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Sandakan District

Coordinates: 5°50′20″N 118°6′55″E / 5.83889°N 118.11528°E / 5.83889; 118.11528
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Sandakan District
Daerah Sandakan
Sandakan Municipal Council Office
Sandakan Municipal Council office.
Official seal of Sandakan District
Location of Sandakan District
Coordinates: 5°50′20″N 118°6′55″E / 5.83889°N 118.11528°E / 5.83889; 118.11528
Country Malaysia
State Sabah
DivisionSandakan
CapitalSandakan
Government
 • President (Sandakan Municipal Council)Benedict Asmat
Area
 • Total2,266 km2 (875 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total396,290
Websitemps.sabah.gov.my/portal/
Map of 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 City.

There are three members of parliament (MPs) representing the three parliamentary constituencies in the district: Libaran (P.184), Batu Sapi (P.185), and Sandakan (P.186).

Demographics

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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

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References

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  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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