Kunak () is the capital of the
Kunak District in the
Tawau Division of
Sabah
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,
Malaysia
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. Its population was estimated to be around 13,823 in 2010.
The population consists mainly of
Bajau and
Suluk peoples. 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.
Education
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 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.
Gallery
File:Kunak Sabah TownViews-02.jpg, One of the old shoplots in Kunak.
File:Kunak Sabah SimeDarbyPalmoilStorage-01.jpg, Sime Darby palm oil
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storage tanks in Kunak.
File:Sunset in Kunak.jpg, Sunset in Kunak
References
External links
Kunak District
Towns in Sabah
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