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Penampang
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Penampang () is the capital of the Penampang District in the West Coast Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 93,616 in 2010, with ethnic Kadazan as the majority. It contains, or is synonymous with, Donggongon, which as of 2007, had a population of 78,086.

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Place details

Locality
Donggongon
Region
Sabah
Country
Malaysia
Population
0

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Penampang
Settlement.native_name
Majlis Perbandaran Penampang
Settlement.native_name_lang
ms
Settlement.settlement_type
Big Town and district capital
Settlement.image_skyline
Penampang Sabah TownView-03.jpg
Settlement.image_alt
Penampang town centre
Settlement.image_caption
Penampang town centre.
Settlement.image_map
SabahDistricts-Penampang-pp.png
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Division
Settlement.subdivision_name2
West Coast
Settlement.subdivision_type3
District
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Penampang
Settlement.population_as_of
2010
Settlement.population_total
93,616

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Encyclopedic overview

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Penampang () is the capital of the Penampang District in the West Coast Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 93,616 in 2010, with ethnic Kadazan as the majority. It contains, or is synonymous with, Donggongon, which as of 2007, had a population of 78,086.

Penampang has virtually become a suburb of Kota Kinabalu and considered as part of the Greater Kota Kinabalu area.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Penampang” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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