Tambunan District

Tambunan District
Daerah Tambunan
District
Tambunan District Council
Tambunan District Council office.

Seal
Coordinates: 5°40′26.47″N 116°21′53.58″E / 5.6740194°N 116.3648833°E / 5.6740194; 116.3648833Coordinates: 5°40′26.47″N 116°21′53.58″E / 5.6740194°N 116.3648833°E / 5.6740194; 116.3648833
Country  Malaysia
State  Sabah
Division Interior
Capital Tambunan
Government
 • District Officer Thomas Logijin
Area
 • Total 1,347 km2 (520 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • Total 35,667
Website www.sabah.gov.my/md.tbn/
www.sabah.gov.my/pd.tbn/

The Tambunan District (Malay: Daerah Tambunan) is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the Interior Division which includes the districts of Beaufort, Keningau, Kuala Penyu, Nabawan, Sipitang, Tambunan and Tenom. The capital of the district is in Tambunan Town.

Etymology

The name of this area is taken from the word "Tamadon" and "Gombunan" which combined into "Tambunan".[1]

Demographics

According to the last census in 2010, the population of the district is estimated to be around 35,667 inhabitants.[2] The district of Tambunan is populated mainly by the indigenous group of Kadazan-Dusun (86%), while the rest of the population are Malay, Chinese and other indigenous groups.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Laman Utama" (in Malay). Tambunan District Council. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "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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