Semporna District
Daerah Semporna
District
Semporna District Council Office
Semporna District Council office.
Official seal of Semporna District
Seal
Location of Semporna District
Coordinates: 4°29′00″N 118°37′00″E / 4.48333°N 118.61667°E / 4.48333; 118.61667
Country Malaysia
State Sabah
DivisionTawau
CapitalSemporna
Government
 • District OfficerA.M. Ibnu Haji A.K. Baba
Area
 • Total1,145 km2 (442 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total133,164
Websiteww2.sabah.gov.my/md.sprn/
www.sabah.gov.my/pd.sprn/
Map of Semporna District

The Semporna District (Malay: Daerah Semporna) is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the Tawau Division which includes the districts of Kunak, Lahad Datu, Semporna and Tawau. The capital of the district is in Semporna Town.

Demographics

See also: Demographics of Sabah

According to the last census in 2010, the population of Semporna district is estimated to be around 133,164 inhabitants.[1] As in other districts of Sabah, there are a significant number of illegal immigrants from the nearby southern Philippines, mainly from the Sulu Archipelago and Mindanao.

Climate

Climate data for Semporna
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 29.6
(85.3) 		29.7
(85.5) 		30.2
(86.4) 		30.9
(87.6) 		31.4
(88.5) 		31.3
(88.3) 		31.3
(88.3) 		31.5
(88.7) 		31.3
(88.3) 		31.2
(88.2) 		30.7
(87.3) 		30.1
(86.2) 		30.8
(87.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.2
(79.2) 		26.3
(79.3) 		26.6
(79.9) 		27.0
(80.6) 		27.3
(81.1) 		27.2
(81.0) 		27.0
(80.6) 		27.1
(80.8) 		27.0
(80.6) 		27.0
(80.6) 		26.8
(80.2) 		26.5
(79.7) 		26.8
(80.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 22.9
(73.2) 		23.0
(73.4) 		23.1
(73.6) 		23.2
(73.8) 		23.3
(73.9) 		23.1
(73.6) 		22.8
(73.0) 		22.8
(73.0) 		22.8
(73.0) 		22.9
(73.2) 		23.0
(73.4) 		23.0
(73.4) 		23.0
(73.4)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 201
(7.9) 		136
(5.4) 		135
(5.3) 		149
(5.9) 		210
(8.3) 		183
(7.2) 		160
(6.3) 		163
(6.4) 		124
(4.9) 		180
(7.1) 		194
(7.6) 		190
(7.5) 		2,025
(79.8)
Source: Climate-Data.org[2]

Gallery

See also

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: Semporna". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

Further reading

External links

Media related to Semporna District at Wikimedia Commons


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