Kuala Penyu Town ( ms, Pekan Kuala Penyu) is the capital of the
Kuala Penyu District in the
Interior Division of
Sabah
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,
Malaysia
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. Its population was estimated to be around 659 in 2010,
with ethnic
Dusun Tatana sub-group forming the largest single ethnic group.
Geography
Kuala Penyu is located on the
Klias Peninsula, which was once originally covered with
mangrove swamp forests. Much of these mangrove swamps were destroyed by land developers that later realised that the soils were much too acidic to support
palm oil.
Climate
Kuala Penyu has a
tropical rainforest climate
A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southe ...
(Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
Demographics
According to general unrecorded consensus, most Kuala Penyuan are farmers with some younger generations are migrating to towns. It is widely diversified with unrecorded consensus has it that majority are embracing or practising Christianity or Islam, while some are still sticking to animism. As a part of clarification on ethnic group in Kuala Penyu, it's fair enough to mention that every one of them specifically by percentage base on previous official record through consensus report year 2010 was stated 659 peoples, where the most races as follow; ethnic
Dusun people of the Dusun Tatana and Bisaya sub-groups, Bruneian Malay, Kedayan, Bajau, Chinese, Indian and others.
Gallery
File:Aerial View Of Kuala Penyu.jpg, A geographic view of Kuala Penyu.
File:KualaPenyu Sabah Masjid-1.jpg, A mosque in Kuala Penyu.
File:KualaPenyu Sabah OldShophouses-1.jpg, Old shoplots in Kuala Penyu.
References
External links
{{Sabah
Kuala Penyu District
Towns in Sabah