Tenghilan
Sign in to saveTenghilan is a small town and mukim under the administration of the Tamparuli Sub-district office. It is located in the Tuaran District of the West Coast Division of Sabah, Malaysia. The Tenghilan area is centered around a small town of the same name located near the road that connects Kota Kinabalu and Kota Belud. In 2010, its population was estimated at 203 inhabitants, mostly of Kadazan-Dusun origin. The town, which covers about 400 hectares of land, is located about 17 km northeast of Tuaran, and 25 km southwest of Kota Belud.
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- West Coast
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Administration
- Buildings structure
- Mukim Tenghilan
- Facilities
- Demographics and Population
- Tourist attractions
- Sambah River Cruise
- Bukit Ketam
- Dondomon Waterfall
- Bukit Merlin at Bukit Morokoling
- Culture
- Tamu
- Music and dance
- Traditional attire
- Language
- Mitatabang
- References
- External links
Tenghilan is a small town and mukim under the administration of the Tamparuli Sub-district office. It is located in the Tuaran District of the West Coast Division of Sabah, Malaysia. The Tenghilan area is centered around a small town of the same name located near the road that connects Kota Kinabalu and Kota Belud. In 2010, its population was estimated at 203 inhabitants, mostly of Kadazan-Dusun origin. The town, which covers about 400 hectares of land, is located about 17 km northeast of Tuaran, and 25 km southwest of Kota Belud.
Tenghilan hosts a commercial district established in 1930 by British colonial authorities. Businesses in this area were developed by the Chinese and Kadazan-Dusun communities. Currently, the majority of the town's businesses are located on 8 rows of shops and are Chinese-owned. Recently, several two-story units have been built for commercial use.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tenghilan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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