Tawau
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 | |
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 Frae top left: Tawau toun skyline, Konfrontasi Memorial, Tawau Mercat, Al-Kauthar Mosque, Tawau auld shop hooses an Tawau Airport Lobby Haw. | |
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 Location o Tawau in Sabah | |
  Tawau Tawau is locatit in Malaysie | |
| Coordinates: 4°17′53″N 117°52′59″E / 4.29806°N 117.88306°E | |
| Kintra |  Malaysie |
| State |  Sabah |
| Diveesion | Tawau |
| Govrenment | |
| • Cooncil Preses | Ismail Mayakob |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6125 km2 (2365 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 397,673[1][note 1] |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | No observit |
| Website | mpt.sabah.gov.my |
References
eedit- ↑ 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- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Cowie Bay in the early 19t century are kent as Kalabakong Bay. Sometimes it is cried Sibuco Bay an aw.
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