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Menumbok
Coordinates: 5°18′N115°22′E / 5.300°N 115.367°E / 5.300; 115.367
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Website www.sabah.gov.my/dkmb

Menumbok is a sub-district in the west of the Malaysian state of Sabah which is also one of the three administrative parts of Kuala Penyu District.

This town is also administered as a sub-district within the jurisdiction of the Kuala Penyu district and a minor port of the state of Sabah, which serves as the main gateway to the island of Labuan from the mainland.

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