Tambunan District

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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 Uvang Tambunan
Tambunan Sabah MajlisDaerahTambunan-03.jpg
Tambunan District Council office.
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Seal
Nickname(s): 
"the place where the Warrior, Gombunan and Tamadon were born."
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Coordinates: 5°40′26.47″N116°21′53.58″E / 5.6740194°N 116.3648833°E / 5.6740194; 116.3648833
Country Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
State Flag of Sabah.svg  Sabah
Division Interior
Capital Tambunan
Government
 • District OfficerBlasius Sobitun Makajil
Area
 • Total1,347 km2 (520 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total35,667
Website www.sabah.gov.my/md.tbn/
www.sabah.gov.my/pd.tbn/
Map of Tambunan District Map of Tambunan District, Sabah.svg
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.

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Etymology

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

Demographics

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.

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References

  1. ↑ "Laman Utama" (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.

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