Inanam is a suburb and sub-district of
Kota Kinabalu
Kota Kinabalu (; formerly known as Jesselton), colloquially referred to as KK, is the state capital of Sabah, Malaysia. It is also the capital of the Kota Kinabalu District as well as the West Coast Division of Sabah. The city is located on the ...
in
Sabah
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, Malaysia. It is from the city centre.
History
OKK Majimbun Majangkin is considered one of the key player in Inanam development. During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
, Inanam was the base where the Kinabalu Guerrillas led by
Albert Kwok operated to fight the Japanese.
Demography
The town population consists of mainly the native
Dusun as well as the
Bajau and the dominant minority
Chinese who operate the shops. However, there has been a large influx of immigrants both from the southern Philippines and Indonesia. Most of them are
undocumented and live as squatters. A considerable number of them however were controversially
naturalised and relocated into low-cost housing settlements provided by the Malaysian government.
Accessibility
Kota Kinabalu City (North) Bus Terminal is located in Inanam which become part of the
BRT Kota Kinabalu.
Economy
A substantial part of the sub-district near the town centre consists of a light industrial area. Towards the interior, traditional Dusun villages scatter the hill slopes, with fruit orchards and rubber
smallholding
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s.
Education
Primary schools
*SK Inanam II
*SK Ruminding
*SK St. Catherine
*SK Poring-Poring
*SK Pomotodon
*SK Malawa
*SK Kionsom Inanam
*SK Inanam Laut
*SK Bantayan
*SK Kolombong
*SK Babagon Toki
*SJK (C) Yick Nam
Secondary schools
*SMK Kolombong
*SMK Inanam
*
SMK (A) Tun Ahmadshah Inanam
References
Populated places in Sabah
Kota Kinabalu
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