Back أقاليم ماليزيا Arabic Division de Malaisie orientale French Divisi di Malaysia ID Divisioni della Malaysia Italian Bahagian di Malaysia Malay Divisões da Malásia Portuguese Области Восточной Малайзии Russian மலேசியாவின் மாநிலப் பிரிவுகள் Tamil 马来西亚省份 Chinese
Divisions (Malay: bahagian) are the primary subdivisions of Sabah and Sarawak, the states in East Malaysia. Each division is subdivided into districts (daerah) — this is different in Peninsular Malaysia whereby districts are generally the primary subdivisions of a state. Each division is headed by a resident (pegawai residen).
The 17 divisions are: