to vital sea lanes through South China Sea linking Indian and Pacific Oceans; two parts physically separated by Malaysia; the eastern part, the Temburong district, is an exclave and is almost an enclave within Malaysia
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