Kunak District
Kunak District
Daerah Kunak | |
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 Kunak District office. | |
 Seal | |
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| Coordinates: 4°41′00″N 118°15′00″E / 4.68333°N 118.25000°E | |
| Country |  Malaysia |
| State |  Sabah |
| Division | Tawau |
| Capital | Kunak |
| Government | |
| • District Officer | Susilo Sumarto |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,134 km2 (438 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 61,094 |
| Website | ww2 ww2 |
The Kunak District (Malay: Daerah Kunak) is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the Tawau Division which includes the districts of Kunak, Lahad Datu, Semporna and Tawau. The capital of the district is in Kunak Town. Kunak district were part of Lahad Datu before 1990.
Demographics
[edit]According to the last census in 2010, the population of Kunak district is estimated to be around 61,094 inhabitants.[1] As in other districts of Sabah, there are a significant number of illegal immigrants from the nearby southern Philippines, mainly from the Sulu Archipelago and Mindanao, many of whom are not included in the population statistics.
Gallery
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Datuk Zainal Gunong Mosque. -
Kunak Basel Church. -
St. Peter Catholic Church. -
Kunak District road.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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
[edit]- 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.
External links
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Media related to Kunak District at Wikimedia Commons- (in Malay) Kunak District Council
- (in Malay) Kunak District Office
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