Located in Asia, Borneo is the world's third-biggest island and the largest in the continent. It is situated in the middle of Maritime Southeast Asia, north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and east of Sumatra, the three largest Indonesian islands.
The island is politically divided among three countries: Malaysia and Brunei in the north, and Indonesia to the south.!I Approximately 73% of the island is Indonesian territory. In the
north, the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak make up about 26% of the island. Additionally, the Malaysian federal territory of Labuan is situated on a small island just off the coast of Borneo. The sovereign state of Brunei, located on the north coast, comprises about 1% of Borneo's land area. A little more than half
of the island is in the Northern Hemisphere, including Brunei and the Malaysian portion, while the Indonesian portion spans the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Borneo is home to one of the oldest rainforests in the world.