Bandar Labuan, Labuan, Malaysia

Economy

🇲🇾 Victoria, sometimes known as Bandar Labuan, is the capital of the Federal Territory of Labuan in Malaysia, an island group off the north coast of Borneo. It is in the south-east corner of Labuan and its Malay name, Bandar Victoria, is commonly used in honour the reign of Queen Victoria. The town is an urban district within the wider city limits of Victoria which includes Labuan Port, a sheltered deep-water harbour which is an important trans-shipment point for Brunei Darussalam, northern Sarawak and western Sabah.

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Economy The major products produced on Labuan and exported through Labuan Port include copra, rubber and sago. The port is on a natural deep-water bay where large vessels can anchor as it is sheltered from typhoons. Vessels received include containers, bulk, and general cargoes. The main jetty is 244 metres long with an alongside depth of 8.5 metres and it can accommodate vessels to 16,000 DWT. The wharf has four berths. There are about 15,600 m² available in open storage, two warehouses and a container yard. A 10,000 m² yard and warehouses are available outside the port. Its capacity is 100,000 TEUs of containerised cargo per annum. Five private jetties are installed: the Shell Jetty that specialises in petroleum; the Iron Ore Jetty; the Methanol Jetty; and two offshore wheat and maize jetties called the Asian Supply Base Jetty and the Sabah Flour Mill Jetty.

Victoria's Financial Park along Jalan Merdeka houses offshore teams of international banks, insurance and trust companies. Victoria is an offshore support hub for deepwater oil and gas activities in the region. In 2012, Victoria had a population of over 85,000 with nearly half of those coming from elsewhere in Malaysia and from Brunei Darussalam. It has a 1,500-seat convention hall adjoining a large shopping mall; these form a modern complex which enhances Victoria's status among International Offshore Financial Centres.

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Bandar Labuan is rated Sufficiency by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) which evaluates and ranks the relationships between world cities in the context of globalisation. Sufficiency level cities are cities that have a sufficient degree of services so as not to be overly dependent on world cities.

Bandar Labuan has a population of over 73,653 people. Bandar Labuan also forms the centre of the wider Labuan Federal Territory which has a population of over 99,500 people. For the location of Bandar Labuan see: Victoria.

To set up a UBI Lab for Bandar Labuan see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Victoria has links with:

🇨🇳 Xianning, China
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Antipodal to Bandar Labuan is: -64.75,-5.283

Locations Near: Bandar Labuan 115.25,5.28302

🇲🇾 Victoria 115.25,5.283 d: 0  

🇧🇳 Bandar Seri Begawan 114.928,4.868 d: 58.3  

🇲🇾 Kota Kinabalu 116.067,5.967 d: 118.1  

🇲🇾 Tuaran 116.233,6.183 d: 147.8  

🇲🇾 Miri 113.983,4.383 d: 172.4  

🇲🇾 Tawau 117.883,4.25 d: 313.6  

🇲🇾 Sandakan 118.113,5.843 d: 322.9  

🇲🇾 Bintulu 113.033,3.167 d: 340.3  

🇮🇩 Tarakan 117.633,3.3 d: 344.1  

🇲🇾 Sibu 111.817,2.283 d: 506.3  

Antipodal to: Bandar Labuan -64.75,-5.283

🇧🇷 Humaitá -63.017,-7.5 d: 19702.9  

🇧🇷 Manicoré -61.28,-5.816 d: 19626.5  

🇧🇷 Porto Velho -63.86,-8.766 d: 19615.5  

🇧🇷 Ariquemes -63.033,-9.908 d: 19467.2  

🇧🇷 Manaus -60.051,-3.11 d: 19440.7  

🇧🇷 Tabatinga -69.929,-4.23 d: 19429.4  

🇧🇷 Eirunepé -69.869,-6.664 d: 19428.6  

🇧🇷 Rio Branco -67.8,-9.967 d: 19395.3  

🇧🇷 Ji-Paraná -61.941,-10.881 d: 19320  

🇧🇷 Itacoatiara -58.444,-3.143 d: 19276.4  

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