Background of Sabah

The East Malaysian state of Sabah is the second largest state in the country with an area of 74,500 sq km.

The state boasts a long coastline of 1,440 km facing the South China Sea in the west and both the Sulu Sea and Celebes Sea in the east. The state's ecological systems, both on land and in the sea, are havens for naturalists.

Being located just below the typhoon belt, Sabah Borneo has always been known as 'The Land Below the Wind'.