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| MALAYSIAN GEOGRAPHY STATS: |
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Area > Land
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63 sq km
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[63rd of 236]
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Area > Total
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70 sq km
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[70th of 248]
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Area > Water
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94 sq km
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[94th of 237]
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Climate
tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons |
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Coastline
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35 km
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[35th of 249]
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Elevation extremes > Highest point
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Gunung Kinabalu 4,100 m |
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Elevation extremes > Lowest point
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Indian Ocean 0 m |
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Forested Land
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25% |
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[25th of 193]
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Geographic coordinates
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2 30 N, 112 30 E |
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Geography > Note
strategic location along Strait of Malacca and southern South China Sea |
Land boundaries > Border countries
Brunei 381 km, Indonesia 1,782 km, Thailand 506 km |
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Land use > Arable land
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149 %
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[149th of 241]
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Largest city
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Kuala Lumpur |
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Largest city population
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74 |
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[74th of 174]
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Location
Southeastern Asia, peninsula bordering Thailand and northern one-third of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia, Brunei, and the South China Sea, south of Vietnam |
Map references
Southeast Asia |
Natural resources
tin, petroleum, timber, copper, iron ore, natural gas, bauxite |
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Population density
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127 people per sqkm |
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[127th of 256]
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Precipitation
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6 mm |
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[6th of 95]
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Terrain
coastal plains rising to hills and mountains |
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SOURCES: Total land area in square kilometres
; Total area in square kilometers
; Total water area in square kilometers
; A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
; The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
; Highest point above sea level
; Lowest point relative to sea level
; Forested land as a proportion of total land area, estimate by FAO; This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources.
; This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere.
; Length of land boundaries by border country
; The percentage of used land that is arable. Arable land is land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest like wheat, maize, and rice
; The city with the highest population; The population of the country's largest city; The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
; The name of the CIA World Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries.
; A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
; People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.; Average Annual Precipitation in Largest City (mm, 1931-1960); A brief description of the topography
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Malaysia
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