Tawau Division (Malay: Bahagian Tawau) is one of the five administrative sub-divisions of Sabah, Malaysia. It occupies a total of 14,905 square kilometres or 20% of Sabah's territory.[1] The main towns include the capital of Tawau, Lahad Datu, Kunak and Semporna. Tawau division has 26% of Sabah's total population,[1] with the main indigenous groups consisting of the Bajau, Suluk, Ida'an, Tidong, Cocos, Murut, Lun Bawang/Lun Dayeh as well as a minority of mixed ethnic groups.[2][3] Large numbers of both legal and illegal immigrants from Indonesia such as the Buginese and Torajans, from East Timor the Timorese,[4] from the Philippines the Tausūg and Visayans as well South and West Asian immigrants such as Pakistanis, Indians and Arabs can be found in this area.[2] As with the rest of Sabah, the division also has large numbers of ethnic Chinese.[3]
Tawau port is the third largest port after Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan. The port serves as a major timber and agricultural products export centre.[5] There are two domestic airports serving the Tawau division: one in Tawau and one in Lahad Datu.[1] The division includes the islands of Sipadan and Ligitan, as well as the northern half of Sebatik Island (the southern half lies within Indonesia). It also includes Tawau Hills Park.
^ abc"General Information". Lands and Surveys Department of Sabah. Borneo Trade. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
^ abVictor T. King; Zawawi Ibrahim; Noor Hasharina Hassan (12 August 2016). Borneo Studies in History, Society and Culture. Springer Singapore. pp. 239–. ISBN 978-981-10-0672-2.
^ abPeter Chay (1 January 1988). Sabah: the land below the wind. Foto Technik. ISBN 978-967-9981-12-4.
^Geoffrey C. Gunn (18 December 2010). Historical Dictionary of East Timor. Scarecrow Press. pp. 71–. ISBN 978-0-8108-7518-0.
^Tamara Thiessen (5 January 2016). Borneo. Bradt Travel Guides. pp. 239–. ISBN 978-1-84162-915-5.
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