The Kunak District ( ms, Daerah Kunak) is an

administrative district Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-loca ...

in the

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

n state of

Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indone ...

, part of the

Tawau Division Tawau Division ( ms, Bahagian Tawau) is one of the five administrative sub-divisions of Sabah, Malaysia. It occupies a total of 14,905 square kilometres or 20% of Sabah's territory. The main towns include the capital of Tawau, Lahad Datu, Kunak ...

which includes the districts of Kunak,

Lahad Datu Lahad Datu ( ms, Bandar Lahad Datu) is the capital of the Lahad Datu District in the Dent Peninsula on Tawau Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 27,887 in 2010. The town is surrounded by stretches of cocoa and ...

Semporna Semporna ( ms, Pekan Semporna) is the capital of the Semporna District in the Tawau Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 35,301 in 2010. History Semporna was founded soon after the British North Borneo Char ...

and

Tawau Tawau (, Jawi: , ), formerly known as Tawao, is the capital of the Tawau District in Sabah, Malaysia. It is the third-largest city in Sabah, after Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan. It is located on the Semporna Peninsula in the southeast coast of t ...

. The capital of the district is in Kunak Town. Kunak district were part of Lahad Datu before 1990.

Demographics

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

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, mainly from the Sulu Archipelago and

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, many of whom are not included in the population statistics.

Gallery

File:Kunak Sabah Datuk-Zainal-Gunong-Mosque-01.jpg, Datuk Zainal Gunong Mosque. File:Kunak Sabah Gereja-Basel-Kunak-02.jpg, Kunak Basel Church. File:Kunak Sabah CatholicChurchStPeter-02.jpg, St. Peter Catholic Church. File:District-Kunak Sabah Malaysia-Federal-Route-13-01.jpg, Kunak District road.

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External links

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Kunak District Council
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Kunak District Office
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Demographics

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