Sandakan District

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Sandakan District
Coordinates 5 ° 50 ′  N , 118 ° 7 ′  E Coordinates: 5 ° 50 ′  N , 118 ° 7 ′  E
Location of Sandakan City and DistrictLocation of Sandakan City and District
Symbols
coat of arms
coat of arms
Basic data
Country Malaysia

State

Sabah
Residents 396,290 (2010)
Website www.mps.sabah.gov.my
politics
President DATUK Ir. JAMES WONG
Majlis Perbandaran Sandakan
Majlis Perbandaran Sandakan

The Sandakan District is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah . The administrative seat is the city of Sandakan . Sandakan District is part of the Sandakan Division area to which Beluran , Kinabatangan , Sandakan, and Tongod districts belong.

Demographics

The district of Sandakan is - based on the number of inhabitants - with 396,290 inhabitants after Kota Kinabalu and Tawau the third largest of the 25 districts of Sabah.

Administrative headquarters

The administrative seat of the district is the city of Sandakan. The administration of the district as well as the city is carried out by the Sandakan Municipal Council ( mal. Majlis Perbandaran Sandakan ). The Sandakan Municipal Council was created on January 1, 1982 by merging the Sandakan Town Board and the Sandakan Rural District Council .

Structure of the district

In January 1983, Sandakan was administratively divided into four areas: urban area, suburbs, surrounding areas and sea area.

See also

literature

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  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.statistics.gov.my
  2. ^ State of Sabah: Sandakan Municipal Council (Change of Status and Amalgamation) Enactment, 1981 of December 21, 1981
  3. ^ State of Sabah: Sandakan Municipal Council Instrument 1983, January 27, 1983