Kuala Penyu District

Coordinates: 5°34′12.72″N 115°35′38.39″E / 5.5702000°N 115.5939972°E / 5.5702000; 115.5939972
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Kuala Penyu District
Daerah Kuala Penyu
District
Kuala Penyu District Office
Kuala Penyu District office.
Country
 Malaysia
State Sabah
DivisionInterior
CapitalKuala Penyu
Government
 • District OfficerEdmund Teo
Area
 • Total453 km2 (175 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total20,579
Websiteww2.sabah.gov.my/md.kpu/
ww2.sabah.gov.my/pd.kp/
Map of Kuala Penyu District

The Kuala Penyu District (

administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the Interior Division which includes the districts of Beaufort, Keningau, Kuala Penyu, Nabawan, Sipitang, Tambunan and Tenom. The capital of the district is in Kuala Penyu Town
.

History

Kuala Penyu was declared as full district in the year 1975 and established as focal point for administrative and business centre. This district call as Kuala Penyu - derived from a group stones forming types of "Turtle" or call penyu situated at river bank or Kuala (in Malay). In early 60's this area was popularly known as "sitompok" whereby it refers to a group of stones.

Demographics

See also: Demographics of Sabah

The population of the Kuala Penyu district according to the last census in the year 2010 is 18,958 inhabitants and consists mainly of Kadazan or Dusun Tatana, which make up the largest ethnic group.[1] There are also a significant number of illegal immigrants from the nearby southern Philippines, mainly from Sulu Archipelago and Mindanao which are not included in the population statistics.

Tourism

It is one of the gateways to

ro-ro
ferries depart and arrive for the daily Labuan-Sabah ferry crossings.

Gallery

  • Kuala Penyu Mosque.
    Kuala Penyu Mosque.
  • Rainbow in Klias Wetlands.
    Rainbow in Klias Wetlands.
  • Sitompok River.
    Sitompok River.
  • An history inscription of the origin of Kuala Penyu name near the Sitompok River.
    An history inscription of the origin of Kuala Penyu name near the Sitompok River.

See also

  • Districts of Malaysia

References

  1. ^ "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.

Further reading

External links

Media related to Kuala Penyu District at Wikimedia Commons

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