Kunak District

The Kunak District (Malay: Daerah Kunak) 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 Kunak Town. Kunak district were part of Lahad Datu before 1990.

Kunak District Daerah Kunak
District
Kunak District office.
Seal
Coordinates: 4°41′00″N 118°15′00″E
Country	Malaysia
State	Sabah
Division	Tawau
Capital	Kunak
Government
• District Officer	Susilo Sumarto
Area
• Total	1,134 km2 (438 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	61,094
Website	ww2.sabah.gov.my/md.kunak/ ww2.sabah.gov.my/pd.knk/

Map of Kunak District

Demographics

See also: Demographics of Sabah

According to the last census in 2010, the population of Kunak district is estimated to be around 61,094 inhabitants. 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

• 
  Datuk Zainal Gunong Mosque.
• 
  Kunak Basel Church.
• 
  St. Peter Catholic Church.
• 
  Kunak District road.

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.
• Rutter, Owen (1922). "British North Borneo - An Account of its History, Resources and Native Tribes". Cornell University Libraries. Constable & Company Ltd, London. p. 157.
• Tregonning, K. G. (1965). A History Of Modern Sabah (North Borneo 1881–1963). University of Malaya Press.

External links

• Media related to Kunak District at Wikimedia Commons
• (in Malay) Kunak District Council
• (in Malay) Kunak District Office