Tawau District

Tawau District
Coordinates	4 ° 15 '  N , 117 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 4 ° 15 '  N , 117 ° 54'  E
Location of Tawau District and City
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Basic data
Country	Malaysia
State	Sabah
surface	6287 km²
Residents	397,673 (2010)
density	63.3  Ew. / km²
Website	www.mpt.sabah.gov.my (Bahasa Melayu)
politics
President	Y. Bhg. Datuk Isma Mayakob

The Tawau district is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah . The administrative seat is the city of Tawau . The Tawau District is part of the Tawau Division area to which the Kunak , Lahad Datu , Semporna and Tawau districts belong.

Demographics

The district of Tawau is - based on the number of inhabitants - with 397,673 inhabitants after Kota Kinabalu the second largest of the 25 districts of Sabah.

Administrative headquarters

The administrative seat of the district is the city of Tawau . The district and the city are administered by the Tawau Municipal Council . The Tawau Municipal Council was created on January 1, 1982 by amalgamating the Tawau Town Board and the Tawau Rural District Council .

history

The administration of Tawau has changed several times in the course of its history. From 1890, the administration was initially carried out by the North Borneo Chartered Company, which alternately placed this task in the hands of various residents, district officers or candidates for the office of district officer .

During the Japanese occupation, the administration was carried out by Japanese military personnel. The tried and tested pre-war administrative system was continued after the defeat of the Japanese by the British colonial government. Even after 1963, the Malaysian state continued to use residents and district officers until 1981.

The post-war administration of the city was closely tied to the British colonial government from 1948 to 1955 through the specifications of the Reconstruction and Development Plan , drawn up by the government's development officer, EW Ellison. Only in 1955 did the city regain full control over its finances and the administration of its public offices with the establishment of the Tawau Town Board . On January 1, 1982, the Tawau Town Board and the Tawau Rural District Council were merged to form the Tawau Municipal Council

In March 1983, Tawau was administratively divided into four areas: urban area (5,918 hectares), suburbs (4,783 hectares), surrounding areas (591,384 hectares) and lake area (26,592 hectares).

Other authorities

Wisma Persekutuan Tawau

The administrative building "Wisma Persekutuan Tawau" houses various state and federal institutions or branches of various ministries such as the immigration authority (Jabatan Imigresen) or the school inspectorate (Jemaah Nazir Sekolah Sabah) . The building is owned by the Prime Minister's Department , which reports to the Malaysian Prime Minister. The building was put into operation in 1984.

See also

• Local government in Sabah

literature

• KG Tregonning: A History Of Modern Sabah (North Borneo 1881–1963) , 2nd edition, University of Malaya Press, Kuala Lumpur, 1965, reprint 1967
• Ken Goodlet: Tawau - The Making of a Tropical Community , Opus Publications, 2010 ISBN 978-983-3987-38-2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 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 file; 359 kB), page 369  
2. ^ State of Sabah: Tawau Municipal Council (Change of Status and Amalgamation) Enactment, 1981 of December 21, 1981
3. ↑ Goodlet, Appendix 3
4. ↑ Goodlet, page 133
5. ↑ Goodlet, page 249
6. ↑ Wisma Persekutuan Tawau ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 536 kB); Accessed August 18, 2012