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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.
Labuan, an island off coast of mainland Sabah, was chosen by the federal government for development into an offshore financial centre. Labuan became the second federal territory in 16 April 1984. [2] Putrajaya is a planned city, designed to replace Kuala Lumpur as the seat of the federal government.
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 west coast. Sabah shares maritime borders with Vietnam to the west and the Philippines to the north and east.
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 ...
The 3 federal territories were formed for different purposes: Kuala Lumpur is the national capital, Putrajaya is the administrative centre of the federal government, and Labuan serves as an offshore financial centre. Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya were carved out of Selangor, while Labuan was ceded by Sabah. The territories fall under the purview ...
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 ...
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.