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| Country | Malaysia | ||
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| State | Sandakan | ||
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| - Council President | Dr Yeo Boon Hai | ||
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| - Total | 2,266 km² (875 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - Total | 427,200 | ||
| - Density | 184/km² (488/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | MST (UTC+8) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | Not observed (UTC) | ||
| Website: http://www.mps.sabah.gov.my/ | |||
Sandakan is the second-largest city in Sabah, East Malaysia, on the north-eastern coast of Borneo. A nickname is a Name of an entity or thing that is not its Proper name. Sabah is a Malaysian state located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo. For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and Malaysia is a Federation which consists of thirteen '''states''' ( Negeri) and three '''federal territories''' ( Wilayah Persekutuan Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume Malaysian Standard Time (MST Malay: Waktu Piawai Malaysia is a Standard time used in Malaysia. UTC+8 is a band of Timezones separated from the Greenwich Mean Time by 8 hours Daylight saving time ( DST Sabah is a Malaysian state located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo. For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located at the centre of Maritime Southeast Asia. It is located on the east coast of the island and it is the administrative centre of Sandakan Division and was the former capital of British North Borneo. Sandakan Division is an administrative division of Sabah, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. North Borneo was an independent state and British Protectorate under the sovereign British North Borneo Company from 1882-1946 and subsequently a Sandakan is known as the gateway for ecotourism destinations in Sabah, such as the Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary, Turtle Islands Park, Kinabatangan River and Gomantong Caves. Ecotourism, also known as ecological tourism, is a form of Tourism that appeals to ecologically and socially conscious individuals Sepilok Orang-utan Rehabilitation Centre is located about 25 kilometers west of Sandakan, in eastern Malaysia on the island of Borneo in the state of Turtle Islands National Park ( Taman Negara Pulau Penyuh) is located some 40 kilometers north of Sandakan in Sabah, east Malaysia. The Kinabatangan River (Sungai Kinabatangan is located in Sabah, eastern Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. The Gomantong Caves are an intricate cave system inside Gomantong Hill
The area is also infamous as the site of a World War II Japanese airfield, built by the forced labour of 6,000 Javanese civilians and Allied prisoners of war. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Empire of Japan ( {{unicode|Kyūjitai}}: ja 大日本帝國 Shinjitai: ja 大日本帝国 pronounced Dai Nippon Teikoku Unfree labour is a generic or collective term for those work relations especially in modern or early modern history in which people are employed against their will Java (Jawa is an Island of Indonesia and the site of its Capital city Jakarta. The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis powers during the Second World War. In 1945 the surviving prisoners were sent on the Sandakan Death Marches; only 6 of them survived the war. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The Sandakan Death Marches were a series of forced marches from Sandakan to Ranau which resulted in the deaths of more than 3600 Indonesian
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History
During the early 1870s, the east coast of Sabah was under control of the Sultan of Sulu, who also ruled what is now the southern Philippines. Events and Trends Technology The invention of the prototype telephone by Alexander G Sultan (سلطان is an Islamic title with several historical meanings For the Star Trek character see Hikaru Sulu. For the sultanate see Sultanate of Sulu. The first European settlement in the area was founded by William Clarke Cowie, a Scottish gun smuggler from Glasgow, who received permission from the Sultan to establish a small trading base. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom Cowie called his settlement Sandakan, which in Tausug (Sulu) means "the place that was pawned", but it soon came to be known as "Kampung German" after the large number of Germans who also set up posts there. Tausūg (Tausūg Bahasa Sūg, Malay: Bahasa Suluk) is a Visayan language spoken in Sulu province in the Philippines The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as The settlement was part of the lease Austro-Hungarian consul Baron von Overbeck acquired from the Sultan of Sulu in 1878. After the lease was purchased by von Overbeck's British partner Alfred Dent, Kampong German was accidentally razed to the ground on 15 June 1879. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The new British Resident, William B. A Resident, or in full Resident Minister, is a state official of certain representative -diplomatic and/or colonial- types required to take up permanent residency abroad officially Pryer, decided not to rebuild the village but to move to Buli Sim Sim on 21 June 1879. He named his new settlement Elopura, which means Beautiful City. A few years later, the name was changed back to Sandakan. The name Elopura still refers to a region of Sandakan.
In 1883, the capital of the British North Borneo Company was moved from Kudat to Sandakan. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The British North Borneo Company or North Borneo Chartered Company was a chartered company assigned to administer North Borneo (today's Sabah in Malaysia Kudat is a town in Sabah, east Malaysia, on the northern tip of Borneo island In the mid-1930s, Sandakan's timber export reached the record figure of 180,000 cubic meters, making it the largest timber-exporting port of tropical wood in the world. At the height of the timber boom, Sandakan boasted that it had the highest concentration of millionaires anywhere on Earth.
The Japanese occupation of Sandakan during World War II began on 19 January 1942 and lasted until a brigade of the Australian 9th Division liberated it on 19 October 1945. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The 9th Division of the Australian Army was formed to serve in World War II, as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force (AIF Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The Japanese administration restored the name Elopura for the town. One of the many atrocities of World War II was the Sandakan Death Marches, when Japanese soldiers decided to move about 6,000 prisoners of war in Sandakan 260 km (160 miles) inland to the town of Ranau. The Sandakan Death Marches were a series of forced marches from Sandakan to Ranau which resulted in the deaths of more than 3600 Indonesian The prisoners who did not die en route to Ranau were crammed into unsanitary huts; most of those survivors either died from dysentery or were killed by prison guards. Dysentery (formerly known as flux or the bloody flux) is an infection of the digestive system that results in severe Diarrhea containing mucus and blood When the war ended, Sandakan was totally destroyed, partly from the Allied bombings and partly by the Japanese. The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis powers during the Second World War. As a result, when North Borneo became a British Crown Colony in 1946, the capital was shifted to Jesselton, now known as Kota Kinabalu, (often just called 'KK' locally). North Borneo was an independent state and British Protectorate under the sovereign British North Borneo Company from 1882-1946 and subsequently a The British Overseas Territories are fourteen territories that are under the Sovereignty of the United Kingdom, but which do not form part of the United Kingdom Kota Kinabalu (ˈkɔtɑ kɪnɑbɑlʊ formerly known as Jesselton, is the capital of Sabah, a state in Malaysia, as well as the capital of the West Kota Kinabalu (ˈkɔtɑ kɪnɑbɑlʊ formerly known as Jesselton, is the capital of Sabah, a state in Malaysia, as well as the capital of the West
Sandakan remains Sabah's second most important port, after Kota Kinabalu. Kota Kinabalu (ˈkɔtɑ kɪnɑbɑlʊ formerly known as Jesselton, is the capital of Sabah, a state in Malaysia, as well as the capital of the West The port is important for palm oil, tobacco, cocoa, coffee, manila hemp and sago exports. Palm oil is an edible plant oil derived from the Fruit of the Arecaceae Elaeis Oil palm. Tobacco is an Agricultural product recognized as an addictive drug processed from the fresh Leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. Cocoa is the dried and fully fermented fatty seed of the cacao tree from which Chocolate is made CoFFEE is an Open source Software for computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL in a digital classroom Manila hemp, also known as manilla, is a type of Fiber obtained from the leaves of the Abacá ( Musa textilis) a relative of the Banana Sago is a Starch extracted from the Pith inside stems of the sago palm Metroxylon sagu Sandakan is also one of the most bustling towns in East Malaysia. The once dominant timber industry is now relatively small. It is likely tourism will become increasingly important to the town's future.
In recent years, businesses have shifted their operations away from the town centre to the suburbs due to the presence of illegal immigrants in the town centre. Illegal immigration refers to Immigration across National Borders in a way that violates the Immigration laws of the destination Country In January 2003, the Sandakan Harbour Square, an urban renewal project, was launched in an attempt to revive the town centre as the commercial hub in Sandakan. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Urban Renewal (similar to Urban Regeneration in British English) is a controversial U It will feature a new central market and fish market, a shopping mall, and hotels. It is to be built in three separate phases and is due for completion in 2010. For the film see 2010 The Year We Make Contact. For the book see 2010 Odyssey Two.
Sandakan residents have suffered serious problems with electricity and water supply for several decades. These problems has never been solved despite repeated promises during elections. The electrical power often fails whenever there is a thunderstorm or heavy rain. However, since mid-2007, the power failure has become much less common following the completion of the West-East Electricity Grid.
Schools & Academic Institutions
Primary Schools
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Tertiary Academic Institution
Open University Malaysia, PPT Sandakan (Universiti Terbuka Malaysia) - [1]
ILP Sandakan (Industrial Training Institute)
Kinabalu College - Link 1
Maktab Perguruan Sandakan (Sandakan Education College) - Sabah Edu.net - Link 1
Maktab Rendah Sains MARA sandakan
Pusat giat mara sandakan
Future & Ongoing developments
- Sandakan Education Hub - a 1,200 acres site to be developed as an educational hub for five colleges that have expressed interest to establish campuses in Sandakan. Officially the school name is SM Konven St Cecilia, with school coding number XFE2037 registered with the Education Ministry of Malaysia. St Mary's Secondary School can refer to St Mary's Secondary School (Ballina, in Ballina, Ireland St Overview The St Michael's Secondary School is a dual session Secondary school located in the city of Sandakan, state of Sabah, East Overview The Sung Siew Secondary School is a single-session Secondary school located in the city of Sandakan, state of Sabah, East
- Sandakan Harbour Square - consists of 129 unit of shopoffices, a new central market, a Town Square, a shopping centre, hotels and a convention centre.
- Sawit POIC (Palm Oil Industrial Cluster) - a new integrated palm oil industrial hub with 2,800 acres of land earmarked to cluster and centralised all palm oil related industries in one single complex.
- Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) branch campus
- Sandakan Integrated Trade Exchange Terminal (SITExT) - a place for traders to conduct their activities with utmost ease and leisure. " A Sanctuary for Traders". The terminal will be developed on a 33. 55 acres piece of land in Batu Sapi, Sandakan with custom checkpoint, jetty, warehouse, cold storage, grain terminal, container storage, CIQS (custom, immigration, quarantine and security complex), duty free complex, shop lots, hotel and main office. The Integrated Barter Trade Terminal will undoubtedly become a SANCTUARY that will manage and generate an intrinsic income stream to Sabah's economy. Link to SITExT's Official Website
Sights
As Sandakan was almost totally destroyed in World War II, there are few surviving buildings of any age. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Some of the main sights today include:
- Agnes Keith House, also known as Newlands - two-storey home of local author Agnes Newton Keith and her husband Harry (the Curator of the North Borneo Museum) from 1930 to 1952. Agnes Jones Goodwillie Newton Keith ( July 4 1901 &ndash March 30 1982) was an American author best known for her three The house was destroyed in World War II and was rebuilt on the same site. Mrs. Keith wrote several books about Sabah and its people, including Land Below the Wind, Three Came Home, and White Man Returns. Three Came Home ( 1950) is a wartime film made by Twentieth Century-Fox, based on the memoirs of the same name by writer Agnes Newton Keith The house has recently been restored after a number of years of neglect.
- English Tea House [2] - Located in the grounds of Agnes Keith Museum, fine restaurant on the hillside above Sandakan serving traditional English and Asian cuisine. address: 2002 Jalan Istana - tel: 6089 222544
- Sandakan Memorial Park - built on site of the Taman Rimba prisoner-of-war camp.
- Japanese Cemetery - housing a memorial to the Japanese war dead on Borneo.
- St Michael's and All Angels Church - this beautiful granite church was built in 1897 and is one of Sandakan's few surviving pre-war buildings. It was recognized as one of the world's heritage since year 2005.
- Puu Jih Shih Buddhist Temple - completed in 1987, this fiery red and gold temple overlooks the town centre.
- Sam Sing Kung Temple - completed in 1887, it is the oldest building in Sandakan.
- Sandakan Mosque - completed in 1988, it lies next to the bay and Kampung Buli Sim Sim.
- Kampung Buli Sim Sim - stilt fishing village on the original site of Sandakan town.
- Sandakan New Market - one of the largest and busiest in Sabah.
- Crocodile Farm - located 12 km (7. 5 miles) out of town, it houses more than 2,000 of the reptiles in concrete pools.
- Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary - a perfect Proboscis monkey observation spot for tourists who wants to have a closer look at these monkeys in their natural habitat.
 Third Avenue , Sandakan |
 A side street in Sandakan |
 Sandakan from the English Tea House (near the Rotary's Observation Pavilion) |
 Sandakan from the Puu Jih Shih Temple |
 The oldest granite church in Malaysia, Parish of St. Michael's and All Angels |
 Water village in Kampung Buli Sim Sim , Sandakan, landward side |
 Water village in Kampung Buli Sim Sim , Sandakan, seaward side |
 Sandakan Jungle Resort along the road to Sepilok Orang-utan sanctuary |
 Puu Jih Shih Temple , Sandakan |
 Puu Jih Shih Temple gate |
 Sea view from Puu Jih Temple |
 Statues in Puu Jih Temple |
 one of the suburbs (satellite towns), Bandar Indah Jaya , at Mile 4. Bandar Indah Jaya is one of the satellite towns in Sandakan in the state of Sabah. |
 The uniquely Sabahan Chinese New Year Unicorn Dance, perhaps the only state with such CNY heritage performance & still being performed in Sandakan during CNY, especially in Bandar Ramai Ramai. |
 The view of Sandakan town centre |
External links
- Malaysia site - Additional information and images on Sandakan
- Classified for sandakanites- Classified for sandakanites
- Sandakan Harbour Square Official Website
- Sandakan - The Last March
- Sandakan Municipal Council
- Sandakan:The Nature City Of Malaysian Borneo
- Sandakan:The Nature City Of Malaysian Borneo
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