Papar District

Papar District
Coordinates	5 ° 44 ′  N , 115 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 5 ° 44 ′  N , 115 ° 56 ′  E
Location of the district and city of Papar
Symbols
coat of arms
Basic data
Country	Malaysia
State	Sabah
surface	1243 km²
Residents	124,420 (2010)
density	100.1  Ew. / km²
Website	www.sabah.gov.my/md.ppr
politics
District Officer	Mohd. Rafik Hj. Abdul Jubar
Papar District Office

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

Demographics

The Papar District covers an area of ​​1243 km². The population was about 124,420 in 2010 and is fairly even in Bruneian Malayans (especially in: Benoni, Buang Sayang, Bongawan, Kampung Laut, Kelanahan, Kimanis, Kinarut), Kadazan-Dusun (especially in: Rampazan, Limbahau, Kinarut, Kopimpinan, Lakut, Mondolipau, Koiduan, Ulu Kimanis, Sumbiling, Limputung) and Bajau (mainly in: Pengalat Besar, Pengalat Kecil, Kawang, Beringgis). A not insignificant number of Hakka Chinese as well as some Indian-born Malays and Pakistanis are also distributed across the district.

The area around Papar is characterized by low-lying coastal areas that extend inland to the Crocker Ranges. Traditionally this area is very suitable for growing rice and the flat open rice fields probably gave the area its name. Despite the growing urbanization of Kota Kinabalus , 40 kilometers to the north, the Papar district is still dominated by rice fields and orchards. Papar is therefore also called the "rice bowl of Sabah".

Administrative headquarters

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

Education in the district

Papar District is a school center within the West Coast Division . Total are in the district

• 50 Primary School (primary schools)
• 7 high school (secondary schools)
• 4 religious schools

as well as the "Institut Kemahiran Belia Negara (IKBN)" (National Youth Skill Institute) and the "Maktab Rendah Sains Mara (MRSM)" (MARA Science College) .

It is noteworthy that there are four religious schools within the district: The schools SMK (A) Tun Datu Mustapha and SMK (A) Limauan , which are under the supervision of the Malaysian government, and the two schools SMA Toh Puan Hajah Rahmah and, which are under the supervision of the state government of Sabah SMA Islamiah Papar .

Within the Papar District, the IKBN, MRSM, SMK (A) Tun Datu Mustapha and SMA Toh Puan Hajah Rahmah facilities are housed in a school complex in Kinarut .

economy

Agriculture

Agriculture is still one of the livelihoods of the region today; 60% of the population are dependent on it.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, an area of ​​12,524 hectares of land is suitable for agricultural use. In contrast, there are 57,396 hectares of land that are unsuitable for agricultural use. Rice is mainly grown in the region, especially in the villages of Great Pengalat, Limbahau, Sabandil, Gana, Takis and Kelanahan. In addition, plantations are operated for the cultivation of palm and rubber trees .

fishing

In addition to agriculture, fishing is another major source of income in the region. In 2001 1,332.68 tons and in 2002 1,3725.57 tons of fishery products were removed from the sea. A total of 360 full-time jobs are registered in the fishing industry, while the number of fishing boats is 943.

forestry

In the district 124,320 hectares are covered by forest. Of this, 1,672 ha (1.34%) are designed as PFE forest (permanent forest estate, i.e. roughly equivalent to a permanent forest area ), in which forestry use may only take place if the terrain has a slope of less than 40 ° and is below sea level 600 m. Another 27,000 hectares (21.72%) are designated as national parks, while the remaining forest areas are Stateland Forest .

Forestry was very popular in the 1970s and 1980s, today there are only 20 sawmills that are registered with the Department of Forest in Kota Kinabalu. Most of the woodworking factories are now located in the Integrated Timber Complex in Kimanis.

Industrial areas

For the future development of the district, two industrial areas have been designated, one with 120 and the other with 50 hectares of land.

See also

• Local government in Sabah
• Education system in Malaysia

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. ^ "Monthly Statistical Bulletin, January 2007: Sabah", published by the Department of Statistics Malaysia, Sabah
3. ↑ Statistical data on the school system in Papar ( Memento of the original from April 29, 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. , accessed August 11, 2011  
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Economic information on the official Papar website ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 6, 2011