Kinarut

Kinarut
Kinarut
Coordinates	5 ° 49 '  N , 116 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 5 ° 49 '  N , 116 ° 3'  E
Basic data
Country	Malaysia
State	Sabah
Residents	18,029 (2010)
The Kinarut train station and a historic shop

Colonial style shop house

Back of the older shophouse

Ruins of the Kinarut Mansion

Buddha statue of the Tien Nam Shi temple

Kinarut is a city in the western part of the Malaysian state of Sabah . Kinarut is located in the West Coast Division , about 20 kilometers south of the state capital Kota Kinabalu . Administratively it belongs to the Papar District .

Origin of name

The name Kinarut is probably from the expression "China road" ( Engl. For China Road originated) and refers to a road through the town, going about in the Chinese traders their stores.

history

Kinarut originally belonged to the Sultanate of Brunei. When Sultan Hakkul Abdul Mubin had to withdraw from Pulau Cermin during the civil war in the late 17th century, he had a fortification built on a strategically located hill protected by two rivers. He stayed there for ten years as Sultan of Kinarut and during this time was able to curb pirate activities off the coast considerably. With the help of the local Bajau and Dusun, he repulsed several attacks by the Sultan Muhiyiddin.

Demographics

According to the last census, the population is 18,029 and consists mainly of Malays , Kadazan-Dusun and a large number of Bajau .

Historic architecture

Kinarut is one of the cities on the west coast of Sabah, whose historical buildings from the years 1910 to 1930 have been partially preserved to this day. That includes

• a row of ten shops ( shophouse row ) built between 1910 and 1920 opposite the train station and
• a somewhat later second row of ten shops, which continues the first row in the southwest.

A Chinese elementary school, an administration building and the Chinese temple Tien Nam Shi Buddhist Temple were also built in close proximity to the shops.
Of architectural interest are the differences between the two shophouses , both of which date from the colonial era.

Attractions

The Sabah Museum's outposts include the ruins of a Greco-Roman style mansion. It was built in 1910 by the first manager of the Kinarut Rubber Estate , Mr. WFC Asimont. The Kinarut Mansion is one of the few stone houses of the time that still exist in Sabah. The site, known as the Kinarut Mansion Panorama , was added to the Sabah Historic Site List on August 22, 1994.

Infrastructure

Kinarut is located on the A2 (Pan Borneo Highway) and has a stop on the Kota Kinabalu – Tenom railway line of the Sabah State Railway .

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.

Web links

Commons : Kinarut  - collection of images

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Population Distribution by Local Authority Areas and Mukims, 2010 (Census 2010) (PDF; 1.9 MB), page 138
2. ^ ^{A b} Richard Nelson Sokial: Colonial Townships in Sabah: West Coast , Homeland Publisher Sdn Bhd, 2012, pages 224-236, ISBN 978-983-40734-4-2
3. ^ The Brunei Fort at Kinarut, Sabah ; Accessed April 20, 2012
4. ↑ Kinarut Mansion Panorama ; Accessed April 20, 2012