Sabah

Sabah
Sabah
	State
	Land Belaw The Wind
	Banner Coat airms
	Motto(s): Sabah Maju Jaya
	Anthem: Sabah Tanah Airku; (Sabah My Homeland); File:Sabah Tanah Airku (Instrumental).ogg;
	Sabah in Malaysie
	Coordinates: 5°15′N 117°0′E / 5.250°N 117.000°E
Caipital	Kota Kinabalu
Govrenment
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri	Juhar Mahiruddin
• Chief Meenister	Musa Aman (BN)
Area
• Total	73631 km2 (28,429 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	3,117,405
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Sabahan
Human Development Index
• HDI (2010)	0.643 (medium) (14th)
Time zone	UTC 8 (MYT)
Postal code	88xxx to 91xxx
Cawin code	087 (Inner Destrict) ; 088 (Kota Kinabalu & Kudat) ; 089 (Lahad Datu, Sandakan & Tawau)
Vehicle registration	SA,SAA,SAB (Kota Kinabalu & Kota Belud) ; SB (Beaufort) ; SD (Lahad Datu) ; SK (Kudat) ; SS (Sandakan) ; ST (Tawau) ; SU (Keningau)
Umwhile name	North Borneo
Brunei Sultanate	15t century
Sulu Sultanate (Eastern Part)	1658
Breetish North Borneo	1882
Japanese occupation	1941–1945
Breetish Croun Colony	1946
Sel-govrenment	31 August 1963
Accession with the Federation of Malaya to form Malaysia	16 September 1963
Website	www.sabah.gov.my

Sabah is ane o the 13 member states o Malaysie, an is its eastmaist state. It is locatit on the northren portion o the island o Borneo. It is the seicont lairgest state in the kintra efter Sarawak, which it borders on its soothwast. It shares a border wi the province o North Kalimantan o Indonesie in the south. The caipital o Sabah is Kota Kinabalu, umwhile kent as Jesselton. Sabah is aften referred tae as "The Land Belaw The Wind", a phrase uised bi seafarers in the past tae describe land sooth o the typhoon belt.