Fig 1. Map of Malaysia and Sabah state.
Peninsula Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo are shown, along with the 13 Malaysian states and 3 territories: Kuala Lumpur (KL), Putrajaya (PJ) and Labuan. States are coloured according to their population density, expressed as number of people per square km. The island of Borneo includes the Malaysian states Sabah and Sarawak, and is also shared by the country of Brunei and the Indonesian province of Kalimantan. Inset: Sabah state, showing its 25 districts: Beaufort (BF), Beluran (BL), Keningau (KG), Kinabatangan (KT), Kota Belud (KB), Kota Kinabalu (KK), Kota Marudu (KM), Kuala Penyu (KP), Kudat (KD), Kunak (KN), Lahad Datu (LD), Nabawan (NB), Papar (PP), Penampang (PN), Pitas (PT), Putatan (PU), Ranau (RN), Sandakan (SD), Semporna (SM), Sipitang (SP), Tambunan (TB), Tawau (TW), Tenom (TN), Tongod (TG), Tuaran (TR). The three largest cities in the state are indicated by black points: the capital city Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan and Tawau.
