Semporna District

The Semporna District (Malay: Daerah Semporna) is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the Tawau Division which includes the districts of Kunak, Lahad Datu, Semporna and Tawau. The capital of the district is in Semporna Town.

Semporna District Daerah Semporna
District
Semporna District Council office.
Seal
Coordinates: 4°29′00″N 118°37′00″E
Country	Malaysia
State	Sabah
Division	Tawau
Capital	Semporna
Government
• District Officer	A.M. Ibnu Haji A.K. Baba
Area
• Total	1,145 km2 (442 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	133,164
Website	ww2.sabah.gov.my/md.sprn/ www.sabah.gov.my/pd.sprn/

Map of Semporna District

Demographics

See also: Demographics of Sabah

According to the last census in 2010, the population of Semporna district is estimated to be around 133,164 inhabitants.^[1] As in other districts of Sabah, there are a significant number of illegal immigrants from the nearby southern Philippines, mainly from the Sulu Archipelago and Mindanao.

Climate

Climate data for Semporna
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	29.6 (85.3)	29.7 (85.5)	30.2 (86.4)	30.9 (87.6)	31.4 (88.5)	31.3 (88.3)	31.3 (88.3)	31.5 (88.7)	31.3 (88.3)	31.2 (88.2)	30.7 (87.3)	30.1 (86.2)	30.8 (87.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)	26.2 (79.2)	26.3 (79.3)	26.6 (79.9)	27.0 (80.6)	27.3 (81.1)	27.2 (81.0)	27.0 (80.6)	27.1 (80.8)	27.0 (80.6)	27.0 (80.6)	26.8 (80.2)	26.5 (79.7)	26.8 (80.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22.9 (73.2)	23.0 (73.4)	23.1 (73.6)	23.2 (73.8)	23.3 (73.9)	23.1 (73.6)	22.8 (73.0)	22.8 (73.0)	22.8 (73.0)	22.9 (73.2)	23.0 (73.4)	23.0 (73.4)	23.0 (73.4)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	201 (7.9)	136 (5.4)	135 (5.3)	149 (5.9)	210 (8.3)	183 (7.2)	160 (6.3)	163 (6.4)	124 (4.9)	180 (7.1)	194 (7.6)	190 (7.5)	2,025 (79.8)
Source: Climate-Data.org[2]

Gallery

• 
  Semporna Town Mosque.
• 
  Sam Shen Temple.
• 
  Pegagau Bridge.
• 
  Balimbang Asal.
• 
  Gading River.

See also

• Districts of Malaysia

References

1. "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.
2. "Climate: Semporna". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

Further reading

• 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

Media related to Semporna District at Wikimedia Commons

• (in Malay) Semporna District Council
• (in Malay) Semporna District Office