Kunak District

Kunak District
Daerah Kunak
District
Kunak District Office
Kunak District office.

Seal
Coordinates: 4°41′00″N 118°15′00″E / 4.68333°N 118.25000°E / 4.68333; 118.25000Coordinates: 4°41′00″N 118°15′00″E / 4.68333°N 118.25000°E / 4.68333; 118.25000
Country  Malaysia
State  Sabah
Division Tawau
Capital Kunak
Government
 • District Officer Susilo Sumarto
Area
 • Total 1,134 km2 (438 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • Total 61,094
Website ww2.sabah.gov.my/md.kunak/
ww2.sabah.gov.my/pd.knk/

The Kunak District (Malay: Daerah Kunak) is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the Tawau Division which includes the districts of Kunak, Lahad Datu, Semporna and Tawau. The capital of the district is in Kunak Town.

Demographics

According to the last census in 2010, the population of Kunak district is estimated to be around 61,094 inhabitants.[1] As in other districts of Sabah, there are a significant number of illegal immigrants from the nearby southern Philippines, mainly from the Sulu Archipelago and Mindanao, many of whom are not included in the population statistics.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Population by ethnic group, Local Authority area and state, Malaysia" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

Further reading

  • Treacher, W. H (1891). "British Borneo: sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo". University of California Libraries. Singapore, Govt. print. dept. p. 190.
  • Rutter, Owen (1922). "British North Borneo - An Account of its History, Resources and Native Tribes". Cornell University Libraries. Constable & Company Ltd, London. p. 157.
  • Tregonning, K. G. (1965). A History Of Modern Sabah (North Borneo 1881–1963). University of Malaya Press.

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