Kunak Pekan Kunak | |
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Town anddistrict capital | |
 Aroundabout in Kunak. | |
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| Coordinates:4°41′00″N118°15′00″E / 4.68333°N 118.25000°E /4.68333; 118.25000 | |
| Country |  Malaysia |
| State |  Sabah |
| Division | Tawau |
| District | Kunak |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 13,823 |
Kunak (Malay:Pekan Kunak) is the capital of theKunak District in theTawau Division ofSabah,Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 13,823 in 2010.[1] The population consists mainly ofBajau andBugis peoples. There is also a sizeableChinese minority, involved in running many of the shops in downtown Kunak as well as the planting of oil palms in the outskirts.
Kunak has three main secondary schools: SMK Kunak Jaya, SMK Kunak and SMK Madai. It is also home to a Chinese primary school, SRJK(C) Pai Sheng, and several Malay-medium primary schools including SK Kunak 1, SK Kunak Jaya and SK Ladang Binuang. A resettlement scheme forCocos Islanders is situated a few kilometres away, near the Giram Oil Palm Estate (run by Sime Darby Berhad). A jetty is situated about five km from the town, in an area named Pengkalan Kunak. A single road lined by wooden shophouses (possibly a squatter colony) leads to the jetty and wet market. In 2002, a 76-bed government hospital was built in the town. At around the same time, a new highway linking Kunak to the town ofSemporna was also opened.
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