Kinabatangan

This article covers the city. For the river, see Sungai Kinabatangan .

Kota Kinabatangan
Coordinates	5 ° 9 '  N , 117 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 5 ° 9 '  N , 117 ° 5'  E
Location of the city within the Kinabatangan district
Basic data
Country	Malaysia
State	Sabah
Residents	10,256 (2010)

Kinabatangan or Kota Kinabatangan is a city in the Malaysian state of Sabah . It belongs to the administrative district of the same name ( Kinabatangan District ) and is 132 kilometers southwest of Sandakan as the crow flies. The city is part of the Sandakan Division area , which includes the districts of Beluran , Kinabatangan , Sandakan, and Tongod .

Demographics

The city's population is 10,256 people according to the last census. 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.

geography

The city derives its name from the nearby Sungai Kinabatangan River . The area around the river consists of rainforest. The terrain is wet and damp and the swampy lowlands are home to the proboscis monkey .

The Kinabatangan region is also home to the Gomantong Caves , a highly branched cave system known for the species of bats and salangans , swallow-like birds that live there , whose nests are the main ingredient in the so-called swallow's nest soup .

economy

Economic activities in the Kinabatangan area are focused on the planting of oil palms , forestry operations and the timber industry.

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} Census 2010 for Sabah (PDF; 1.9 MB), p. 137, ed. from the Bureau of Statistics, Malaysia