Manggatal
Menggatal/Manggatal | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Country | Malaysia |
State | Sabah |
Menggatal or Manggatal is a Malaysian town and suburb of Kota Kinabalu District on the west coast of Sabah. It is an outskirt of the state capital, Kota Kinabalu, and is under the jurisdiction of Kota Kinabalu City Hall. It is located along Jalan Tuaran, which is the main road leading north from Kota Kinabalu city centre.
The town is notable for being one of few towns in Sabah where wooden pre-World War II era shophouses still stand. The sub-district area's land prices are constantly rising up as most of the land area in the coastal Kota Kinabalu have already been occupied. Many developers have key interests in this sub-district area as the population of the capital district is steadily increasing.
Etymology
The name "Manggatal" or "Menggatal" does not derive from hypothetical Malay word meaning "to be itchy", but instead from the English language during the
History
During the World War II, Manggatal is also the base where the Kinabalu Guerillas led by Albert Kwok actively operating to fight the Japanese.[1] During the late 1990s, many native Dusuns were made instant millionaires when their Native Title (NT) lands were claimed by the government to be made into highways; the Tuaran Bypass Highway and the old route of Jalan Tuaran Highway that links Manggatal and Inanam. In present day, many landowners in Manggatal, which are also mainly native Dusuns, have also been forced to relocate from their ancestral lands due to the government's pet project, Pan Borneo Highway. They are reimbursed in the form of cash funded by the Federal Government.
Demography
Manggatal was originally populated sparsely by native
Starting in the 1970s, Manggatal has witnessed a drastic increase in the population of
Education
The state's main institution of learning, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, is located in a coastal part of Manggatal sub-district. Among other educational institutions are Institut Sinaran, Form Six College Kota Kinabalu, SMK Tebobon, SMK Bandaraya (once an elite school formerly known as SMK Manggatal) and also SJK(C) Good Shepherd.
References
- ^ "Kinabalu Guerillas: The Inanam-Menggatal-Telipok Basel Church Connections" (PDF). Universiti Malaysia Sabah Repository. 14 March 2003. Retrieved 15 March 2017.