Tongod District, Malaysia

Tongod District
Daerah Tongod
District
Coordinates: 5°15′36″N 116°59′07″E / 5.26000°N 116.98528°E / 5.26000; 116.98528Coordinates: 5°15′36″N 116°59′07″E / 5.26000°N 116.98528°E / 5.26000; 116.98528
Country  Malaysia
State  Sabah
Division Sandakan
Capital Tongod
Area
 • Total 10,052 km2 (3,881 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • Total 35,341
Website ww2.sabah.gov.my/pd.tgd/

The Tongod District (Malay: Daerah Tongod) 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 Tongod Town.

History

The district was first established in 1977 as a sub-district of the Kinabatangan district. The "daerah kecil" ("small district") was entrusted to Keningau's Charles Andau, who was an assistant district officer and formally subordinate to the district officer of the Kinabatangan district. On 1 March 1999, Tongod was raised to become an independent district. On 24 May 1999, Major Matthew Sator of Ranau was appointed to be the first district officer. The acquisition of the status of a fully fledged district also involved the construction of a new administration building, which replaced the first secretarial building.[1]

Demographics

According to the last census in 2010, the population of the entire district is 35,341 inhabitants.[2] In relation to the total area of 10,052 km², it is a sparsely populated district. Orang Sungai and Kadazan-Dusun is the major in Tongod.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Latar Belakang" (in Malay). Tongod District Office. Archived from the original on 7 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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