Keningau District

Keningau District
Keningau District
Hanyu Pinyin)
• Tamil	கெனிங்காவு மாவட்டம்; Keṉiṅkāvu māvaṭṭam (Transliteration)
• Kadazandusun	Watas Keningau
	Keningau District Council office.
Country	Malaysia
State	Sabah
Division	Interior
Municipality	1 January 2022
Capital	Keningau
Government
• District Officer	Amat Mohd Yusof
Area
• Total	3,533 km2 (1,364 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	173,103
Website	www.sabah.gov.my/md.kgu; www.sabah.gov.my/pd.kgu/

The Keningau District (

Lundayeh

are the major ethnics in Keningau.

Etymology

The name Keningau is derived from the locally-abundant

Cinnamomum burmannii) which is locally known as Koningau.^[1]

History

Keningau was one of the most important administrative centres for the

Second World War. The village of Nuntunan near Apin-Apin was numbered "44" in the British administration. The number stated the distance about 44 kilometres from Tenom

. Nuntunan was also called the "Office" because the British administration building was on the banks of the Apin-apin River. The Japanese took over the building for their own administration during the occupation.

Geography

The district of Keningau covers an area of 3,533 square kilometres and is located in a valley bordered to the west by the

Mount Trus Madi

.

The population of the district of Keningau is 173,103 according to the last census in 2010.^[2] It consists of 90% of mainly Dusun and Murut peoples, as well an estimate of 8% Hakka Chinese population and various minority indigenous groups.

Gallery

Ar-Rahim Mosque
St. Margaret Anglican Church.
Keningau Basel Church.
Sign board to Sook Holy Spirit Catholic Church.
Keningau Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Keningau Temple.
Keningau fog.
Keningau rainforest after rain.

References

^ "Sejarah Farrah" (in Malay). Keningau District Office. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
^ "Population by ethnic group, Local Authority area and state, Malaysia" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

External links

Media related to Keningau District at Wikimedia Commons

(in Malay) Keningau District Council
(in Malay) Keningau District Office

[1] "Sejarah Farrah" (in Malay). Keningau District Office. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.

[2] "Population by ethnic group, Local Authority area and state, Malaysia" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

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