Sipitang District

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Sipitang District
Coordinates 5 ° 5 '  N , 115 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 5 ° 5 '  N , 115 ° 33'  E
Location of Sipitang District and CityLocation of Sipitang District and City
Basic data
Country Malaysia

State

Sabah
surface 2,732.5 km²
Residents 34,862 (2010)
density 12.8  Ew. / km²
Website www.sabah.gov.my/pd.sptg/
politics
District Officer Abdul Wahap Abd. Hamid
District Office Sipitang (Pejabat Daerah Sipitang)
District Office Sipitang (Pejabat Daerah Sipitang)

The Sipitang District is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah . The administrative seat is the city ​​of Sipitang . The district is part of the Interior Division area , which includes the Beaufort , Keningau , Kuala Penyu , Nabawan , Sipitang, Tambunan and Tenom districts . In the south, the district borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak , Brunei Bay and Kalimantan Indonesia .

Demographics

The population of the district of Sipitang according to the last census in 2010 is 34,862 and consists of about 60% Kedayan , 30% Murut and Lundayeh , 10% Brunei Malay and Chinese . The population is distributed across the larger parishes and the entire area of ​​the district as follows: 2010

Sipitang District 34,862 inhabitants
Malaman 32
Mesapol 888
Sindumin 115
Sipitang 4,298
rest of the area 29,529

Administrative headquarters

The administrative seat of the district is the city of Sipitang.

Structure of the district

The district of Sipitang includes, in addition to the city of Sipitang, a large number of small towns and settlements (kampung, kg.) , Such as

  • Sindumin (formerly Kuala Mengalong)
  • Kg.Banting
  • Kg.Pengiran Omar
  • Kg.Merintama
  • Kg.Meligan
  • Bandar Sipitang

See also

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Population Distribution by Local Authority Areas and Mukims, 2010 (Census 2010) ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 368 kB), page 369  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.statistics.gov.my
  2. Sidik, Amde: Writing from the tip of Borneo , iUniverse. P. 81, 2004
  3. Census 2010 for Sabah ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.9 MB), ed. from the Bureau of Statistics, Malaysia  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.statistics.gov.my