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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2015
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2014
Dataset updated: 17th March 2015
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: Malaysian Ringgit (or Malaysian Dollar)
Currency Symbol: MYR
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
Geographic Coordinates: 2 30 N, 112 30 E
Map References: Southeast Asia
Area: total: 329,847 sq km ; land: 328,657 sq km ; water: 1,190 sq km
Area - Comparative: slightly larger than New Mexico
Terrain: coastal plains rising to hills and mountains
Elevation Extremes(M): lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m ; highest point: Gunung Kinabalu 4,100 m
Land Boundaries(Km): total: 2,742 km ; border countries: Brunei 266 km, Indonesia 1,881 km, Thailand 595 km
Coastline: 4,675 km (Peninsular Malaysia 2,068 km, East Malaysia 2,607 km)
Maritime Claims: territorial sea: 12 nm ; exclusive economic zone: 200 nm ; continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation; specified boundary in the South China Sea
Geography - Note: strategic location along Strait of Malacca and southern South China Sea