Tanjung Aru is a 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 ...

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. Its main feature is its beach called Tanjung Aru Beach which stretches to over 2 kilometres long along with new skyscrapers. This beach has a lot of ''

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'' trees (''aru'') there naming this town. It also has its own township called Tanjung Aru Town. Other notable features include the Perdana Park, the Kinabalu Golf Club, the Kinabalu Yacht Club, and the Tanjung Aru railway station of

Sabah State Railway Sabah State Railway () is a railway system and operator in the state of Sabah in Malaysia. It is the only rail transport system operating on the island of Borneo. The railway consists of a single 134-kilometre line from Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinaba ...

Education

* La Salle Secondary School, Kota Kinabalu * Stella Maris Secondary School * Stella Maris Primary School * Tanjung Aru Primary School 1 & 2

Libraries

* Tanjung Aru Library

Place of Worship

Mosque (Muslim)

* Masjid Al Kauthar

Churches (Christian)

* Tanjung Aru SDA Church * Calvary Charismatic Centre * Stella Maris Catholic Church * BCCM Tanjung Aru * True Jesus Church

Hotels

* Shangri-La's Tanjung Aru Beach Resort & Spa * C'haya Hotel * Sutera Harbour Resort * Seapark Condotel * Megah D' Aru * Casuarina Hotel * Aru Suites * Goldenhill Hotel

In popular culture

The neighbourhood of Tanjung Aru Village served as the 3rd Pit Stop in the 24th season of American edition of ''The Amazing Race'' and the 2nd Pit Stop in 4th season of the Asian version.

Gallery

Image:Kota Kinabalu Beach.JPG, Sunset at Tanjung Aru beach. Pulau Sulug can be seen on the left and Pulau Manukan on the right of the horizon. Image:Tanjung Aru.jpg, Tanjung Aru beach. Pulau Sulug can be seen on the left and Pulau Manukan on the right of the horizon. Image:Tanjung Aru Beach and the Islands.jpg, Tanjung Aru Beach, the islands of Sulug, Manukan and Mamutik can be seen Image:Tanjung Aru Beach.jpg, Tanjung Aru Beach, with the islands of Sulug, Manukan and Mamutik in the distance Image:Scopimera in Tanjung Aru Beach 2b.jpg, Sand bubbler crabs (Scopimera) in Tanjung Aru Beach Image:Tanjung Aru Beach Park.jpg, Park between the beach and the road leading to the resort in Tanjung Aru Beach Image:Girl and Stalls.jpg, Stall in the Tanjung Aru beach food hawker court selling "ready to eat" fruit, dried fish and seafood snacks Image:Peanuts and Corn.jpg, Stall in the Tanjung Aru beach food hawker court selling roasted peanuts and

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Image:Satay Making by Some CkickenWings.jpg, Girl cooking satay next to a chicken wing grill in the Tanjung Aru beach food hawker court Image:Chicken Wings TgAru.jpg, Stall selling chicken wings in the hawker court

Politics

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Putatan Putatan () is a municipality in the capital of the Putatan district in the West Coast Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 100,000 in 2021. It is one of the satellite town of Kota Kinabalu metropolitan area t ...

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- Tanjung Aru ** Local Government -

Kota Kinabalu City Hall The Kota Kinabalu City Hall (, abbreviated DBKK) is the city council which administers the city and district of Kota Kinabalu in the state of Sabah, Malaysia. The council consists of the mayor plus twenty-four councillors appointed to serve a o ...

References

Kota Kinabalu Beaches of Malaysia {{Sabah-geo-stub