Kunak district

Kunak district
Coordinates	4 ° 41 ′  N , 118 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 4 ° 41 ′  N , 118 ° 15 ′  E
Location of Kunak District and City
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Basic data
Country	Malaysia
State	Sabah
surface	1134 km²
Residents	61,094 (2010)
density	53.9  Ew. / km²
Website	www.sabah.gov.my/pd.knk/
politics
District Officer	Susilo Sumarto
District Office of Kunak (Pejabat Daerah Kunak)

The Kunak District is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah . The administrative seat is the city of Kunak . The Kunak District is part of the Tawau Division area to which the Kunak, Lahad Datu , Semporna and Tawau districts belong.

Demographics

According to the last census in 2010, the population of Kunak District is 61,094. It consists mostly of Bajau and Bugis . 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 Kunak.

Kunak was previously a sub-district within the Lahad Datu District and was granted status as an independent district on June 1, 1981.

Structure of the district

The district is divided into two municipal administrations (mukim) :

• Mukim Pangi with the settlements ( Kampung ) Airport Bt. 10, Bagiang, Cenderawasih, Getah, Giram, Hampilan, Jaya Baru, Kadazan, Kansuri, Lama Baru Mostyn, Mostyn, Pangi, Pangi Hujung, Pengkalan, Sapang Air, Selamat, Skim Kokos , Sungai Atas, Sungai Langgas, Telaga Tujuh
• Mukim Madai with the settlements ( kampung ) Asli Baru, Buang Sayang, Cina, Dasar Baru, Dasar Lama, Kabog, Kunak Darat, Kunak Jaya, Kunak Kecil, Kunak Tiga, Lormalong, Madai, Pangkalan Madai, Simpang Empat, Ulu Madai

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. ↑ 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 file; 359 kB), page 369  
2. ↑ Census 2010 for Sabah ( Memento of the original from November 14, 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; 1.77 MB), ed. from the Bureau of Statistics, Malaysia