Telipok is a town located approximately 15 kilometres north 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 ...

, the

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. The town is within the administration of

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 ...

and is a sub-district of the city. It is also part of the urban expanse of Kota Kinabalu, and of its

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. It is situated near Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park, and is within 5 kilometres of the towns of Manggatal, Sepanggar, and

Tuaran Tuaran () is the town and capital of the Tuaran District in the West Coast Division of Sabah, Malaysia. It is located north of the state capital Kota Kinabalu, and is strategically situated along the main highway linking Kota Kinabalu with the ...

History

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 ...

, Telipok served as a military base where the Kinabalu Guerillas led by

Albert Kwok Albert Kwok, with the full name Albert Kwok Fen Nam (; 1921 in Kuching, Sarawak – 21 January 1944 in Petagas, Putatan, Penampang, Sabah) was a leader of a resistance fighter known as the "Kinabalu Guerrillas" during the Japanese occupation ...

actively operating to fight the Japanese.

Refugees slum

Telipok is notoriously known as one of the spots of Filipino refugees slum, where frequent crimes such as robbery and cable theft happen. Due to the rampant crimes, there has been many proposals to repatriated all the refugees to their country or move to a border island.

References

Towns in Sabah {{Sabah-geo-stub