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Tawau District

Tawau District Daerah Tawau
District
Tawau Municipal Council office.
Seal
Coordinates: 4°14′33.4″N 117°53′33.16″E / 4.242611°N 117.8925444°E / 4.242611; 117.8925444
Country	Malaysia
State	Sabah
Division	Tawau
Capital	Tawau
Government
• District Officer	Amrullah Kamal
Area
• Total	6,125 km2 (2,365 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	397,673
Website	mpt.sabah.gov.my

The Tawau District (Malay: Daerah Tawau) is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the Tawau Division which also includes the districts of Kunak, Lahad Datu, Semporna and Tawau. The capital of the district is in Tawau Town. The district also includes the northern half of Sebatik Island, which is shared with Indonesia's North Kalimantan province.

History[edit]

The administration of Tawau changed several times in the course of its history. From 1890, the administration managed by the North Borneo Chartered Company, which put this task alternately in the hands of various residents, district officers or candidates for the office of the district officers. During the Japanese occupation, the administration was carried out by Japanese military personnel. The pre-war administration system was continued after the end of World War II. The post-war administration of the city was from 1948 to 1955 by the provisions of the Reconstruction and Development Plan, drafted by the Development Officer of the Government, E. W. Ellison who was closely tied to the British colonial government.^[1] Only in 1955 did the city regain full control over its finances and administration of its public office with the founding of the Tawau Town Board. Even after the formation of Malaysia in 1963, the modern state of Sabah continued to use residents and district officers until 1981.^[2] On 1 January 1982, the Tawau Town Board and the Tawau Rural District Council was merged to become the Tawau Municipal Council.^[3] In March 1983, Tawau was administratively divided into four areas: urban area (5,918 hectares), suburbs (4,783 hectares), surrounding countryside (591,384 hectares) and sea area (26,592 hectares).^[4]

Demographics[edit]

Tawau district is the second largest of Sabah's 25 districts, with 397,673 inhabitants after Kota Kinabalu.^[5].Tawau consists of Bugis , Tidung , Murut, Chinese , Lun Bawang/Lundayeh, Kadazandusun , Bajau ,some of Indonesians and Philippines.

Climate[edit]

Gallery[edit]

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  Al-Kauthar Mosque.
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  St. Patrick Anglican Church.
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  Tawau Basel Church.
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  Holy Trinity Catholic Church.
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  Holy Grace Methodist Church.
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  Pu Zhao Temple.
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  Gurdwara Sahib Tawau.
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  Thirumurugan Temple.
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  Tukok Hill Estate.
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  Tawau town centre.

See also[edit]

• Districts of Malaysia

References[edit]

Literature[edit]

• Goodlet, Ken (2010). Tawau: The Making of a Tropical Community. Opus Publications. ISBN 978-983-3987-38-2.

Further reading[edit]

• Treacher, W. H (1891). "British Borneo: sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo". University of California Libraries. Singapore, Govt. print. dept. p. 190.
• Rutter, Owen (1922). "British North Borneo - An Account of its History, Resources and Native Tribes". Cornell University Libraries. Constable & Company Ltd, London. p. 157.
• Tregonning, K. G. (1965). A History Of Modern Sabah (North Borneo 1881–1963). University of Malaya Press.

External links[edit]

Media related to Tawau District at Wikimedia Commons

• (in Malay) Tawau Municipal Council

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