Borders of Malaysia
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Malaysia shares international land and maritime borders with Brunei, Indonesia and Thailand and complete maritime borders with the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam.
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[edit] Land borders
Malaysia has a total land border length of 3,147.3km.
[edit] Brunei
Malaysia's border with Brunei is 481.3km in length. Except for its coastline with the South China Sea, Brunei is completely surrounded by Malaysia's state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo.
[edit] Indonesia
Malaysia shares a land border with Indonesia on the island of Borneo where the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak lie to the north of the border while tne Indonesian provinces of East Kalimantan and West Kalimantan lie to the south. The length of the border is 2,019.5km.
[edit] Thailand
Malaysia's border with Thailand is located to the north of Peninsula Malaysia and runs between the Straits of Malacca on the west and the Gulf of Thailand/South China Sea in the east. The Malaysian states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perak and Perlis border the Thai provinces of Narathiwat, Satun, Songkhla and Yala. The border length is 646.5km.
[edit] Maritime borders
[edit] Brunei
[edit] Indonesia
[edit] Philippines
[edit] Singapore
Malaysia shares a maritime border with Singapore. Most of the border lies in the Straits of Johor (Malay: Selat Tebrau) but also extends into the Straits of Singapore both on the east and west of Singapore. The 23 May 2008 decision of the International Court of Justice in awarding Pedra Branca to Singapore and Middle Rocks to Malaysia also means that the maritime border between the two countries extends to the eastern entrance of the Straits of Singapore where it meets the South China Sea.
Only a 50 nautical mile stretch of the border in the Straits of Johor has been agreed upon by the two countries.
Although the two countries share a maritime border, they have land-transport connections via the Johor-Singapore Causeway and the Malaysia-Singapore Second Link.
