Sabah | |
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Land Belaw The Wind | |
Motto(s): Sabah Maju Jaya | |
Anthem: Sabah Tanah Airku (Sabah My Homeland) | |
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Coordinates: 5°15′N 117°0′E / 5.250°N 117.000°E | |
Caipital | Kota Kinabalu |
Govrenment | |
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri | Juhar Mahiruddin |
• Chief Meenister | Musa Aman (BN) |
Area | |
• Total | 73631 km2 (28,429 sq mi) |
Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 3,117,405 |
• Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Sabahan |
Human Development Index | |
• HDI (2010) | 0.643 (medium) (14th) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (MYT) |
Postal code | 88xxx to 91xxx |
Cawin code | 087 (Inner Destrict) 088 (Kota Kinabalu & Kudat) 089 (Lahad Datu, Sandakan & Tawau) |
Vehicle registration | SA,SAA,SAB (Kota Kinabalu & Kota Belud) SB (Beaufort) SD (Lahad Datu) SK (Kudat) SS (Sandakan) ST (Tawau) SU (Keningau) |
Umwhile name | North Borneo |
Brunei Sultanate | 15t century[2] |
Sulu Sultanate (Eastern Part) | 1658 |
Breetish North Borneo | 1882 |
Japanese occupation | 1941–1945 |
Breetish Croun Colony | 1946 |
Sel-govrenment | 31 August 1963[3][4] |
Accession with the Federation of Malaya to form Malaysia[5] | 16 September 1963[6] |
Website | www.sabah.gov.my |
Sabah is ane o the 13 member states o Malaysie, an is its eastmaist state. It is locatit on the northren portion o the island o Borneo. It is the seicont lairgest state in the kintra efter Sarawak, which it borders on its soothwast. It shares a border wi the province o North Kalimantan o Indonesie in the south. The caipital o Sabah is Kota Kinabalu, umwhile kent as Jesselton. Sabah is aften referred tae as "The Land Belaw The Wind", a phrase uised bi seafarers in the past tae describe land sooth o the typhoon belt.