Kundasang

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Kundasang
Kundasang (Malaysia)
Kundasang
Kundasang
Coordinates 5 ° 59 ′  N , 116 ° 34 ′  E Coordinates: 5 ° 59 ′  N , 116 ° 34 ′  E
Basic data
Country Malaysia

State

Sabah
ISO 3166-2 MY-12
height 1600 m
Kundasang Sabah GeneralView-01.jpg
Pekan Kundasang with War Memorial

Kundasang is a small town in the Malaysian state of Sabah . Kundasang is located in the north of the island of Borneo on the edge of the Kinabalu National Park between Tuaran and Ranau . The small town belongs to Ranau County and is part of the West Coast Division area .

Demographics

The population consists mainly of Dusun and a larger minority of Chinese . Kundasang is made up of a total of 18 camps :

  1. Pekan Kundasang
  2. Lembah Permai
  3. Cinta Mata
  4. Kouluan
  5. Masilou
  6. Menteki
  7. Bambangan
  8. Desa Aman
  9. Kinasaraban
  10. Bundu Tuhan
  11. Dumpiring
  12. Desa Sunyi (Kundasang Lama)
  13. Mohimboyon
  14. Nosorob
  15. Pinousok
  16. Giman
  17. Sinisian
  18. Keranaan

Infrastructure

Kundasang is connected to Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan via the A4 national road.

War memorial

The Kundasang War Memorial is Sabah's central memorial, commemorating the British and Australian soldiers who were killed or murdered during the Sandakan death marches during World War II .

The memorial was built from 1962 to 1970 on the initiative of the New Zealand major GS Carter ( DSO ). The memorial, designed in the form of a fort and designed by the architect JC Robinson, consists of four interconnected parts. The first three park-like areas symbolize the nations involved in the death marches, Australia, Great Britain and various ethnic groups from Borneo . In the fourth area, a pool surrounded by columns invites you to linger and reflect.

Web links

Commons : Kundasang  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kundasang War Memorial ; Accessed July 11, 2012