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Map of Semporna District. The Semporna District (Malay: Daerah Semporna) is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the Tawau Division which includes the districts of Kunak, Lahad Datu, Semporna and Tawau. The capital of the district is in Semporna Town.
Sabah Malay creole is the lingua franca in Semporna, with the Sempornan-Sabahan Malay having a strong influence from the Bajau language. Semporna is also home to the only Chavacano-speaking community in Malaysia. Semporna's Chavacano speakers are refugees (or descendants of refugees) who fled the Moro conflict of the Philippines. A large number ...
Location map of the Tawau Division. Tawau Division (Malay: Bahagian Tawau) is one of the five administrative sub-divisions of Sabah, Malaysia. It occupies a total of 14,905 square kilometres or 20% of Sabah's territory. [1] The main towns include the capital of Tawau, Lahad Datu, Kunak and Semporna.
Through a survey on the geothermal presence in the peninsula, the area have a potential to develop geothermal energy as part of the Sabah's renewable energy. [10] The narrow continental shelf fronting the coastal areas of both Dent and Semporna Peninsulas also could be exposed to future tsunamis with the active fault in the eastern coast. [11]
Malaysia too has not challenged the boundary and had in fact recognised it via its 1979 map which follows this portion of the boundary as the extent of its territorial waters. [ 4 ] The second treaty is the Convention regarding the Boundary between the Philippine Archipelago and the State of North Borneo between the United States and the United ...
The name "Lahad Datu" comes from the Bajau language, "Lahad" means the place and "Datu" means the dignity of certain people during the sultanate era.The place name traced its roots from the migration of Datu-datu from the Sultanate of Sulu led by Datu Puti as a result of the handing over this area by the Sultanate of Brunei to Sulu after the Brunei Civil War.
Although being named after Sakaran Dandai, the museum mostly features the history and culture of the town of Semporna, especially its Bajau community. [2] The ground floor has a main gallery while the top floor exhibits culture and historical artefacts of the Semporna community with the exhibition will change from time to time. [2]