Tongod District, Malaysia

Not to be confused with Tongod District, Peru.

The Tongod District (Malay: Daerah Tongod) is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the Sandakan Division which includes the districts of Beluran, Kinabatangan, Sandakan, Telupid and Tongod. The capital of the district is in Tongod Town.

Tongod District Daerah Tongod
District
Seal
Coordinates: 5°15′36″N 116°59′07″E
Country	Malaysia
State	Sabah
Division	Sandakan
Capital	Tongod
Government
• District Officer	Yuesri Ismail Yusof
Area
• Total	10,052 km2 (3,881 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	35,341
Website	mdtongod.sbh.gov.my pdtongod.sbh.gov.my

Map of Tongod District

History

The district was first established in 1977 as a sub-district of the larger Kinabatangan district. The "daerah kecil" ("sub-district") was then entrusted to Keningau native, Charles Andau, who was one of the assistant district officers of the then-undivided Kinabatangan district and was formally subordinate to the district officer of Kinabatangan. On 1 March 1999, Tongod was elevated to a full district within the Sandakan division, then two months and three weeks later on 24 May 1999, the late Datuk Matius @ Matthew Sator of Ranau was appointed to be its first inaugural district officer. The acquisition of the status of a fully fledged district also involved the construction of a new administration building, which replaced the first secretarial building.^[1]

Demographics

See also: Demographics of Sabah

According to the last census in 2010, the population of the entire district is 35,341 inhabitants.^[2] In relation to the total area of 10,052 km², it is a sparsely populated district. Orang Sungai and Kadazan-Dusun are the major ethnicities found in Tongod.

Gallery

• 
  Meliau Range.
• 
  Milian River.

See also

• Districts of Malaysia