Kota Kinabalu District

Kota Kinabalu District
Coordinates	5 ° 58 '  N , 116 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 5 ° 58 '  N , 116 ° 4'  E
Location of Kota Kinabalu District and City
Symbols
coat of arms flag
Basic data
Country	Malaysia
State	Sabah
surface	351 km²
Residents	462,963 (2010)
density	1319  Ew. / km²
Website	www.dbkk.sabah.gov.my
politics
mayor	Datuk Abidin Madingkir
Political party	Barisan Nasional

The Kota Kinabalu District is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah . The administrative seat is the city of Kota Kinabalu . The district is part of the West Coast Division area which includes the districts of Kota Kinabalu, Ranau , Kota Belud , Tuaran , Penampang , Putatan and Papar .

Demographics

According to the last census in 2010, the district's population is 462,963 and consists of a mix of diverse nationalities and ethnicities, of which the Chinese (20%), Kadazan-Dusun (15%), Bajau (16%), Malay (8th %) and Murut (6%) make up the largest part. As in many other districts of Sabah, there are significant numbers of illegal immigrants from the nearby Philippines , especially from Sulu and Mindanao , who are not recorded in the population statistics.

Administrative headquarters

Kota Kinabalu City Hall

The district's administrative headquarters are in Kota Kinabalu. The administration of the district as well as the city is carried out by the Dewan Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu (DBKK) . The Kota Kinabalu City Hall was established after the official survey Kota Kinabalu in city status on 2 February 2000 to life.

The area of ​​responsibility of the DBKK extends over an area of ​​351 square kilometers and, in addition to the city center of Kota Kinabalu, also includes the sub-districts and cities in the surrounding area - including Tanjung Aru, Kepayan, Luyang, Inanam , Menggatal , Telipok and Sepanggar . This does not include the neighboring city of Donggongon , which is administered by the Majlis Perbandaran Penampang (Penampang District Council) .

See also

• Local government in Sabah

literature

• KG Tregonning: "A History Of Modern Sabah (North Borneo 1881-1963)", 2nd edition, University of Malaya Press, Kuala Lumpur, 1965, reprint 1967
• Regina Lim: Federal-state relations in Sabah, Malaysia: the Berjaya administration 1976-85 , Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2008, ISBN 978-981-230-811-5

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Census 2010 ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 6.78 MB), page 71