West Coast Division ( ms, Bahagian Pantai Barat) is an administrative
division of
Sabah
Sabah () is a state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indonesia to the south. The Federal Territory ...
,
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Mal ...
. It occupies the northwest portion of Sabah. With an area of 7,588 square kilometres, it occupies 10.3% of Sabah's territory. It also has approximately 30% of Sabah's total population,
with the main indigenous inhabitants comprising the
Bajau,
Bisaya,
Bruneian Malay,
Dusun,
Illanun,
Kadazan and
Kedayan, as well with a significant numbers of
Chinese. The division is divided into the
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...
of
Ranau,
Kota Belud,
Tuaran,
Penampang,
Papar
The Papar (; from Latin ''papa'', via Old Irish, meaning "father" or "pope") were, according to early Icelandic sagas, Irish monks who took eremitic residence in parts of what is now Iceland before that island's habitation by the Norsemen ...
, and the state capital
Kota Kinabalu. The main towns are as in the names of the districts, plus other towns including
Putatan,
Inanam
Inanam is a suburb and sub-district of Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysia. It is situated 10 kilometres from the city centre.
History
OKK Majimbun Majangkin is known as one of the key player in Inanam development. During the World War II, Inan ...
,
Telipok,
Tamparuli,
Tenghilan and
Kinarut.
Kota Kinabalu Harbour is the main sea ports in the state's capital with an estimate size of 1,440 kilometres long coast.
It serves as the gateway for water transport in Sabah. It handles and handles 4,031,000 freight tonne annually. The
Kota Kinabalu International Airport serves as the main gateway into the state by air.
Districts
West Coast Division is subdivided into the following administrative districts:
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Kota Belud District (1,386 km
2) (
Kota Belud Town)
*
Kota Kinabalu District
The Kota Kinabalu District ( ms, Daerah Kota Kinabalu) is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the West Coast Division which includes the districts of Kota Belud, Kota Kinabalu, Papar, Penampang, Putatan, Ranau a ...
(350 km
2) (
Kota Kinabalu City)
*
Papar District (1,234 km
2) (
Papar Town)
*
Penampang District (466 km
2) (
Penampang Town)
*
Putatan District (29,7 km
2) (
Putatan Town) – recently established in 2007
*
Ranau District
The Ranau District ( ms, Daerah Ranau) is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the West Coast Division which includes the districts of Kota Belud, Kota Kinabalu, Papar, Penampang, Putatan, Ranau and Tuaran. The ca ...
(2,978 km
2) (
Ranau Town)
*
Tuaran District
The Tuaran District ( ms, Daerah Tuaran) is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the West Coast Division which includes the districts of Kota Belud, Kota Kinabalu, Papar, Penampang, Putatan, Ranau and Tuaran. The c ...
(1,165 km
2) (
Tuaran Town)
Member of Parliament (Dewan Rakyat)
History
The present divisions of Sabah is largely inherited from the division of the
North Borneo Chartered Company. Following the acquisition of
North Borneo
(I persevere and I achieve)
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, capital = Kudat (1881–1884);Sandakan (1884–1945);Jesselton (1946)
, common_languages = English, Kadazan-Dusun, Bajau, Murut, Sabah Malay, Chinese etc.
, ...
under the
royal charter
A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent. Historically, they have been used to promulgate public laws, the most famous example being the English Magna Carta (great charter) of 1215, b ...
issued in 1881, the administrative division introduced by
Baron von Overbeck
Gustav Overbeck (from 1867 von Overbeck, in 1873 Baron von Overbeck, in 1877 Maharaja of Sabah and Rajah of Gaya and Sandakan; born 4 March 1830 in Lemgo; died 8 April 1894 in London) was a German businessman, adventurer and diplomat.
Biogra ...
was continued by the establishment of two residences comprising West Coast Residency and East Coast Residency. Seat of the two residents was in
Sandakan
Sandakan (, Jawi: , ) formerly known at various times as Elopura, is the capital of the Sandakan District in Sabah, Malaysia. It is the second largest city in Sabah after Kota Kinabalu. It is located on the Sandakan Peninsula and east coast ...
, where the governor was based. Each resident, in turn, was divided into several provinces managed by a district officer.
[The original position was initially Magistrates-in-charge.]
As North Borneo progresses, the number of residencies has increased to five including: Tawau Residency (also known as East Coast Residency), Sandakan Residency, West Coast Residency, Kudat Residency, and Interior Residency; the provinces were initially named after the members of the board: Alcock, Cunlife, Dewhurst, Keppel, Dent, Martin, Elphinstone, Myburgh and Mayne. The senior residents occupied Sandakan and the West Coast, while the other three resident with the second class residencies occupied Interior, East Coast and Kudat. The residents of Sandakan and West Coast were members of the Legislative Council, the Legislative Assembly of the company.
The division into residencies was maintained when
North Borneo became a Crown Colony after
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
. On 16 September 1963, with the
formation of Malaysia
The Malaysia Agreement or the Agreement relating to Malaysia between United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Federation of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore (MA63) was the agreement which combined North Borneo, Sarawak, ...
, North Borneo which subsequently became the state of Sabah took over the administrative structure through the Ordinance on Administrative Units. At the same time, the
Yang di-Pertua Negeri, the head of state of Sabah, was authorised by proclamation to divide the state into divisions and districts.
[The most recent such proclamation dates from 2009]
Administrative Divisions Proclamation 2009
The abolition of the residency term was in favour of the division term that took place in 1976.
Today, the division has only formal significance and no longer constitutes its own administrative level. The resident's post was also abolished, as Sabah's municipal administration is in the hands of the district officers.
See also
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Divisions of Malaysia
Notes
Literature
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References
Further reading
* State of Sabah
Administrative Divisions Ordinance – Sabah Cap. 167(PDF) of 1 November 1954; last amended on 16 September 1963, as amended in August 2010; Accessed on 3 November 2017
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