Kudat District

Kudat District
Coordinates	6 ° 53 '  N , 116 ° 50'  E Coordinates: 6 ° 53 '  N , 116 ° 50'  E
Location of the district and city of Kudat
Basic data
Country	Malaysia
State	Sabah
surface	1287 km²
Residents	83,140 (2010)
density	64.6  Ew. / km²
Website	www.sabah.gov.my/pd.kdt
politics
District Officer	Sebastian Lim
Majlis Daerah Kudat

The district of Kudat is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah . The administrative seat is the city of Kudat . The district is part of the Kudat Division area to which the Kudat, Pitas and Kota Marudu districts belong.

Demographics

The population of Kudat District was 83,140 at the last census in 2010. It consists mainly of Rungus , a subgroup of the Kadazan . About 10% of the population are Chinese (mainly Hakkas ), there are also minorities of the Bajau , Dusun , Murut , Bugis and Malays . 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. The city of Kudat itself has 29,025 inhabitants.

Administrative headquarters

The administrative seat of the district is the city of Kudat.

Residency based on the British administrative system and the office of resident were abolished in 1979.

Structure of the district

In addition to the Kudat Peninsula, the islands of Pulau Balambangan , Pulau Banggi , Pulau Malawali and Pulau Matunggong also belong to the administrative district.

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.
• 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

1. ↑ ^{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  
2. ↑ Chronology of the city's history ( Memento of the original from November 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Accessed January 5, 2012