Pitas
Pekan Pitas
Town and district capital
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Location of Pitas
Coordinates: 6°43′00″N 117°04′00″E / 6.71667°N 117.06667°E / 6.71667; 117.06667
Country Malaysia
State Sabah
DivisionKudat
DistrictPitas
Area
 • Total1,419.35 km2 (548.01 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total895

Pitas (Malay: Pekan Pitas) is the capital of the Pitas District in the Kudat Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 895 in 2010.[1] The local populace is made up predominantly of ethnic Rungus (majority), Orang Sungai and Tombonuo descent, with a small number of Malaysian Chinese and other ethnic minorities. Due to its geographical isolation and the general unsuitability of the land for agriculture, Pitas has one of the highest rates of poverty in Sabah.

Climate

Pitas has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for Pitas
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 29.6
(85.3) 		29.9
(85.8) 		30.6
(87.1) 		31.6
(88.9) 		32.0
(89.6) 		31.6
(88.9) 		31.4
(88.5) 		31.4
(88.5) 		30.9
(87.6) 		30.8
(87.4) 		30.4
(86.7) 		29.9
(85.8) 		30.8
(87.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.2
(79.2) 		26.3
(79.3) 		26.8
(80.2) 		27.6
(81.7) 		27.9
(82.2) 		27.5
(81.5) 		27.2
(81.0) 		27.2
(81.0) 		26.8
(80.2) 		27.0
(80.6) 		26.8
(80.2) 		26.4
(79.5) 		27.0
(80.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 22.8
(73.0) 		22.8
(73.0) 		23.1
(73.6) 		23.6
(74.5) 		23.8
(74.8) 		23.5
(74.3) 		23.1
(73.6) 		23.1
(73.6) 		22.8
(73.0) 		23.2
(73.8) 		23.2
(73.8) 		23.0
(73.4) 		23.2
(73.7)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 456
(18.0) 		261
(10.3) 		188
(7.4) 		93
(3.7) 		156
(6.1) 		149
(5.9) 		135
(5.3) 		121
(4.8) 		136
(5.4) 		190
(7.5) 		269
(10.6) 		467
(18.4) 		2,621
(103.4)
Source: Climate-Data.org[2]

References

  1. ^ "Population by ethnic group, Local Authority area and state, Malaysia" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Climate: Pitas". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

External links

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