Sepanggar is a sub-

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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 o ...

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. It is located around Sepanggar Bay which houses the Sepanggar Bay Container Terminal, a major naval base for the Royal Malaysian Navy as well as the Sepanggar Bay Oil Terminal. The main campus for

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(UMS),

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Sabah, Kota Kinabalu Polytechnic and Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park (KKIP), are situated here. Sepanggar is also a parliamentary constituency (P.171) and is currently represented by

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of Warisan. The constituency is further divided into the two state legislative assembly constituencies of Karambunai (N.12) and Inanam (N.13).

Features and development

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Sepanggar is currently experiencing a surge in development due to the expansion of Kota Kinabalu. The recently completed Sepanggar Container Port Terminal has taken over all container handling operations from Kota Kinabalu Port. This port was built to complement and help ease the congestion currently experienced at Kota Kinabalu Port. Besides this, various completed and non-completed projects for residential and commercial purposes have sprouted around Sepanggar; in line with the government's plan to turn Sepanggar into another

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centre or suburb, part of the greater metropolitan area of Kota Kinabalu. The Royal Malaysian Navy is also having a submarine base here, which is to become the Navy's first and principal base throughout Malaysia. On 18 November 2017, the 600 metre long double-track Sepanggar Tunnel has opened and the

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has two lanes connecting Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park (KKIP) with Sepanggar Container Port and several surrounding areas.

References

External links

Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park Home Page
{{Sabah Development Corridor Populated places in Sabah