The Sandakan District ( ms, Daerah Sandakan) 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

Sandakan Division Sandakan Division ( ms, Bahagian Sandakan) is an administrative division of Sabah, Malaysia. It stretches diagonally from the northeastern coast of Sabah to the state's central region. With an area of 28,205 square kilometres, it occupies 38.3% o ...

which includes the districts of

Beluran Beluran ( ms, Pekan Beluran) is the capital of the Beluran District in the Sandakan Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 3,132 in 2010. The population is a mixture of many ethnic groups, with the Kadazan-Dusu ...

Kinabatangan Kinabatangan ( ms, Pekan Kinabatangan) is the capital of the Kinabatangan District in the Sandakan Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 10,256 in 2010. Kinabatangan is mostly populated with the Orang Sungai ...

, Sandakan,

Telupid Telupid ( ms, Pekan Telupid) is the capital of the Telupid District in the Sandakan Division of Sabah, Malaysia. History Telupid was first settled around 1940s and became the major route for the Sandakan Death Marches during World War II. At ...

and Tongod. The capital of the district is in Sandakan City.

Demographics

Sandakan district is the third largest of Sabah's 25 districts, with 396,290 inhabitants after

Kota Kinabalu , image_skyline = , image_caption = From top, left to right, bottom:Kota Kinabalu skyline, Wawasan intersection, Tun Mustapha Tower, Kota Kinabalu Coastal Highway, the Kota Kinabalu City Mosque, the Wism ...

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 ...

Gallery

File:Sandakan Sabah Sim-Sim-CityMosque-01.jpg,

Sandakan District Mosque The Sandakan District Mosque ( Malay: Masjid Daerah Sandakan or also known as Masjid Besar Sim-Sim) is a mosque in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. Built in 1985 and completed in 1989, it is the main mosque for the district of Sandakan. The mosque was ...

. File:Sandakan Sabah St-Michael-And-All-Angels-00.jpg, St. Michael's and All Angels Anglican Church. File:Sandakan Sabah Calvary-Charismatic-Church-03.jpg, Sandakan Calvary Charismatic Church. File:Sandakan Sabah Catholic-Church-St-Joseph-02.jpg, St. Joseph Catholic Church. File:Sandakan Sabah GerejaSeventhDayAdventist-01.jpg, Sandakan Seventh Day Adventist Church. File:Aerial view of Puu Jih Shih Temple 2016 - panoramio.jpg,

Puu Jih Shih Temple Puu Jih Shih Temple ( zh, 普济寺) is a Buddhist temple located at the hilltop of Tanah Merah at Sandakan Bay in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. The temple was built in 1987 and officiated by Joseph Pairin Kitingan, the Chief Minister of Sabah at t ...

. File:Sandakan Sabah GurdwaraSahib-01.jpg, Gurdwara Sahib Sandakan. File:Sandakan Sabah View-from-Harbour-Mall-02.jpg, Sandakan city centre.

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Sandakan Municipal Council
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