Sandakan District
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.
Sandakan District Daerah Sandakan | |
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District | |
 Sandakan Municipal Council office. | |
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| Coordinates: 5°50′20″N 118°6′55″E | |
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| 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 |
Demographics
Sandakan district is the third largest of Sabah's 25 districts, with 396,290 inhabitants after Kota Kinabalu and Tawau.[1]
Gallery
Sandakan Calvary Charismatic Church.
St. Joseph Catholic Church.
Sandakan Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Gurdwara Sahib Sandakan.
Sandakan town centre.
See also
- Districts of Malaysia
References
- "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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Rutter, Owen (1922). "British North Borneo - An Account of its History, Resources and Native Tribes". Cornell University Libraries. Constable & Company Ltd, London. p. 157.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Tregonning, K. G. (1965). A History Of Modern Sabah (North Borneo 1881–1963). University of Malaya Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
External links
- (in Malay) Sandakan Municipal Council
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