Tawau is the admeenistrative centre o Tawau Diveesion, in the Malaysie states o Sabah on the island o Borneo. Tawau haes a population o 397,673[note 1] an become the third lairgest toun in Sabah efter Kota Kinabalu an Sandakan.[1] It is locatit on the coast o the Celebes Sea at the Cowie Bay.[note 2]

Tawau
Frae top left: Tawau toun skyline, Konfrontasi Memorial, Tawau Mercat, Al-Kauthar Mosque, Tawau auld shop hooses an Tawau Airport Lobby Haw.
Frae top left: Tawau toun skyline, Konfrontasi Memorial, Tawau Mercat, Al-Kauthar Mosque, Tawau auld shop hooses an Tawau Airport Lobby Haw.
Official seal of Tawau
Seal
Location o Tawau in Sabah
Location o Tawau in Sabah
Tawau is located in Malaysia
Tawau
Tawau
Tawau is locatit in Malaysie
Coordinates: 4°17′53″N 117°52′59″E / 4.29806°N 117.88306°E / 4.29806; 117.88306
Kintra Malaysie
State Sabah
DiveesionTawau
Govrenment
 • Cooncil PresesIsmail Mayakob
Area
 • Total6125 km2 (2365 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total397,673[1][note 1]
Time zoneUTC+8 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)No observit
Websitempt.sabah.gov.my

References eedit

  1. a b "Population Distribution by Local Authority Areas and Mukims, 2010 (page 1 & 8)" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 5 Februar 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2013.

Notes eedit

  1. a b In addeetion tae the offeecial figurs o the 2010 Census, thare are decades a lairge nummer o illegal immigrants frae Indonesie an the Philippines. The measurs implementit in previous years, for example, in 1981 retroactive legalization aggravatit the problem probably acause they put a unwantit signal tae the influx o ither illegal. (Goodlet, page 248 and page 299)
  2. Cowie Bay in the early 19t century are kent as Kalabakong Bay. Sometimes it is cried Sibuco Bay an aw.

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