Tawau District
{{EngvarB|date=November 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Tawau District
| native_name = Daerah Tawau
| native_name_lang = ms
| settlement_type = District
| image_skyline = Tawau Sabah Majlis-Perbandaran-Tawau-02.jpg
| image_alt = Tawau Municipal Council Office
| image_caption = Tawau Municipal Council office.
| image_flag =
| image_seal = Tawau Emblem vectorised.svg
| image_map = SabahDistrikte-Tawau-pp.png
| leader_title = District Officer
| leader_name = Amrullah Kamal
| etymology =
| nickname =
| coordinates = {{coord|4|14|33.4|N|117|53|33.16|E|region:MY|display=inline, title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Malaysia}}
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Sabah}}
| subdivision_type2 = Division
| subdivision_name2 = Tawau
| seat_type = Capital
| seat = Tawau
| area_magnitude =
| area_total_km2 = 6125
| population_as_of = 2010
| population_total = 397,673
| website = {{URL|http://mpt.sabah.gov.my/}}
}}
File:Map of Tawau District, Sabah.svg
The Tawau District ({{langx|ms|Daerah Tawau}}) is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the Tawau Division which also includes the districts of Kunak, Lahad Datu, Semporna and Tawau. The capital of the district is in Tawau Town. The district also includes the northern half of Sebatik Island, which is shared with Indonesia's North Kalimantan province.
History
The administration of Tawau changed several times in the course of its history. From 1890, the administration managed by the North Borneo Chartered Company, which put this task alternately in the hands of various residents, district officers or candidates for the office of the district officers. During the Japanese occupation, the administration was carried out by Japanese military personnel. The pre-war administration system was continued after the end of World War II. The post-war administration of the city was from 1948 to 1955 by the provisions of the Reconstruction and Development Plan, drafted by the Development Officer of the Government, E. W. Ellison who was closely tied to the British colonial government.{{sfn|Goodlet|2010|pp=133}} Only in 1955 did the city regain full control over its finances and administration of its public office with the founding of the Tawau Town Board. Even after the formation of Malaysia in 1963, the modern state of Sabah continued to use residents and district officers until 1981.{{sfn|Goodlet|2010|pp=3}} On 1 January 1982, the Tawau Town Board and the Tawau Rural District Council was merged to become the Tawau Municipal Council.{{cite web|url=http://www.lawnet.sabah.gov.my/Lawnet/SabahLaws/StateLaws/viewdoc.aspx?document=TawauMunicipalCouncil%28ChangeOfStatusAndAmalgamation%29Enactment1981.pdf|title=State of Sabah [Enactment No. 37]|publisher=Sabah State Attorney's General Chambers|year=1981|access-date=8 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108233808/http://www.lawnet.sabah.gov.my/Lawnet/SabahLaws/StateLaws/viewdoc.aspx?document=TawauMunicipalCouncil%28ChangeOfStatusAndAmalgamation%29Enactment1981.pdf|archive-date=8 November 2017|url-status=dead}} In March 1983, Tawau was administratively divided into four areas: urban area (5,918 hectares), suburbs (4,783 hectares), surrounding countryside (591,384 hectares) and sea area (26,592 hectares).{{sfn|Goodlet|2010|pp=249}}
Demographics
{{see also|Demographics of Sabah}}
Tawau district is the second largest of Sabah's 25 districts, with 397,673 inhabitants after Kota Kinabalu.{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Population/files/population/04Jadual_PBT_negeri/PBT_Sabah.pdf|title=Population by ethnic group, Local Authority area and state, Malaysia|publisher=Department of Statistics, Malaysia|year=2010|access-date=5 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227090315/http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Population/files/population/04Jadual_PBT_negeri/PBT_Sabah.pdf|archive-date=27 February 2012|url-status=dead}} Tawau consists of Bugis, Tidung, Murut, Chinese, Lun Bawang/Lundayeh, Kadazandusun, Bajau, some of Indonesians and Philippines.
Climate
{{Tawau weatherbox}}
Gallery
File:Tawau Sabah Masjid-Al-Khauthar-03.jpg|Al-Kauthar Mosque.
File:Tawau Sabah St-Patricks-Anglican-Church-01.jpg|St. Patrick Anglican Church.
File:Tawau Sabah Gereja-Basel-Tawau-02.jpg|Tawau Basel Church.
File:Tawau Sabah Holy-Trinity-Catholic-Church-02.jpg|Holy Trinity Catholic Church.
File:Tawau SAbah Holy-Grace-Methodist-Church-01.jpg|Holy Grace Methodist Church.
File:Pu Zhao Temple.jpg|Pu Zhao Temple.
File:Tawau Sabah Gurudwara-Sahib-Tawau-02.jpg|Gurdwara Sahib Tawau.
File:Tawau Sabah ThirumuruganTemple-01.jpg|Thirumurugan Temple.
File:Tawau-District Sabah Bukit-Tukok-Estate-01.jpg|Tukok Hill Estate.
File:Tawau Sabah TownViewFromLA- Hotel-01.jpg|Tawau town centre.
See also
References
Literature
- {{cite book
| last = Goodlet
| first = Ken
| year = 2010
| title = Tawau: The Making of a Tropical Community
| publisher = Opus Publications
| isbn = 978-983-3987-38-2
}}
Further reading
- {{cite web
| last = Treacher
| first = W. H
| year = 1891
| url = https://archive.org/details/yonderyo00gavarich
| title = British Borneo: sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo
| work = University of California Libraries
| publisher = Singapore, Govt. print. dept
| pages = 190
}}
- {{cite web
| last = Rutter
| first = Owen
| year = 1922
| url = https://archive.org/stream/cu31924023151933
| title = British North Borneo - An Account of its History, Resources and Native Tribes
| work = Cornell University Libraries
| publisher = Constable & Company Ltd, London
| pages = 157
}}
- {{cite book
| last = Tregonning
| first = K. G.
| year = 1965
| title = A History Of Modern Sabah (North Borneo 1881–1963)
| url = https://archive.org/details/historyofmoderns0000treg
| url-access = registration
| publisher = University of Malaya Press
}}