Kota Kinabalu District

Kota Kinabalu District Daerah Kota Kinabalu
District
Kota Kinabalu City Hall.
Flag Seal
Coordinates: 5°58′13″N 116°04′14″E
Country	Malaysia
State	Sabah
Division	West Coast
Capital	Kota Kinabalu
Government
• Mayor of City Council	Datuk Haji Nordin Siman
• MP	Mohd. Azis Jamman (WARISAN) (Sepanggar) Chan Foong Hin (PH-DAP) (Kota Kinabalu)
• MLA	Azhar Matussin (WARISAN) (Karambunai) Kenny Chua Teck Ho (PH-PKR) (Inanam) Tan Lee Fatt (PH-DAP) (Likas) Christina Liew Chin Jin (PH-DAP) (Api-Api) Ginger Phoong Jin Zhe (PH-DAP) (Luyang) Junz Wong Hong Jun (WARISAN) (Tanjong Aru)
Area
• Total	350 km2 (140 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	462,963
Website	dbkk.sabah.gov.my

The Kota Kinabalu District (Malay: Daerah Kota Kinabalu) is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the West Coast Division which includes the districts of Kota Belud, Kota Kinabalu, Papar, Penampang, Putatan, Ranau and Tuaran. The capital of the district is in Kota Kinabalu City.

Demographics

See also: Demographics of Sabah

According to the last census in 2010, the population of the district is 462,963 which made up from a mix of diverse ethnicities and nationalities, with the main ethnic groups are Chinese (20%), Kadazan-Dusun (15%), Bajau (16%), Malay (8%) and Murut (6%). As in other districts of Sabah, there are a significant number of illegal immigrants from the nearby southern Philippines, mainly from the Sulu Archipelago and Mindanao, many of whom are not included in the population statistics.

Gallery

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  Kota Kinabalu City Mosque.
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  Kota Kinabalu Basel Church.
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  Mary Immaculate Catholic Church.
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  Kota Kinabalu Latter Day Saint Church.
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  Kota Kinabalu Seventh Day Adventist Church.
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  Che Sui Khor Moral Uplifting Society.
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  Pu Tuo Si Temple.
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  Gurdwara Sahib Kota Kinabalu.
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  Kota Kinabalu city centre.

See also

• Districts of Malaysia

Further reading

• Treacher, W. H (1891). "British Borneo: sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo". University of California Libraries. Singapore, Govt. print. dept. p. 190. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Rutter, Owen (1922). "British North Borneo - An Account of its History, Resources and Native Tribes". Cornell University Libraries. Constable & Company Ltd, London. p. 157. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Tregonning, K. G. (1965). A History Of Modern Sabah (North Borneo 1881–1963). University of Malaya Press. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

External links

Media related to Kota Kinabalu District at Wikimedia Commons

• (in Malay) Kota Kinabalu City Hall