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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.
Tambunan (Malay: Pekan Tambunan) is the capital of the Tambunan District in the Interior Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 35,667 in 2010. [ 1 ] It is located 80 kilometres east of the state capital, Kota Kinabalu (to which is connected by the Kota Kinabalu-Tambunan-Keningau Highway ), 48 kilometres south of ...
Tambun is a federal constituency in Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1986.. The federal constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
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Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Tambunan Assembly Years Member Party Constituency created; 3rd 1967 – 1971 Anthony Gibon UPKO: 4th 1971 – 1976 Gunsanad Samson Sundang Alliance (USNO) 5th 1976 Joseph Pairin Kitingan: BERJAYA: 1976 – 1981 BN (BERJAYA) 6th 1981 – 1984 1984 – 1985 Independent: 7th 1985 – 1986 PBS: 8th ...
After the formation of Malaysia, North Borneo was renamed as Sabah. In 1967, Jesselton was renamed as Kota Kinabalu, Kota being the Malay word for City and Kinabalu after the nearby Mount Kinabalu. Kota Kinabalu was granted city status in 2000. Kota Kinabalu is often known as KK both in Malaysia and internationally. It is a major tourist ...
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Mount Kinabalu was called Mont de Ste. Pierre in this 1710 Ottens map. [12]Allusions to a place in Ranau, the Mount Kinabalu, had appeared in sources from China. Wang Dayuan mentioned a mountain called Long shan when he described the country of Bo ni (勃泥 bó ní) in his book, Description of the Barbarians of the Isles (島夷誌略 dǎo yí zhì lüè) written between 1330 and 1350. [13]