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Introduction - Brunei: | Location - Brunei: | Location | Southeastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and Malaysia | | Geographic coordinates | 4 30 N, 114 40 E | | Map references | Southeast Asia | | Area | total: 5,770 sq km
land: 5,270 sq km
water: 500 sq km | | Area comparative | slightly smaller than Delaware | | Land boundaries | total: 381 km
border countries: Malaysia 381 km | | Coastline | 161 km | | Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm or to median line | | Climate | tropical; hot, humid, rainy | | Terrain | flat coastal plain rises to mountains in east; hilly lowland in west | | Elevation extremes | lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Bukit Pagon 1,850 m | | Natural resources | petroleum, natural gas, timber | | Land use | arable land: 2.08%
permanent crops: 0.87%
other: 97.05% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 10 sq km (2003) | | Natural hazards | typhoons, earthquakes, and severe flooding are rare | | Environment current issues | seasonal smoke/haze resulting from forest fires in Indonesia | | Environment international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements | | Geography note | close to vital sea lanes through South China Sea linking Indian and Pacific Oceans; two parts physically separated by Malaysia; almost an enclave within Malaysia | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |