Bingkor

Bingkor is a small township located in the Interior Division of Sabah, Malaysia. It is located about 10 kilometres from the town of Keningau. Majority of the people are Dusuns. They are subdivided into Dusun Gana and Dusun Kuyau. This two sub-Dusuns family also represent the image of Keningau as the main district.

Bingkor
Bingkor new shoplots
Bingkor
Coordinates: 5°24′0″N 116°12′0″E
Country Malaysia
State Sabah

Bingkor is known as a place where the Dusun warrior, Gunsanad and the famous figure in the formation of Malaysia's time, OKK Sodomon came from.

Starting on 2019, the participant from Bingkor was joined the Unduk Ngadau and Sugandoi competition as N.33 Bingkor for the first in the history that was held at Hongkod Koisaan KDCA, Penampang. The first participation also was bringing a luck when the participant for Unduk Ngadau was listed in the Top 20th and 6th place for Sugandoi competition. Unduk Ngadau is the beauty pageant competition that was started around the 60's while Sugandoi is the singing competition.

Facilities

There are schools around the town, such as the High School known as SMK Bingkor who also provided the high education level of sixth form and also SK Bingkor for the primary education level. In this town, the religious centers also can be found everywhere. Since majority of the people is Christians, there is a lot of churches at this town. The other religious centre like mosque also available here. For instance, the Catholic Church of St. Mary's, Evangelical Church of Borneo or Sidang Injil Borneo, True Jesus Church and the Nur Hidayah mosque of Bingkor. There are infrastructure facilities that can be found, it is like Gymnasium Rakyat, Internet Centers, Police small office, kindergartens, nurseries, the Native Court, the Office of the Secretariat N33 Bingkor, rows of shops and markets are located in the region of Town Hall Open Bingkor. There are also wellness facilities such as health clinics are available Bingkor operating as office hours. There is also the Office of Rural Development Corporation (KPD) in the around here.


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