Sandakan District

The Sandakan District (Malay: Daerah Sandakan) is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the Sandakan Division which includes the districts of Beluran, Kinabatangan, Sandakan, Telupid and Tongod. The capital of the district is in Sandakan Town.

Sandakan District

Daerah Sandakan
District
Sandakan Municipal Council office.
Seal
Coordinates: 5°50′20″N 118°6′55″E
Country Malaysia
State Sabah
DivisionSandakan
CapitalSandakan
Government
 • District OfficerIr. James Wong
Area
 • Total2,266 km2 (875 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total396,290
Websitewww.mps.sabah.gov.my

Demographics
See also: Demographics of Sabah

Sandakan district is the third largest of Sabah's 25 districts, with 396,290 inhabitants after Kota Kinabalu and Tawau.[1]

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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.

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