Kuala Penyu District

Kuala Penyu District
Coordinates	5 ° 34 ′ N , 115 ° 36 ′ E Coordinates: 5 ° 34 ′ N , 115 ° 36 ′ E
	Location of Kuala Penyu District and City
Basic data
Country	Malaysia
State	Sabah
ISO 3166-2	MY-12
surface	453 km²
Residents	18,958 (2010)
density	41.8 Ew. / km²
Website	www.sabah.gov.my/pd.kp/
politics
District Officer	Edmund Teo
	District Office Kuala Penyu

Kuala Penyu Government House

Fire brigade and rescue control center

The Kuala Penyu district is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah . The administrative seat is the city of Kuala Penyu . The district is part of the Interior Division area which includes the districts of Beaufort , Keningau , Kuala Penyu, Nabawan , Sipitang , Tambunan and Tenom .

Demographics

According to the last census in 2010, the population of the district of Kuala Penyu is 18,958 and consists mainly of Kadazan and Dusun Tatana, the largest ethnic group. As in many other cities in 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

The administrative seat of the district is the city of Kuala Penyu.

history

Kuala Penyu gained district status in 1975.

Structure of the district

The district administration of Kuala Penyu consists of four municipal administrations ( mukim ) and one sub-district ('Daerah Kecil'). The mukim of Kuala Penyu are

Mukim Sitompok with 12 settlements,
Mukim Bundu with 10 settlements,
Mukim Kerukan with 9 settlements and
Mukim Mantabawan with 6 settlements.

3 mukim with 21 settlements are assigned to the Menumbok subdistrict , viz

Mukim Mempakul 7 settlements,
Mukim Tanjung Aru 7 settlements and
Mukim Kilugus 7 settlements.

literature

KG Tregonning: A History Of Modern Sabah (North Borneo 1881-1963) , 2nd edition, University of Malaya Press, Kuala Lumpur, 1965, reprint 1967.
Owen Rutter: British North Borneo - An Account of its History, Ressources and Native Tribes , Constable & Company Ltd, London, 1922.
WH Treacher: British Borneo - Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan and North Borneo , Singapore, Government print department, 1891.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Population Distribution by Local Authority Areas and Mukims, 2010 (Census 2010) ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2012 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; 368 kB), page 369 @1@ 2

[census2010-1] Population Distribution by Local Authority Areas and Mukims, 2010 (Census 2010) ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2012 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; 368 kB), page 369 @1@ 2