Tongod District (Malaysia)

Tongod District
Coordinates	5 ° 16 '  N , 116 ° 59'  E Coordinates: 5 ° 16 '  N , 116 ° 59'  E
Basic data
Country	Malaysia
State	Sabah
surface	10,052 km²
Residents	35,341 (2010)
density	3.5  Ew. / km²
Website	www.sabah.gov.my/pd.tgd/

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

history

The current district was initially established in 1977 as a sub-district of the Kota Kinabatangan district. The daerah kecil (“small district”) was entrusted to Charles Andau from Keningau, who had the rank of “ADO” ( assistant district officer ) and was formally subordinate to the district officer of the Kinabatangan district.

On March 1, 1999, Tongod was raised to an independent district. Major Matthew Sator from Ranau was appointed the first district officer with effect from May 24, 1999. With the elevation to the status of a full-fledged district, the construction of a new administration building went hand in hand with the replacement of the first secretariat building.

Demographics

The population of the entire district is 35,341 people according to the last census in 2010. In relation to the total area of ​​10,052 km², it is a sparsely populated district.

religion

The majority of the district's residents are of different Christian faiths (70%). Another 29% are Muslims; the remaining residents are Buddhists (0.8%) or listed as “other” (0.2%).

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. ↑ ^{a b} Tongod District website: Latar Belakang ; Accessed August 25, 2013
3. ↑ Pejabat Daerah Tongod ; Accessed August 25, 2013
4. ↑ Tongod District Administration: Tongod District - Profile (PDF; 17.5 MB) from December 5, 2012