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Labuan. / 5.30000°N 115.22000°E / 5.30000; 115.22000. Labuan ( / ləˈbuːən / ), officially the Federal Territory of Labuan ( Malay: Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan ), is an island federal territory of Malaysia. Its territory includes Labuan Island and six smaller islands, off the coast of the state of Sabah in East Malaysia.
East Malaysia ( Malay: Malaysia Timur ), or the Borneo States, [ 1] 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 ...
Labuan Bajo. / 8.500°S 119.883°E / -8.500; 119.883. Labuan Bajo is a fishing town located at the western end of the large island of Flores in the East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. It is in Komodo district. [ 2] It is the capital of the West Manggarai Regency, one of the eight regencies of Flores.
Area code. 087. Victoria ( Malaysian: [vikˈtɔriˈa]) ( Malay: Bandar Victoria ), sometimes known as Bandar Labuan or simply Labuan, is the capital of the Federal Territory of Labuan in Malaysia, an island group off the north coast of Borneo. It is in the southeast corner of Labuan and its Malay name, Bandar Victoria, is commonly used to ...
British Borneo. Dutch Borneo. British Borneo comprised the four northern parts of the island of Borneo, which are now the country of Brunei, two Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, and the Malaysian federal territory of Labuan. [1] [2] During the British colonial rule before World War II, Sarawak was known as the Raj of Sarawak (1841–1946 ...
The history of Sabah can be traced back to about 23–30,000 years ago when evidence suggests the earliest human settlement in the region existed. The history is interwoven with the history of Brunei and the history of Malaysia, which Sabah was previously part of and is currently part of respectively. The earliest recorded history of Sabah ...
The Crown Colony of North Borneo was a Crown colony on the island of Borneo established in 1946 shortly after the dissolution of the British Military Administration. [ 6] The Crown Colony of Labuan joined the new Crown colony during its formation. It was succeeded as the state of Sabah through the formation of the Federation of Malaysia on 16 ...
The hoisting of British flag for the first time on Labuan on 24 December 1846 following its foundation as a Crown colony. Since 1841, when James Brooke had successfully established a solid presence in northwestern Borneo with the establishment of the Raj of Sarawak and began to assist in the suppression of piracy along the island coast, he had persistently promoted the island of Labuan to the ...