The Tenom District (Malay: Daerah Tenom) is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the Interior Division which includes the districts of Beaufort, 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.
Tenom District
Daerah Tenom | |
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 Tenom District Council office. | |
 Seal | |
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| Coordinates: 5°8′00″N 115°57′00″E / 5.13333°N 115.95000°E | |
| Country |  Malaysia |
| State |  Sabah |
| Division | Interior |
| Capital | Tenom |
| Government | |
| • District Officer | Siriman M. F. Basir |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,409 km2 (930 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 55,553 |
| Website | mdtenom.sbh.gov.my pdtenom.sbh.gov.my |
Etymology
editThe area was first called "Fort Birch" which named after North Borneo Governor Ernest Woodford Birch. Following the completion of the North Borneo Railway Line from Beaufort railway station to Tenom and Melalap railway stations, the place was subsequently renamed as "Tenom" in 1904.[1]
History
editThe 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.[1]
Demographics
editThe 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.[2]
The population is made up of ethnicities as follows:
Gallery
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Ar Rahman Mosque. -
St. Anthony Catholic Church. -
Tenom Basel Church. -
Tak Pak Kung Temple. -
Padas River.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Sejarah Daerah" [District History] (in Malay). Tenom District Office. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ "Population by ethnic group, Local Authority area and state, Malaysia" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
Further reading
edit- Treacher, W. H (1891). "British Borneo: sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo". University of California Libraries. Singapore, Govt. print. dept. p. 190.
- Rutter, Owen (1922). "British North Borneo - An Account of its History, Resources and Native Tribes". Cornell University Libraries. Constable & Company Ltd, London. p. 157.
- Tregonning, K. G. (1965). A History Of Modern Sabah (North Borneo 1881–1963). University of Malaya Press.
External links
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Media related to Tenom District at Wikimedia Commons
- (in Malay) Tenom District Council
- (in Malay) Tenom District Office