Borneo [island] - Borneo

Japanese: ボルネオ[島] - ボルネオ

It is the largest island in the Malay Archipelago in southern Southeast Asia. It is the third largest island in the world. Sabah and Sarawak in the north are part of Malaysia, and Brunei is an independent country, but 73% of the island is part of Indonesia and is called Kalimantan. It is mountainous overall, with the highest point being Mount Kinabalu (4,095m). Large rivers such as the Kapuas River and the Balito River flow through it, and lowlands spread across the south. It has a tropical rainforest climate, with almost the entire island covered in dense forests and marshes, and is rich in flora and fauna, including orangutans, Bornean wildcats, and Indian elephants. Paddy farming is practiced downstream of the large rivers and on the coast, and slash-and-burn agriculture is practiced elsewhere. It is rich in resources such as gold, silver, bauxite, and oil. It produces rice, rubber, palm, tobacco, and other crops. The inhabitants are Malays and Chinese on the coast, and Dayaks in the inland. It has been ruled by Sumatran and Javanese dynasties since the 12th century, but in the 16th century, Brunei was established in the north. Eventually, the British took control of the north, and the Dutch moved into the south. 743,205 ^km2 . 12,519,200 people. Indonesian Kalimantan is 544,150 ^km2 . 13,787,831 people (2010).
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Japanese:

東南アジア南部のマレー諸島中で最大の島。島としては世界第３位の大きさ。北部のサバ，サラワクはマレーシア領，同じくブルネイは独立国であるが，それを除く全島の73％がインドネシア領で，カリマンタンKalimantanと呼ばれる。全体に山がちで最高点はキナバル山（4095m）。カプアス川，バリト川などの大河が流れ，南部に低地が広がる。熱帯雨林気候でほとんど全島が密林や湿原におおわれ，オランウータン，ボルネオヤマネコ，インドゾウなど動植物が豊富。大河の下流や海岸地方では水田耕作，ほかは焼畑農耕が行われる。金，銀，ボーキサイト，石油などの資源に富む。米，ゴム，ヤシ，タバコなどを産出する。住民は海岸にはマレー人，中国人，内陸部にはダヤク人など。12世紀以来スマトラやジャワの王朝に支配されたが，16世紀には北部にブルネイが成立した。やがてブルネイにかわって英国が北部を支配し，オランダが南部に進出した。74万3205km²。1251万9200人。インドネシア領カリマンタンは54万4150km²。1378万7831人（2010）。
→関連項目インドネシア｜キナバル［山］｜コタ・キナバル｜スンダ［列島］｜マレー［諸島］

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