The Tongod District () is an
administrative district
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in the
Malaysia
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n state of
Sabah
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, part of the
Sandakan Division
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which includes the districts of
Beluran,
Kinabatangan,
Sandakan
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,
Telupid and Tongod. The capital of the district is in
Tongod Town.
History
The district was first established in 1977 as a sub-district of the larger Kinabatangan district. The "daerah kecil" ("sub-district") was then entrusted to Keningau native, Charles Andau, who was one of the assistant district officers of the then-undivided Kinabatangan district and was formally subordinate to the district officer of Kinabatangan. On 1 March 1999, Tongod was elevated to a full district within the Sandakan division, then two months and three weeks later on 24 May 1999, the late Datuk Matius @ Matthew Sator of Ranau was appointed to be its first inaugural district officer. The acquisition of the status of a fully fledged district also involved the construction of a new administration building, which replaced the first secretarial building.
Demographics
According to the last census in 2010, the population of the entire district is 35,341 inhabitants.
In relation to the total area of 10,052 km
2, it is a sparsely populated district.
Orang Sungai
The Orang Sungei (Malay language, Malay word for "River People") are a group of Indigenous peoples, indigenous people native to the state of Sabah, Malaysia. Groups of communities live along the rivers of Kinabatangan, Labuk, Kudat, Pitas, Saba ...
and
Kadazan-Dusun
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are the major ethnicities found in Tongod.
Gallery
File:Telupid Sabah Oilpalm-Plantation-along-Buis-Kiabau-Road-01.jpg, Meliau Range.
File:RiversOfSabah Sungai-Milian-01.jpg, Milian River.
See also
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Districts of Malaysia
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References
Further reading
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External links
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Tongod District Council*
Tongod District Office
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