Borneo is the largest island in Indonesia and also the world's third largest island, the island of Borneo is located on the north island of Java, east of the Straits of Melaka, west of the island of Sulawesi and the southern Philippines. Vast island of Borneo is 743,330 km ². Borneo island is divided into regions of Brunei, Indonesia (two thirds) and Malaysia (one third). Borneo island known by the nickname "Island of Thousand Rivers" because of its many rivers on the island.
In ancient times, Borneo - which comes from the name of the sultanate of Brunei - is the name used by the colonial British and the Dutch to describe the island as a whole, while Borneo is the name used by the inhabitants of the island's eastern region that now includes parts of Indonesia. Areas north of this island (Sabah, Brunei, Sarawak) formerly in the Indonesian language is called the North Borneo, but in the sense of North Borneo is now the northern part of East Kalimantan.
