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Sabah is a Malaysian state located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo. It is the second largest state in Malaysia after Sarawak, which it borders with on its south-west. It also shares a border with the province of East Kalimantan of Indonesia in the south and the Sulu archipelago of the Philippines. Sabah was leased by the Sultanate of Sulu to a British company, and until now the Philippines maintains its claim over this disputed territory before the International Court of Justice.

Its state capital is Kota Kinabalu, formerly known as Jesselton. Sabah is known as Sabah, negeri di bawah bayu, which means 'Sabah, land below the wind', because of its location being just south of the typhoon prone region around the Philippines.

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