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Borneo

Borneo is an island in Southeast Asia. It is divided politically into several regions:

The Indonesian region of Kalimantan.
The Malaysian regions of Sabah and Sarawak.
The independent sultanate of Brunei.

To the west of Borneo are the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. To the south is Java. To the northeast are the Philippines.

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