The Tenom District ( ms, Daerah Tenom) is an
administrative district in the
Malaysian state of
Sabah, part of the
Interior Division which includes the districts of
Beaufort Beaufort may refer to:
People and titles
* Beaufort (surname)
* House of Beaufort, English nobility
* Duke of Beaufort (England), a title in the peerage of England
* Duke of Beaufort (France), a title in the French nobility
Places Polar regions ...
,
Keningau,
Kuala Penyu,
Nabawan,
Sipitang,
Tambunan and Tenom. The capital of the district is in
Tenom Town.Majority Tenom is Murut while Kadazandusun as well as Lundayeh are minorities in Tenom.
Etymology
The area was first called "Fort Birch" which named after
North Borneo
North Borneo (usually known as British North Borneo, also known as the State of North Borneo) was a British Protectorate, British protectorate in the northern part of the island of Borneo, which is present day Sabah. The territory of North Borneo ...
Governor
Ernest Woodford Birch
Sir Ernest Woodford Birch, Wright, Arnold, Twentieth Century Impressions of British Malaya: Its history, ''People'', commerce, industries and resources, 1908 (29 April 1857 – 17 December 1929) was a British colonial administrator who served as ...
. Following the completion of the
North Borneo Railway Line
The Western Sabah Railway Line ( ms, Laluan Keretapi Barat Sabah) in Sabah, Malaysia is the name given to rail services that operate from Tanjung Aru until Tenom in the West Coast and Interior divisions under the management of Sabah State Railw ...
from
Beaufort railway station to
Tenom and
Melalap
Melalap is a state constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that is represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
The Sabah State Legislative Assembly ( ms, Dewan Undangan Negeri Sabah, Kadazandusun language, Kadazandusun: ''Langga' Tinukuan P ...
railway stations, the place was subsequently renamed as "Tenom" in 1904.
History
The district was established in the 1900s by the
North Borneo Chartered Company with first district officer named M.C.M. Weedon. The opening of Tenom by the British began with the opening of Sapong Estate and Melalap Estate.
Demographics
The population is made up of ethnic groups
Murut (52%),
Kadazan-Dusun (12%),
Chinese (8%),
Lun Bawang/Lundayeh (5%) and Malay (4%) together with a small proportion of other ethnic groups such as Indonesians and Filipinos. The majority of nearly 5,000 Chinese, descendants of
immigrants from
Longchuan in
Guangdong, come from the ethnic group of
Hakka. The population of the district according to the 2010 census is 55,553 inhabitants.
The population is made up of ethnicities as follows:
Gallery
File:Tenom Sabah Masjid-Ar-Rahman-02.jpg, Ar Rahman Mosque.
File:Tenom Sabah Gereja-St-Anthony-Tenom-05.jpg, St. Anthony Catholic Church.
File:Tenom Sabah Gereja-Basel-Tenom-01.jpg, Tenom Basel Church.
File:Tenom Sabah Tak-Pak-Kung-Chinese-Temple-04.jpg, Tak Pak Kung Temple.
File:Kemabong Sabah Sungai-Padas-02.jpg, Padas River.
See also
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Districts of Malaysia
References
Further reading
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External links
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Tenom District Council
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