Kunak
| Kunak | ||
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| District and Town | ||
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A roundabout in Kunak | ||
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  Kunak | ||
| Coordinates: 4°41′0″N 118°15′0″E / 4.68333°N 118.25000°E | ||
| Country |
 Malaysia | |
| State |
 Sabah | |
| Division | Tawau | |
| Government | ||
| • District Officer | Susilo Sumarto | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 61,094 | |
| Website | www.sabah.gov.my/md.kunak www.sabah.gov.my/pd.knk | |
Kunak is a small town located in the Tawau Division on the east coast of the east Malaysian state of Sabah. It was formerly a sub-district administered under the Lahad Datu District Office, but was made into full district on 1 June 1981.
Its population was estimated at 61,094 in 2010.[1] The population consists mainly of Bajau and Bugis people.
There is also a sizeable Chinese minority, involved in running many of the shops in downtown Kunak as well as the planting of oil palms in the outskirts.
Kunak has three main secondary schools: SMK Kunak Jaya, SMK Kunak and SMK Madai. It is also home to a Chinese primary school, SRJK(C) Pai Sheng, and a several Malay-medium primary schools including SK Kunak 1, SK Kunak Jaya and SK Ladang Binuang.
A resettlement scheme for Cocos Islanders is situated a few kilometres away, near the Giram Oil Palm Estate (run by Sime Darby Berhad).
A jetty is situated about five km from the town, in an area named Pengkalan Kunak. A single road lined by wooden shophouses (possibly a squatter colony) leads to the jetty and wet market.
In 2002, a 76-bed government hospital was built in the town. At around the same time, a new highway linking Kunak to the town of Semporna was also opened.
References
- ↑ "Total population by ethnic group, administrative district and state, Malaysia, 2010" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
External links
- (Malay) Kunak District Council
- (Malay) Kunak District Office
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Coordinates: 4°41′N 118°15′E / 4.683°N 118.250°E