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Kota Kinabalu
亚庇市 | |
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 Flag  Seal | |
| Nickname: "Nature Resort City" | |
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| Coordinates: 5°58′42″N 116°07′06″E / 5.9784°N 116.1183°E | |
| Country | Malaysia |
| State | Sabah |
| Settled by BNBC | 1882 |
| Declared capital of North Borneo | 1946 |
| Granted city status | February 2, 2000 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Datuk Iliyas Ibrahim |
| Area | |
| • City | 351 km2 (136 sq mi) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • City | 579 3041 |
| • Density | 1,650/km2 (4,260/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 500,000 |
| • Metro | 700,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MST) |
| Postcode | 88xxx; 89xxx |
| Area code | 088 |
| Website | http://www.dbkk.sabah.gov.my |
| 1 World Gazetteer | |
Kota Kinabalu (pronounced [ˈkɔtɑ kɪnɑbɑlʊ]), formerly Jesselton, is the capital of Sabah state in Malaysia. It is also the capital of the West Coast Division of Sabah. The city is on the northwest coast of Borneo facing the South China Sea. The Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park is on one side and Mount Kinabalu, which gave the city its name, is nearby. Kota Kinabalu proper has a population of 579,304, while the larger urban area has an estimated population of 700,000. It is the largest urban centre in Sabah and the sixth largest in Malaysia.[1]
Kota Kinabalu is often known as K.K. within Malaysia and internationally. It is a major tourist destination and a popular gateway for travellers visiting Sabah and Borneo.[2] Kinabalu National Park is about 90 kilometres from the city and there are many tourist attractions in and around the city. Kota Kinabalu is also one of the major industrial and commercial centres of East Malaysia. These two factors combine to make Kota Kinabalu one of the fastest growing cities in Malaysia.[3]
- ↑ Urban area figure obtained after combining population Kota Kinabalu with Putatan and Donggongon; Helders, Stefan. "Malaysia: metropolitan areas". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved 2007-03-06.
- ↑ "Tourism hub set to lift Sabah real estate". TheStar. June 11, 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
- ↑ With a 233% increase in population from 1991 to 2007; Helders, Stefan. "Malaysia: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved 2007-04-06.