Tambunan District

Tambunan District
District
Daerah Tambunan
Other transcription(s)
•  Jawi	داءيره تمبونن
•  Chinese	担布南县(Simplified) 擔布南縣(Traditional) Dānbùnán xiàn(Hanyu Pinyin)
•  Tamil	தம்புனான் மாவட்டம் Tampuṉāṉ māvaṭṭam(Transliteration)
•  Kadazandusun	Watas Tambunan
Tambunan District Council office.
Seal
Nickname:  "the place where the Warrior, Gombunan and Tamadon were born."
Coordinates: 5°40′26.47″N116°21′53.58″E / 5.6740194°N 116.3648833°E / 5.6740194; 116.3648833
Country	Malaysia
State	Sabah
Division	Interior
Capital	Tambunan
Government
• District Officer	Blasius Sobitun Makajil
Area
• Total	1,347 km2 (520 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	35,667
Website	mdtambunan.sbh.gov.my pdtambunan.sbh.gov.my

Map of Tambunan District

The Tambunan District (Malay : Daerah Tambunan) is an 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 Tambunan Town.

Etymology

The name of this area is taken from the word "Tamadon" and "Gombunan" which combined into "Tambunan". ^[1]

Demographics

See also: Demographics of Sabah

According to the last census in 2010, the population of the district is estimated to be around 35,667 inhabitants. ^[2] The district of Tambunan is populated mainly by the indigenous group of Kadazan-Dusun (86%), while the rest of the population are Malay, Chinese and other indigenous groups.

Gallery

• 
  Nurul Iman Mosque
• 
  Holy Cross Catholic Church.
• 
  Tambunan paddy field.

See also

• Districts of Malaysia

References

1. "Laman Utama" [Home Page] (in Malay). Tambunan District Council. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 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.

Further reading

• 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

Media related to Tambunan District at Wikimedia Commons

• (in Malay) Tambunan District Council
• (in Malay) Tambunan District Office