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China , officially the People ' s Republic of China ( PRC ), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia . With a population of over 1 . 381 billion , it is the world ' s most populous country . The state is governed by the Communist Party of China , and its capital is Beijing . It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces , five autonomous regions , four direct - controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and Chongqing ), and two mostly self - governing special administrative regions ( Hong Kong and Macau ), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan . The country ' s major urban ___MASK27___ include Shanghai , Guangzhou , Beijing , Chongqing , Shenzhen , Tianjin and Hong Kong . China is a great power and a major regional power within Asia , and has been characterized as a potential superpower . Kuching Division is one of the twelve administrative divisions in Sarawak , Malaysia , on the island of Borneo . Formerly part of what was called the " First Division ", it is the center and the starting point of modern Sarawak . Kuching Division has a total ___MASK54___ of 4 , 559 . 5 square kilometres . Indonesia ( or ; Indonesian : ), officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a unitary sovereign state and transcontinental country located mainly in Southeast Asia with some territories in Oceania . Situated between the Indian and Pacific oceans , it is the world ' s largest island country , with more than seventeen thousand islands . At , Indonesia is the world ' s 14th - largest country in terms of land ___MASK54___ and world ' s 7th - largest country in terms of combined sea and land ___MASK54___ . It has an estimated population of over 260 million people and is the world ' s fourth most populous country , the most populous Austronesian nation , as well as the most populous Muslim - majority country . The world ' s most populous island of Java contains more than half of the country ' s population . Putrajaya , officially the Federal Territory of Putrajaya , is a planned city and the federal administrative centre of Malaysia . The seat of government was shifted in 1999 from Kuala Lumpur to Putrajaya , because of overcrowding and congestion in the former . Kuala Lumpur remains Malaysia ' s national capital , and is the seat of the King and the Parliament , and is the country ' s commercial and financial centre . Putrajaya was the ___MASK8___ of former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad . It became Malaysia ' s third Federal Territory , after Kuala Lumpur and Labuan , in 2001 . Limbang is a border town and the capital of Limbang District in the Limbang Division of northern Sarawak , East Malaysia , on the island of Borneo . The division has an ___MASK54___ of 3 , 978 . 1 square kilometres , and a population ( year 2000 census ) of 42 , 600 . The South China Sea is a marginal sea that is part of the Pacific Ocean , encompassing an ___MASK54___ from the Karimata and Malacca Straits to the Strait of Taiwan of around . The ___MASK54___ ' s importance largely results from one - third of the world ' s shipping sailing through its waters and that it is believed to hold huge oil and gas reserves beneath its seabed . Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy located in Southeast Asia . It consists of thirteen states and three federal territories and has a total landmass of separated by the South China Sea into two similarly sized regions , Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia ( Malaysian Borneo ). Peninsular Malaysia shares a land and maritime border with Thailand and maritime borders with Singapore , Vietnam , and Indonesia . East Malaysia shares land and maritime borders with Brunei and Indonesia and a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur , while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government . With a population of over 30 million , Malaysia is the 44th most populous country . The southernmost point of continental Eurasia , Tanjung Piai , is in Malaysia . Located in the tropics , Malaysia is one of 17 megadiverse countries on earth , with large numbers of endemic species . Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore , and often referred to as the " ___MASK82___ City " or the " Little Red Dot ", is a sovereign city - state in Southeast Asia , and the world ' s only island city - state . It lies one degree ( 137 km ) north of the equator , south of the southernmost tip of continental Asia and peninsular Malaysia , with Indonesia ' s Riau Islands to the south . Singapore ' s territory consists of a diamond - shaped main island along with 62 other islets . Since independence , extensive land reclamation has increased its total size by 23 % ( 130 km ), and its greening policy has covered the densely populated island with tropical flora , parks and gardens . The tropics are a region of the Earth surrounding the equator . They are delimited in latitude by the Tropic of ___MASK95___ in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere at S ; these latitudes correspond to the axial tilt of the Earth . The tropics are also referred to as the tropical zone and the torrid zone ( see geographical zone ). The tropics include all the areas on the Earth where the Sun is at a point directly overhead at least once during the solar year ( which is a subsolar point ). A sovereign state is , in international law , a nonphysical juridical entity that is represented by one centralised government that has sovereignty over a geographic ___MASK54___ . International law defines sovereign states as having a permanent population , defined territory , one government , and the capacity to enter into relations with other sovereign states . It is also normally understood that a sovereign state is neither dependent on nor subjected to any other power or state . Upuna is a monotypic genus of plants containing the single species Upuna borneensis . The genus name Upana is derived from its Iban name Upan . The species name borneensis refers to its distribution , being found only in Borneo ( Brunei , Kalimantan , and East Malaysia ) . It is a heavy hardwood similar to ___MASK12___ . It is found in the Bako National Park , and has also been recorded from the Kubah National Park . Elsewhere it is threatened by habitat loss . Kuala Lumpur ( or ), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur , is the national capital of Malaysia as well as its largest city . The city covers an ___MASK54___ of and has an estimated population of 1 . 7 million . Greater Kuala Lumpur , also known as the Klang Valley , is an urban agglomeration of 7 . 2 million people . It is among the fastest growing metropolitan regions in South - East Asia , in terms of population and economy . Bako National Park is a national park in Kuching Division , Sarawak , Malaysia . Established in 1957 , it is the oldest national park in Sarawak . It covers an ___MASK54___ of at the tip of the Muara Tebas peninsula at the mouth of the Bako and Kuching Rivers . It is approximately by road from Kuching . Millions of years of erosion of the sandstone have created a coastline of steep cliffs , rocky headlands and stretches of white , sandy bays . Wave erosion at the base of the cliffs has carved many of the rocky headlands into fantastically shaped sea arches and seastacks with colored patterns formed by iron deposition . The most famous of them is shaped like a cobra ' s head which can be spotted on a boat ride from the headquarters or one of the beaches . Some of these rock formations can be seen on entry to the Teluk Assam Beach , which fronts the park . The park can only be reached by a 20 - minute boat ride from the village of Kampung Bako . It is often visited as a day - trip from Kuching , though accommodations ( campground and forestry service bungalows ) are available . ___MASK43___ are a family of 16 genera and approximately 695 known species of mainly tropical lowland rainforest trees . The family name , from the type genus " Dipterocarpus ", is derived from Greek (" di " = two , " pteron " = wing and " karpos " = fruit ) and refers to the two - winged fruit . The largest genera are " Shorea " ( 196 species ), " Hopea " ( 104 species ), " Dipterocarpus " ( 70 species ), and " Vatica " ( 65 species ). Many are large forest emergent species , typically reaching heights of 40  70 m , some even over 80 m ( in the genera " Dryobalanops ", " Hopea " and " Shorea "), with the tallest known living specimen (" Shorea faguetiana ") 88 . 3 m tall . The species of this family are of major importance in the timber trade . Their distribution is pantropical , from northern South America to Africa , the Seychelles , India , Indochina , Indonesia and Malaysia . The greatest diversity of ___MASK43___ occurs in Borneo . Some species are now endangered as a result of overcutting , extensive illegal logging and habitat conversion . They provide valuable woods , aromatic essential oils , balsam , resins and are a source for plywood . ___MASK12___ is a genus of plant in family ___MASK43___ . Kalimantan is the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo . It comprises 73 % of the island ' s ___MASK54___ . The non - Indonesian parts of Borneo are Brunei and East Malaysia . Thailand ( or ), officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country at the centre of the Indochinese peninsula in Southeast Asia . With a total ___MASK54___ of approximately , Thailand is the world ' s 51st - largest country . It is the 20th - most - populous country in the world , with around 66 million people . The capital and largest city is Bangkok . Brunei , officially the Nation of Brunei , the Abode of Peace ( Jawi : ), is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia . Apart from its coastline with the South China Sea , the country is completely surrounded by the state of Sarawak , Malaysia . It is separated into two parts by the Sarawak district of Limbang . Brunei is the only sovereign state completely on the island of Borneo ; the remainder of the island ' s territory is divided between the nations of Malaysia and Indonesia . Brunei ' s population was 408 , 786 in July 2012 . Kuching ( Jawi : ), officially the City of Kuching , is the capital and the most populous city in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia . It is also the capital of Kuching Division . The city is situated on the Sarawak River at the southwest tip of the state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo and covers an ___MASK54___ of with a population about 165 , 642 in the Kuching North administrative region and 159 , 490 in the Kuching South administrative regiona total of 325 , 132 people . Peninsular Malaysia , also known as West Malaysia ( formerly Malaya ), is the part of Malaysia which lies on the Malay Peninsula and surrounding islands . Its ___MASK54___ is . It shares a land border with Thailand in the north . To the south is the island of Singapore . Sarawak is one of the two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo ( Sabah being the other state ). This territory has a certain level of autonomy in administration , immigration , and judiciary . Sarawak is in northwest Borneo , bordering the state of Sabah to the northeast , Kalimantan , the Indonesian portion of Borneo , to the south , and the independent state of Brunei in the northwest . The capital city , Kuching , is the economic centre of the state and the seat of the Sarawak state government . Other cities and towns in Sarawak include Miri , Sibu , and Bintulu . As of the 2015 census in Malaysia , the total population of Sarawak is 2 , 636 , 000 . Sarawak has an equatorial climate with tropical rainforests and abundant ___MASK21___ and plant species . It has several prominent cave systems at Gunung Mulu National Park . Rajang River is the longest river in Malaysia ; Bakun Dam , one of the largest dams in Southeast Asia , is located on one of its tributaries , the Balui River . Mount Murud is the highest point in Sarawak .