Putatan

Putatan
Coordinates	5 ° 53 '  N , 116 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 5 ° 53 '  N , 116 ° 3'  E
Location of the city within the Putatan district
Basic data
Country	Malaysia
State	Sabah
Residents	1306 (2010)
Aerial view of Kampung Lok Kawi

Putatan is a small town in the Malaysian state of Sabah and belongs to the district of the same name, Putatan District . Putatan borders directly on Kota Kinabalu and thus has the status of a suburb. It is part of the West Coast Division area to which the districts of Kota Kinabalu , Ranau , Kota Belud , Tuaran , Penampang , Putatan and Papar belong.

history

Putatan used to be a city within the Penampang district . Due to the rapid development of Kota Kinabalu, more and more families settled in the urban fringes, so that in March 1997 Putatan was first given the status of a sub-district 5th grade ( daerah kecil , literally: by the then Prime Minister of Sabah, YAB Datuk Yong Teck Lee) . small district) and was finally raised to the status of a separate district on March 1, 2007.

Demographics

According to the last census in 2010, the population is 1306 and consists mainly of Bajau and a larger number of Malay , Kadazan-Dusun and Chinese .

Attractions

• Lok Kawi Wildlife Park ( 5 ° 51 ′ 2.2 ″  N , 116 ° 4 ′ 7.8 ″  E ),
• Petagas War Memorial in memory of the victims of the Japanese occupation,
• Taman Memorial Tun Datu Mustapha with the grave of Tun Mustapha in Kampung Ulu / Ulu Seberang

See also

• Putatan District

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

• Lok Kawi Wildlife Park website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Population Distribution by Local Authority Areas and Mukims, 2010 (Census 2010) (PDF; 368 kB), page 71
2. ↑ Bernama: Putatan Benefits From KK's Development , July 16, 2009 edition, online