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Beaufort
| Beluran | Keningau
| Kinabatangan | Kota
Belud | Kota Kinabalu | Kota
Marudu | Kuala Penyu | Kudat
| Kunak | Lahad
Datu | Nabawan
| Papar | Penampang
| Pitas | Ranau
| Sandakan | Semporna
| Sipitang | Tambunan
| Tawau | Tenom
| Tuaran
Kudat
Location
Kudat
is situated in the northernmost part of Sabah. On the west,
it faces the South China Sea and on the east the Sulu Sea. It
serves as the division administrative centre for the Kudat Division,
which includes Kudat, Pitas, Kota Marudu and some islands.
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History
and Introduction
Founded
by A H Everett on the 7th December 1881, Kudat was once a Rungus
residential area of only few houses. It once held a very promising
future and with propellers or airstrips, serving the domestic
travellers in internal flights.
Places of Interest
Longhouses,
coconut and palm trees are the most vivid impressions of this
little town in the northernmost part of Sabah. Atap, or thatch-roofed,
longhouses are concrete evidence of communal life of traditional
Rungus community- sharing and inter-depending lifestyle were
essential for a hunting tribe. This lifestyle was mostly practiced
by the Rungus in the olden day.
Vital Population Statistics (1991 census)
| Total
population: |
56,047
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| Female
population: |
27,087 |
| Male
population: |
28,960
|
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| Malay
Population: |
1,592 |
| Dusun
Population: |
2,462 |
| Kadazan
Population: |
920 |
| Bajau
Population: |
4,919 |
| Murut
Population: |
76 |
| Other
Bumiputera Population: |
34,562 |
| Chinese
Population: |
6,323 |
| Indonesian
Population: |
1,018
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| Other
Non-Bumiputera Population: |
1,800
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| Total
Malaysian Citizen Population: |
53,672
|
| Non-Malaysian
Citizen Population: |
2,375
% |
| |
| distribution
of Population: |
3.2% |
| Population
Density: |
44
per Sq. Km |
Source: Yearbook of Statistics Sabah, 1999
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Kunak
Location
Kunak
lies in the Tawau Division and is situated on the south-eastern
coast of Sabah, between Tawau, Lahad Datu and Semporna.
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General
Information
Small
fishing villages are found off the south-eastern coast of Sabah.
Vital Population Statistics (1991 census)
| Total
population: |
39,873
|
| Female
population: |
18,243 |
| Male
population: |
21,630
|
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| Malay
Population: |
603 |
| Dusun
Population: |
104 |
| Kadazan
Population: |
445 |
| Bajau
Population: |
5,975 |
| Murut
Population: |
155 |
| Other
Bumiputera Population: |
3,187 |
| Chinese
Population: |
716 |
| Indonesian
Population: |
5,322
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| Other
Non-Bumiputera Population: |
708 |
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| Total
Malaysian Citizen Population: |
63,735
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| Non-Malaysian
Citizen Population: |
54,361 |
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| distribution
of Population: |
2.3% |
| Population
Density: |
35
per Sq. Km |
Source:
Yearbook of Statistics Sabah, 1999
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Lahad
Datu
Location
Lahad
Datu lies in the Tawau Division on the East coast of Sabah.
The interior mountain ranges stand on its west and the Celebes
Sea borders it from the east.
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The
economic activities are very similar to those of its neighbouring
town, Tawau. Timber, palm oil, rubber and cocoa are the main
livelihood of Lahad Datu.
Lahad
Datu is linked to other towns in Sabah by road and by regular
air service.
Vital Population Statistics (1991 census)
| Total
population: |
118,096
|
| Female
population: |
53,319 |
| Male
population: |
64,777
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| Malay
Population: |
4,710 |
| Dusun
Population: |
3,657 |
| Kadazan
Population: |
1,840 |
| Bajau
Population: |
17,351 |
| Murut
Population: |
83 |
| Other
Bumiputera Population: |
13,710 |
| Chinese
Population: |
8,080
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| Indonesian
Population: |
12,503
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| Other
Non-Bumiputera Population: |
1,801 |
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| Total
Malaysian Citizen Population: |
63,735
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| Non-Malaysian
Citizen Population: |
54,361
% |
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| distribution
of Population: |
6.8% |
| Population
Density: |
18
per Sq. Km |
Source:
Yearbook of Statistics Sabah, 1999
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Nabawan
Location
Nabawan
is situated in the Interior Division, the South Western part
of the state. |
Vital
Population Statistics (1991 census)
| Total
population: |
19,999
|
| Female
population: |
8,245
|
| Male
population: |
11,754
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| Malay
Population: |
126 |
| Dusun
Population: |
421 |
| Kadazan
Population: |
132 |
| Bajau
Population: |
91 |
| Murut
Population: |
12,044 |
| Other
Bumiputera Population: |
455 |
| Chinese
Population: |
660 |
| Indonesian
Population: |
729
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| Other
Non-Bumiputera Population: |
84 |
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| Total
Malaysian Citizen Population: |
14,742
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| Non-Malaysian
Citizen Population: |
5,257
% |
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| distribution
of Population: |
1.2% |
| Population
Density: |
3
per Sq. Km |
Source: Yearbook of Statistics Sabah, 1999
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