Tenom District

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.

Tenom District Council

Majilis Daerah Tenom
District
Tenom District Council office.
Seal
Coordinates: 5°8′00″N 115°57′00″E
Country Malaysia
State Sabah
DivisionInterior
CapitalTenom
Government
 • District OfficerSiriman M. F. Basir
Area
 • Total2,409 km2 (930 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total55,553
Websitewww.sabah.gov.my/md.tnm/
www.sabah.gov.my/pd.tnm/
Map of Tenom District

Etymology

The 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

The 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
See also: Demographics of Sabah

The 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:

Ethnics Group in Tenom District
Ethnics Percent
Murut
 
 52%
Kadazan-Dusun
 
 12%
Chinese
 
 8%
Lun Bawang / Lundayeh
 
 5%
Malay
 
 4%
Others
 
 19%
  • Ar Rahman Mosque.
  • St. Anthony Catholic Church.
  • Tenom Basel Church.
  • Tak Pak Kung Temple.
  • Padas River.

See also

References
  1. "Sejarah Daerah" (in Malay). Tenom District Office. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. "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

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