Sandakan District

Sandakan District
Daerah Sandakan
District
Sandakan Municipal Council Office
Sandakan Municipal Council office.

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Coordinates: 5°50′20″N 118°6′55″E / 5.83889°N 118.11528°E / 5.83889; 118.11528Coordinates: 5°50′20″N 118°6′55″E / 5.83889°N 118.11528°E / 5.83889; 118.11528
Country  Malaysia
State  Sabah
Division Sandakan
Capital Sandakan
Government
 • District Officer Ir. James Wong
Area
 • Total 2,266 km2 (875 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • Total 396,290
Website www.mps.sabah.gov.my

The Sandakan District (Malay: Daerah Sandakan) is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the Sandakan Division which includes the districts of Beluran, Kinabatangan, Sandakan, Telupid and Tongod. The capital of the district is in Sandakan Town.

Demographics

Sandakan district is the third largest of Sabah's 25 districts, with 396,290 inhabitants after Kota Kinabalu and Tawau.[1]

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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