Sipitang

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Sipitang
Coordinates 5 ° 5 '  N , 115 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 5 ° 5 '  N , 115 ° 33'  E
Location of the city within the Sipitang districtLocation of the city within the Sipitang district
Basic data
Country Malaysia

State

Sabah
ISO 3166-2 MY-12
Residents 4298 (2010)

Sipitang is a city in the Malaysian state of Sabah . It belongs to the administrative district of the same name ( Sipitang District ) and is 144 kilometers south of the capital Kota Kinabalu . The city is part of the Interior Division area , which includes the districts of Beaufort , Keningau , Kuala Penyu , Nabawan , Sipitang , Tambunan and Tenom .

history

Before 1884, Sipitang was part of the Sultanate of Brunei. On November 5, 1884, the Sultan of Brunei ceded the territory from Sipitang to Kuala Penyu to the North Borneo Chartered Company (BNBCC).

On December 7, 1901, the company succeeded in expanding this area to include the territory from the Sipitang River to the Trusan River. In addition, on September 12, 1901, the BNBCC acquired the area of ​​Mengalong and Merantaman, which is now also within the district of Sipitang, through a grant from Prince ( pangiran ) Tengah So ibni al-Marhum Pangiran Anak Bongsu, who is the hereditary ruler of this independent territory ( tulin ) was.

Until 1900 the Sungai Sipitang River marked the border between British North Borneo and the Sultanate of Brunei. The acquisition of land between the Sungai Sipitang and Sungai Trusan rivers in 1901 resulted in the establishment of an administrative office in Sipitang under the name Province Clarke (named after Sir Andrew Clarke). The main purpose of this administrative post was primarily owed to the planned acquisition of further territories. However, various problems led to the return of some land, so that the demarcation line to Sarawak was finally placed on the border at Mengalong (today's Sindumin), which is still valid today.

When the Brunei Revolt broke out in Brunei on December 8, 1962 , the rebellion quickly spread across the border to Limbang , Laws and Miri in Sarawak and Weston and Sipitang in northern Borneo, as these places were traditionally linked to the Sultanate. With the swift and determined intervention of the British Governor, Sir William Goode, the rebels in Sipitang and Weston were isolated and disarmed just two days later. On December 10, a total of 73 rebels were arrested in Sipitang and a small amount of weapons were confiscated.

Demographics

The population of the city of Sipitang is 4,298 inhabitants according to the last census in 2010.

economy

The main industry of Sipitang is the forest industry. A pulp and paper mill was built in 1987 by Sabah Forest Industries , a subsidiary of Ballarpur Industries Limited , India . However, only a few locals are employed there. Most of the residents of Sipitang live from small-scale farming or fishing.

There are plans to make Sipitang one of the centers of Sabah's oil and gas industry. In 2011 the government decided to build an industrial area for the oil and gas industry here and the state-owned oil company Petronas is planning to set up an ammonia and urea production facility .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Census 2010 for Sabah (PDF; 1.9 MB), ed. from the Bureau of Statistics, Malaysia
  2. ↑ treaty text: cession by Sultan of Brunei, Pangeran Bandhara and Pangeran di Gadong of territory from Si Putong to Kwala Paniow , access February 12, 2012
  3. ^ Contract text: GRANT by Sultan of Brunei of Territory between the Sepitong and Trusan Rivers of September 7, 1901, accessed on February 12, 2012
  4. ↑ Grant by Pengeran Pengah order of the tulin rights in Mengalong and Merantaman ; British National Archives No. CO 874/51
  5. ^ Haller Trost, R., Schofield, C., Martin, P .: The Brunei-Malaysia Dispute over Territorial and Maritime Claims in International Law (1994) IBRU (International Boundary Research Unit) , pp. 10-11
  6. ↑ The Straits Times, May 2, 1905, page 4  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / newspapers.nl.sg  
  7. ↑ Revolt in Brunei  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . The Straits Times , December 10, 1962 issue, p. 10@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / newspapers.nl.sg  
  8. ↑ Harun Abdul Maji: REBELLION IN BRUNEI - The 1962 Revolt, Imperialism, Confrontation and Oil , 2007, IBTauris & Co Ltd, London, page 129, ISBN 978-1-84511-423-7
  9. ^ Borneo Post Online: Oil, Gas Industrial Park in Sipitang ; Accessed February 12, 2012
  10. ^ Bursa Malaysia Market News: Petronas Chemicals up on Sipitang plant plan ; Accessed February 13, 2012