Labuan

Labuan (Malay: Labuan, Jawi: ??????) or Labuan Island (Malay: Pulau Labuan, Jawi: ???? ??????) is the main island of the Malaysian Federal Territory of Labuan (Malay: Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan, Jawi: ????? ????????? ??????). Labuan is best known as an offshore banking centre and a tourist destination for nearby Bruneians and scuba divers. The name Labuan derives from the Malay word labuhan meaning anchorage.

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The Federal Territory comprises of Labuan Island (75 km?) and the six other smaller islands (Pulau Burung, Pulau Daat, Pulau Kuraman, Pulau Papan, Pulau Rusukan Kecil, and Pulau Rusukan Besar) that, together with Labuan, are 92 km?. The islands lie 8 km off the coast of Borneo adjacent to the Malaysian state of Sabah and the independent State of Brunei Darussalam and are on the northern edge of Brunei Bay facing the South China Sea. Labuan is mainly flat and undulating and the highest point is only 85 metres. More than 70 percent of the island is still under vegetation. Bandar Labuan, formerly known as Victoria, is the major town and port and faces Brunei Bay.

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Jawi: Jawi is an adapted Arabic alphabet for writing the Malay language. It is used as one of two official scripts in Brunei, and is employed to a limited extent in Malaysia, Indonesia, Patani in southern Thailand and Singapore as well, particularly in religious contexts....

Malaysia: The Federation of Malaysia (Malay: Persekutuan Malaysia) or simply Malaysia (Simplified Chinese: ????; Pinyin: M?l?ix?y?, Tamil: ???????) is a country in Southeast Asia. It consists of two geographical regions divided by the South China Sea:...