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The Semporna District ( ms, Daerah Semporna) is an
File:Semporna Sabah City-Mosque-01.jpg, Semporna Town Mosque.
File:Semporna Sabah Tokong-Sam-Shen-02.jpg, Sam Shen Temple.
File:RiversOfSabah SungaiPegagau-06.jpg, Pegagau Bridge.
File:Semporna Sabah Kampung-Balimbang-Asal-01.jpg, Balimbang Asal.
File:Rivers-of-Sabah Sungai-Gading-03.jpg, Gading River.
Semporna District Council
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Semporna District Office
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The Semporna District ( ms, Daerah Semporna) is an administrative district
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in the Malaysia
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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
Kunak ( ms, Pekan Kunak) is the capital of the Kunak District in the Tawau Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 13,823 in 2010. The population consists mainly of Bajau and Bugis peoples. There is also a sizeable ...
, 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 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 Semporna Town.
Demographics
According to the last census in 2010, the population of Semporna district is estimated to be around 133,164 inhabitants. As in other districts of Sabah, there are a significant number of illegal immigrants from the nearby southernPhilippines
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, mainly from the Sulu Archipelago and Mindanao
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.
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See also
*Districts of Malaysia
Districts (Malay: '' Daerah''; ''Jajahan'' in Kelantan) are a type of administrative division below the state level in Malaysia. An administrative district is administered by a lands and district office (''pejabat daerah dan tanah'') which is ...
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Semporna District Office
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