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Sarawak is located on the western region on the island of Borneo. Covering an area of 124,449.51 square kilometers, it is the largest state in Malaysia, making up some 37.5% of the country's total area of 329,750 sq km.
Located immediately north of the Equator between latitude 0° 50° and 5°N and longitude 109° 36' and 115° 40' E, Sarawak stretches some 800km along north-west coast of the island of Borneo. Sarawak is separated from Peninsular Malaysia by a distance of 600 km by the South China Sea. On the island of Borneo, it directly adjoins the State of Sabah to the north-east where the Sultanate of Brunei forms a double enclave. Inland, the State borders with Kalimantan, Indonesia.

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