Kudat Division

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Kudat Division
location
Basic data
Country Malaysia
State Sabah
Seat Kudat
surface 4623 km²
ISO 3166-2 MY-12

Coordinates: 6 ° 50 '  N , 117 ° 7'  E

Kudat Division is the name of an administrative area within the state of Sabah in Malaysia . There are a total of five administrative areas (divisions) , which in turn are divided into districts (districts) , which roughly corresponds to the rural districts in Germany.

Districts

The Kudat Division is divided into three districts, which correspond to the names of the larger cities:

history

The division of Sabah into five areas (divisions) goes back to the administrative structure of the North Borneo Chartered Company . After the takeover of North Borneo on the basis of the Royal Charter issued in 1881, the administrative division of the country introduced by Baron Overbeck was continued by establishing the two residencies West Coast Residency and East Coast Residency . The seat of the two residents was Sandakan, where the governor also had his seat. Each residence in turn was divided into different provinces, which were administered by a District Officer .

As the country developed, the number of residencies increased to five: Tawau Residency (also called East Coast Residency ), Sandakan Residency , West Coast Residency , Kudat Residency and Interior Residency ; the provinces were initially named after the members of the board of directors: Alcock, Cunlife, Dewhurst, Keppel, Dent, Martin, Elphinstone, Myburgh and Mayne. The senior residents occupied Sandakan and West Coast, while the other three residents had to make do with the 2nd class residences (Interior, East Coast and Kudat). The residents of Sandakan and West Coast were members of the Legislative Council , the Company's legislative assembly.

The division into residences was retained when North Borneo became a crown colony after the Second World War. With the independence from Malaysia, the state of Sabah took over the administrative structure on September 16, 1963 through the regulation on the administrative units. At the same time, the Yang di-Pertuan Negeri Sabah , the head of state of Sabah, was authorized to divide the country into divisions and districts by proclamation . The term residency was abolished in favor of the term division in 1976.

Today the division is only of formal importance and is no longer an administrative level of its own. The post of resident was also abolished, as the municipal administration of Sabah is in the hands of the district officers .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sabah Areas and Counties , accessed January 15, 2012
  2. ↑ KG Tregonning: A History of Modern Sabah (North Borneo from 1881 to 1963) , 2nd edition, University of Malaya Press, Kuala Lumpur, 1965, reprint 1967, page 51
  3. ^ Owen Rutter: British North Borneo - An Account of its History, Resources and Native Tribes , Constable & Company Ltd, London, 1922, p. 157
  4. ↑ State of Sabah: INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES ENACTMENT, 1963; Enactment No. 19/1978; valid from January 1, 1979

Remarks

  1. ↑ The original name was initially Magistrates-in-Charge .
  2. ↑ The most recent such proclamation dates from 2009: ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS PROCLAMATION 2009 ; Accessed January 15, 2012